This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was ..... I was scared that I decidednot to climb the cliff A) Because. B) Me. C) That. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 2. They knew his name and his address, ..... ? A) Don't they. B) Didn't they. C) Do they. D) Did they. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't they. 3. ? my teachers that I would ask for careers advice. A) What is. B) It is. C) Could be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is. 4. Which part of this sentence is being emphasized?"It was at the party that I lost my phone." A) The phone. B) I. C) The party. D) Losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The party. 5. Which of the following is grammatically correct? A) What she do was cook. B) What she did was cooked. C) What she did was to cook. D) What did she was cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she did was to cook. 6. -I have a bad toothache.-You ..... go to the dentist. A) Ought to. B) Should not. C) Have to. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ought to. 7. ? this school excels in is developing critical thinking. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 8. What is the structure of a What-Cleft Sentence? A) What + subject + verb + be + emphasized information. B) What + verb + subject + be + emphasized information. C) What + subject + be + verb + emphasized information. D) What + emphasized information + subject + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What + subject + verb + be + emphasized information. 9. Differentiate between the two types of cleft sentences:it-cleft and wh-cleft. A) The main difference is that it-clefts emphasize a specific element using 'it is/was', while wh-clefts emphasize using a wh-word. B) It-clefts use a wh-word for emphasis. C) It-clefts and wh-clefts are the same in structure. D) Wh-clefts are used to ask questions only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main difference is that it-clefts emphasize a specific element using 'it is/was', while wh-clefts emphasize using a wh-word. 10. Which sentence uses a WH-cleft correctly? A) What he likes are music. B) What he likes is music. C) What he like is music. D) What he likes was music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What he likes is music. 11. What is the main purpose of a cleft sentence? A) A. To shorten a sentence. B) B. To change verb tense. C) C. To emphasize specific information. D) To make a sentence more formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. To emphasize specific information. 12. ? is Sarah I went to school with, not her sister, Rachel. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 13. Is this a cleft sentence:The reason I called was to check in on you. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 14. Which part of a cleft sentence is typically introduced by the word "that" ? A) The subject. B) The verb. C) The emphasized element. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The emphasized element. 15. Identify the focus in the following cleft sentence:It was the dog that barked all night. A) The cat. B) The bird. C) The dog. D) The fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog. 16. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the book that I read it yesterday.' A) The sentence is missing a subject. B) The sentence has a misplaced modifier. C) The sentence uses the wrong tense. D) The sentence contains an extra 'it'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sentence contains an extra 'it'. 17. "It was the pizza that ..... delicious." A) Tastes. B) Taste. C) Tasted. D) Tasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tasted. 18. ..... he managed to complete the project in such a short amount of time is beyond me. A) About. B) What. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 19. Identify the correct What-cleft sentence. A) What I like reading books. B) What I like is reading books. C) What I like are reading books. D) What do I like is reading books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I like is reading books. 20. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? He broke the fence. a What he did was break the fence. b What he broke was the fence. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 21. Transform the sentence 'She loves chocolate' into a cleft sentence. A) She loves chocolate very much. B) Her love for chocolate is strong. C) It is chocolate that she loves. D) Chocolate is loved by her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is chocolate that she loves. 22. Which of the following cleft sentences emphasizes the time of action? A) It was on the weekend that we went hiking. B) It was the teacher who explained the concept. C) It was a difficult exam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was on the weekend that we went hiking. 23. Which sentence correctly emphasizes place? A) It was at home where I studied. B) It was at home that I studied. C) It was home that I studied. D) It was at home which I studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was at home that I studied. 24. Transform:He bought the car yesterday. A) What he bought was yesterday a car. B) The car was what he buy yesterday. C) It was yesterday that he bought the car. D) It was a car yesterday he bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was yesterday that he bought the car. 25. Select the sentence that correctly emphasizes the reason A) It is to get a scholarship why she is studying hard. B) It is studying hard that she does to get a scholarship. C) What she is doing is studying hard to get a scholarship. D) The reason why she is studying hard is to get a scholarship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The reason why she is studying hard is to get a scholarship. ← 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