This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:What I like A) More time for relaxed communication. B) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. C) I benefit from is the on-site gym. D) I like. E) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. 2. The finance director ..... you need to discuss these budget issues with, not me. A) Is the person. B) The person who. C) Who the person is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the person. 3. When I said 'Stop being stupid', it was ..... you I was talking to; ..... was James I was talking to A) Not-it. B) N't-he. C) Not-who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not-it. 4. In cleft sentences, what is the closest meaning of 'all'? A) The thing. B) The only thing. C) Any thing. D) You are a thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The only thing. 5. How are cleft sentences different from simple sentences? A) Cleft sentences have no emphasis on any part of the sentence. B) Cleft sentences are shorter than simple sentences. C) Cleft sentences emphasize a particular part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning. D) Cleft sentences always end with a question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleft sentences emphasize a particular part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning. 6. Which is a wh-cleft? A) It was she who called. B) What I need is a nap. C) It was last week that we met. D) It was John who helped me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I need is a nap. 7. "They met at the cafeteria." Which cleft sentence is correct? A) It was at the cafeteria where they met. B) It was the cafeteria that they met. C) It was at the cafeteria that they met. D) It is cafeteria they met at. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was at the cafeteria that they met. 8. Which introductory words are commonly used in cleft sentences? A) Because, although, if. B) What, it, the thing. C) Who, which, whose. D) When, while, since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What, it, the thing. 9. Identify the focus in the following cleft sentence:It was John who ate all the cookies. A) Peter. B) John. C) David. D) Michael. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John. 10. Which sentence best emphasizes the doer? A) It was homework that Andi finished. B) It was Andi who finished the homework. C) It was finished that Andi did. D) It is Andi which finished the homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Andi who finished the homework. 11. Transform:The teacher gave me advice. A) The advice what the teacher gave me was. B) It was the teacher which gave me advice. C) It were the teacher who gave me advice. D) It was the teacher who gave me advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the teacher who gave me advice. 12. What we understood ..... the play started at eight o'clock. A) Is. B) Is that. C) Was that. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was that. 13. Identify the focused element in this wh-cleft sentence:What she wants is a vacation. A) She. B) Wants. C) A vacation. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A vacation. 14. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the cake that I baked it.' A) Misplaced modifier in the sentence. B) Redundant pronoun 'it' at the end of the sentence. C) Missing subject in the sentence. D) Incorrect verb tense used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Redundant pronoun 'it' at the end of the sentence. 15. What is the main purpose of cleft sentences? A) To ask a question. B) To make the sentence shorter. C) To add emphasis. D) To correct speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To add emphasis. 16. It was in London ..... they met. A) Where. B) When. C) That. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 17. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'what'. A) What I really like is pizza. B) What I really need is a vacation. C) What I really want is a new car. D) What I really want is a new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I really want is a new car. 18. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the team who won the championship last year.' A) The use of 'that' instead of 'who'. B) The sentence is grammatically correct as is. C) The use of 'who' instead of 'that'. D) The use of 'who' is appropriate for referring to a team. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of 'who' instead of 'that'. 19. In cleft sentences, what is the closest meaning of 'what'? A) The thing. B) The only thing. C) Most things. D) Any thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The thing. 20. Identify the type of cleft sentence:'It is my brother who plays the guitar.' A) It-cleft sentence. B) Pseudo-cleft sentence. C) Subject cleft sentence. D) Wh-cleft sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wh-cleft sentence. 21. ..... I'm trying to say ..... you should be careful. A) What-is. B) Who-is. C) What-are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What-is. 22. It seems that I am wrong, ..... ? A) Amn't I. B) Are I. C) Aren't I. D) Am not I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aren't I. 23. ..... he needs is a good night's sleep. A) Where. B) What. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 24. ..... a high level of blood cholesterol.A. It is eggs that containB. Those are eggs it containsC. It is eggs that containD. It is eggs contains A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 25. Transform the following sentence into cleft form:'The movie surprised everyone.' A) The movie was surprising to everyone. B) It was everyone who surprised the movie. C) It was the movie that surprised everyone. D) Everyone was surprised by the movie. 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