This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Such a valuable painting is it/it is that the museum had to hire 5 security guards to protect it. A) It is. B) Is it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is. 2. Inversions ..... the books BEEN cheaper, I ..... them all. A) Had/ would have bought. B) Has/ would have bought. C) Have/would have bought. D) Had/ would bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had/ would have bought. 3. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence below ..... I would do is wait for the instructions A) That I said. B) It is what. C) What I said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I said. 4. Choose the best answer.It is the English exam that the students most worry about. A) It was the English exam that the students most worry about. B) It is the English exam that is most worried about by the students. C) It is the English exam that the students most worried about. D) It was the English exam the students most worry about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the English exam that is most worried about by the students. 5. ..... seeing the doctor was Theresa allowed to leave. A) After only. B) Just after. C) Only when. D) Only after. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only after. 6. Normal:Maria cooked dinner yesterday.Which is the correct cleft sentence? A) A) What Maria did was cook dinner yesterday. B) B) It was dinner that Maria yesterday cooked. C) C) What yesterday was Maria cooked dinner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) What Maria did was cook dinner yesterday. 7. Which grammar explanation goes with this sentence? Cleft sentences emphasizes ..... It is his line manager who is asking him to stay late this time, not his colleagues. A) The subject or object of a sentence or an adverbial phrase. B) New information. C) The action or the verb phrase in a sentence. D) A noun or verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New information. 8. Rewrite the sentence.Her sad story made me cry. A) It was her sad stories that make me cry. B) It was her sad story that made me cry. C) It is her sad story that make me cry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was her sad story that made me cry. 9. I need a scholarship to continue studying. A) What I need is a scholarship to continue studying. B) A scholarship to continue studying. C) It was a scholarship what I needed to continue studying. D) I need a scholarship to continue studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I need is a scholarship to continue studying. 10. The ..... thing I really love is to play soccer. A) Only. B) Never. C) One. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 11. Nate does not really trust Dan, and Blair had to say neither did she/she did. A) She did. B) Did she. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did she. 12. Choose the correct ending to this clause:The thing I like about my job A) Who will talk to him aboutthe problem. B) Is working independently. C) Is to make sure the contractis ready. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is working independently. 13. The trainee stole our boss' wallet. A) Who stolen the trainee was our boos. B) Who stole the traine was our boss. C) Who stole the wallet of our boss was the trainee. D) My boss was stolen. It was the trainee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who stole the wallet of our boss was the trainee. 14. Rewrite the sentence. I dislike his dishonesty the most. A) It was his dishonesty who I disliked the most. B) His dishonesty that I dislike the most. C) It is his dishonesty that I dislike the most. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is his dishonesty that I dislike the most. 15. Find the linking verb.Jack broke up with his girlfriend, but he didn't look sad when I saw him. A) Broke. B) Look. C) Saw. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look. 16. What is the main purpose of using a cleft sentence with 'what'? A) To confuse the reader. B) To hide important information. C) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. D) To emphasize the complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. 17. "Did you enjoy canoeing?""Yes! Never before ..... so much!" A) I enjoyed myself. B) I have enjoyed myself. C) Have I enjoyed myself. D) I did enjoy myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have I enjoyed myself. 18. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.A:What happened then?B:The only ..... I remember is something hitting the back of my head. A) Thing. B) That. C) What. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thing. 19. Robert passed the exam, not me.:(It ..... the exam. A) Was Robert who passed. B) Was Robert who pass. C) Is Robert who passed. D) Robert who passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was Robert who passed. 20. It was my brother who helped me with my homework. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Subject Cleft. 21. "What I need is a vacation."This sentence is normal sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Could you please tell me ..... tomorrow afternoon. A) What time is the meeting. B) The time is the meeting. C) The meeting at what time it is. D) What time the meeting is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What time the meeting is. 23. What is the correct It-Cleft sentence pattern? A) It + inifinitive + highlighted word/ phrase + that/ who clause. B) It + verb + highlighted word/ phrase + that/ who clause. C) It + be + highlighted word/ phrase + that/ who clause. D) It + be + highlighted word/ phrase + this/ those clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It + be + highlighted word/ phrase + that/ who clause. 24. Which type of cleft sentence is used to emphasize the object? A) Object cleft sentence. B) Adverbial cleft sentence. C) Verb cleft sentence. D) Subject cleft sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object cleft sentence. 25. Find the mistake:It was English that is used by people all over the world. A) That. B) By people. C) Is used. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. ← 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