This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You ..... talk to your parents about your problem. They will give you the best advice. A) Should. B) Should not. C) Have to. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should. 2. (a) who lent him the money. A) A. It was Mary. B) Mary it was. C) Mary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It was Mary. 3. Select the sentence that emphasizes the object. A) Who is reading a novel by Abai is Dauren. B) What Dauren is reading is a novel by Abai. C) It is Dauren who is reading a novel by Abai. D) What Dauren is doing is reading a novel by Abai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What Dauren is reading is a novel by Abai. 4. What is the primary function of a cleft sentence? A) To add extra information to a sentence. B) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. C) To make a sentence more complex. D) To connect two sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. 5. Choose the best option to complete the following sentence:One thing I think we should do ..... A) That he decided to spill the beans. B) Was that we'd spent more time partying than studying. C) Is to make sure we research the location more thoroughly next time. D) Was the humor, it was hilarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is to make sure we research the location more thoroughly next time. 6. What I intended to do was ..... work early today. A) Leave. B) To leave. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To leave. 7. ..... him that I realized we were dressed the same way. A) When I saw. B) It was when I saw. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was when I saw. 8. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was yesterday that I saw her.' A) The subject of the sentence is unclear. B) The emphasis is misplaced in the cleft sentence. C) The emphasis is on the action rather than the time. D) The sentence is grammatically correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The emphasis is misplaced in the cleft sentence. 9. "We want honesty." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) What we want are honesty. B) What we want is honesty. C) What we wanted is honesty. D) What we was wants honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What we want is honesty. 10. Which of the following is a cleft sentence? A) 'He is a doctor.' B) 'It is he who is a doctor.' A) 'It is he who is a doctor.'. B) 'He was a doctor.'. C) 'They are doctors.'. D) 'She is a teacher.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'It is he who is a doctor.'. 11. Is this cleft sentence written correctly?I want what to do is persuade them to come with us.Chose an option! A) Definitely right!. B) Absolutely not!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolutely not!. 12. What is the structure of an It-cleft sentence? A) What + clause + verb. B) It + be + emphasized info + that/who + clause. C) Verb + clause + subject. D) Clause + it + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It + be + emphasized info + that/who + clause. 13. Which cleft sentence emphasizes a place? A) It was at the beach that we met. B) What we did was meet. C) What I saw was him. D) It's John who met her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was at the beach that we met. 14. It wasn't ..... I reached the top ..... I realized how high the cliff was A) Until-that. B) Until-what. C) Until-who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Until-that. 15. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning. A) It was the roof that was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. B) It was the roof who was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. C) It is the roof that was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. D) It was the roof whom was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the roof that was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. 16. What I wanted ..... home and have a nice, hot bath. A) Was go. B) Was going. C) Was to go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was to go. 17. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one?She solved the puzzle. a What she did was solve the puzzle. b What she solved was the puzzle. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 18. No cleft:You need a good cup of teaCleft:What you need ..... a good cup of tea A) Was. B) Is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 19. ..... you choose to spend your time with says a lot about you. A) Who. B) Where. C) Why. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 20. Which of the following sentences contains an error in the cleft structure? A) It was at midnight that we left the party. B) What I found interesting was his perspective. C) It was him who solved the mystery. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was him who solved the mystery. 21. It was the book ..... changed my life. A) Who. B) That. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 22. "She only wants attention." A) What she wants is attention. B) What she want is attention. C) What she wants are attention. D) What she wanted are attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What she wants is attention. 23. Anna and her best friend were ..... after an argument. A) Determined. B) Reconciled. C) Happy. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reconciled. 24. Transform 'He solved the problem' into a cleft sentence. A) He was the one who solved the problem. B) It was the problem that he solved. C) He solved the problem himself. D) It was he who solved the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was he who solved the problem. 25. What we did is (a) a letter to apologize. A) A. write. B) Writing. C) Wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. write. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCleft Sentences Quiz 1Cleft Sentences Quiz 2Cleft Sentences Quiz 3Cleft Sentences Quiz 4Cleft Sentences Quiz 5Cleft Sentences Quiz 6Cleft Sentences Quiz 7Cleft Sentences Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books