This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct ending to this clause:What we failed to do A) Is working independently. B) Was to keep the same mistakes from happening. C) Is to make sure the contractis ready. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was to keep the same mistakes from happening. 2. It ..... English that the man is learning in the classroom. A) Is. B) Was. C) Be. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 3. Choose the best answer:It is ..... they are going to, not Russia. A) Spain. B) Spain that. C) Spain where. D) In Spain that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain that. 4. TRUE OR FALSEWe use Negative adverbs and conjunctions in Inversions. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 5. It was Shadowhunters that I rewatched earlier this month. A) This is a cleft sentence. B) This is a pseudo-cleft sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is a cleft sentence. 6. It is ..... who I want to make friend with. A) She. B) Her. C) Hers. D) She's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her. 7. It was the math teacher ..... told us about the exam. A) Which. B) That. C) Who. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 8. Turn this normal sentence into a cleft sentence.The team won the match. A) The match was won by the team. B) Winning the match was the team's achievement. C) It was the match that the team won. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the match that the team won. 9. Rephrase the following sentence using a cleft sentence with 'what' to emphasize the object:'I bought a new car.' A) What I bought was a new house. B) What I bought was an old car. C) What I bought was a new bike. D) What I bought was a new car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What I bought was a new car. 10. What is the main difference between an it-cleft and a wh-cleft sentence? A) An it-cleft always ends with a question. B) A wh-cleft emphasizes the beginning part of a sentence, while an it-cleft highlights a part in the middle. C) An it-cleft starts with "It is/was, " while a wh-cleft starts with a wh-word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An it-cleft starts with "It is/was, " while a wh-cleft starts with a wh-word. 11. Original:The thing that surprised me was his sudden anger. A) When surprised me was his sudden anger. B) What surprised me was his sudden anger. C) Where surprised me was his sudden anger. D) Who surprised me was his sudden anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What surprised me was his sudden anger. 12. Original:The car needs repairing because the engine is making strange sounds. A) What the car needs repairing is because the engine is making strange sounds. B) Why the car needs repairing is because the engine is making strange sounds. C) When the car needs repairing is because the engine is making strange sounds. D) Where the car needs repairing is because the engine is making strange sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why the car needs repairing is because the engine is making strange sounds. 13. Choose the best answer:It was not ..... that the noise next door stopped. A) After until midnight. B) Until after midnight. C) Midnight until after. D) None is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until after midnight. 14. Which grammar explanation goes with this sentence? Cleft sentences emphasizes ..... It is the CEO who he is going to meet with tomorrow. 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: A) The subject or object of a sentence or an adverbial phrase. 15. Original:He solved the puzzle with great skill. A) What he solved the puzzle was with great skill. B) How he solved the puzzle was with great skill. C) When he solved the puzzle was with great skill. D) Where he solved the puzzle was with great skill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How he solved the puzzle was with great skill. 16. Choose the best answer:It was in Bristol where they made the film. A) It was in Bristol where they made the film. B) It was in Bristol that the film was made. C) It is in Bristol that they made the film. D) It was in Bristol where they made the film. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was in Bristol that the film was made. 17. Choose the Informal sentence A) It was on Monday when she called. B) It was on Monday that she called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was on Monday when she called. 18. Cleft sentences help us A) Emphasize information at the beginning of a sentence. B) Emphasize information at the end of a sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasize information at the beginning of a sentence. 19. FIND MISTAKES1. (A) That (B) was Tim (C) who (D) went to hospital last week. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 20. Original:She needs a new phone. A) When she needs is a new phone. B) Where she needs is a new phone. C) What she needs is a new phone. D) Who she needs is a new phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she needs is a new phone. 21. What is the phobia of enclosed spaces called? A) Nyctophobia. B) Acrophobia. C) Claustrophobia. D) Agoraphobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claustrophobia. 22. The young girl sing . A) Amazing good. B) Amazing well. C) Amazingly good. D) Amazingly well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazingly well. 23. Transform into cleft form:They will visit the museum. A) The museum is where they will go. B) They will not visit the museum. C) It is the museum that they will visit. D) They are visiting the museum tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is the museum that they will visit. 24. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was the dog that barked all night. A) The barking dog was all night. B) It was the dog that barked all night. C) All night it was the dog that barked. D) The dog that barked all night was it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the dog that barked all night. 25. Who is he shouting at? He sounds very angry. A) Linking verb. B) Action verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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