This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word "sleep" is a linking verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. How can cleft sentences help in emphasizing certain information? A) By placing the emphasized element at the end of the sentence. B) By using passive voice in the sentence. C) By using complex sentence structures. D) By placing the emphasized element at the beginning of the sentence and using specific structures such as 'It is/was that' or 'What is/was '. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By placing the emphasized element at the beginning of the sentence and using specific structures such as 'It is/was that' or 'What is/was '. 3. ..... I dislike about him ..... his rudeness. A) What / are. B) Who / is. C) Who / are. D) What / is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What / is. 4. What ..... is the subtle hint of vanilla. A) Makes this perfume unique. B) This perfume makes unique. C) This perfume unique makes. D) Unique perfume makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes this perfume unique. 5. Original:They will travel to Paris next month. A) It is next month when they will travel to Paris. B) What is next month when they will travel to Paris. C) Where is next month when they will travel to Paris. D) Who is next month when they will travel to Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is next month when they will travel to Paris. 6. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. A) The assignment was given to us by the teacher. B) The assignment was given by the teacher. C) The teacher gave us the assignment. D) It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. 7. .... who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979. A) It was Jane Byrne. B) Jane Byrne. C) That Jane Byrne. D) When Jane Byrne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Jane Byrne. 8. Which of the following sentences is NOT an example of a cleft sentence? A) All she needed was a cup of coffee. B) Taking Louis to the match is what the boys are doing. C) He found the missing key in the morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He found the missing key in the morning. 9. Normal:They bought a new car.Which is the correct cleft sentence?? A) A) What they did was buy a new car. B) B) What bought them was a new car. C) C) It was a new car what they bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) What they did was buy a new car. 10. Choose the best answer: ..... took my car. A) It was you. B) It were you. C) It was you that. D) It was you whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was you that. 11. Original:He felt sad because his team lost. A) What he felt sad was because his team lost. B) Why he felt sad was because his team lost. C) When he felt sad was because his team lost. D) Where he felt sad was because his team lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why he felt sad was because his team lost. 12. It was the dog ..... the boy hit in the garden. A) Where. B) In which. C) Who. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 13. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'it is' as the cleft phrase. A) It is Sarah who won the race. B) It is Mary who won the race. C) It is John who won the race. D) It is Tom who won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is John who won the race. 14. What is the phobia of flying called? A) Acrophobia. B) Claustrophobia. C) Aerophobia. D) Aviophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aviophobia. 15. I was surprised by the complexity of her argument. A) I was surprised by the complexity of her argument. B) What surprised me was the complexity of her argument. C) The complexity of her argument surprised me. D) It was the complexity of her argument what surprised me. E) Options green and pink are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Options green and pink are correct. 16. ..... had we arrived when it started to rain. A) Hardly. B) Not only. C) Seldom. D) At no. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly. 17. THERE IS ONE WRONG ANSWER. WHICH ONE IS IT?We need a person to take over the project. A) What we need is a person to take over the project. B) The thing that we need is a person to take over the project. C) A person to take over the project is who we need. D) It is a person to take over the project who we need. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The thing that we need is a person to take over the project. 18. These watermelons were sweet. A) Excepting. B) Exception. C) Exceptional. D) Exceptionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exceptionally. 19. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'what' as the cleft phrase. A) What I want is a new car. B) What I like is a new car. C) What I desire is a new car. D) What I need is a new car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I want is a new car. 20. Original:The noise woke everyone up. A) It was the noise that woke everyone up. B) What was the noise that woke everyone up. C) When was the noise that woke everyone up. D) Where was the noise that woke everyone up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the noise that woke everyone up. 21. Transform into cleft form:She loves chocolate. A) Chocolate loves she. B) It is chocolate that she loves. C) It is she who loves chocolate. D) She loves vanilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is chocolate that she loves. 22. I find the intensity of the spicy flavor overwhelming. A) What I find is the intensity of the spicy flavor overwhelming. B) What I find overwhelming is the intensity of the spicy flavor. C) What I overwhelm is the find of intensity of the spicy flavor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I find overwhelming is the intensity of the spicy flavor. 23. Original:The meeting is in the conference room. A) It is in the conference room where the meeting is. B) What is in the conference room where the meeting is. C) When is in the conference room where the meeting is. D) Who is in the conference room where the meeting is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is in the conference room where the meeting is. 24. Original:The problem started when the power went out. A) When the problem started was when the power went out. B) What the problem started was when the power went out. C) Where the problem started was when the power went out. D) Who the problem started was when the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the problem started was when the power went out. 25. Original:She called him yesterday. A) It was yesterday when she called him. B) What was yesterday when she called him. C) Where was yesterday when she called him. D) Who was yesterday when she called him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was yesterday when she called him. ← 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