This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When and where are only used in ..... A) Formal English. B) Informal English. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informal English. 2. It was Peter who fixed the broken chair. 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. 3. Turn off the air-conditioner. It's GETTING too cold in here. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking verb. 4. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence below ..... fame and money, among other things. A) What I want is. B) What I want are. C) What I want it's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I want is. 5. Choose the best answer:It is pop music that my brother prefers. A) It is pop music that is my brother prefers. B) It is pop music that my brother prefers. C) It was pop music that my brother prefers. D) It is pop music that is preferred by my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is pop music that is preferred by my brother. 6. Identify the emphasized part in this all-cleft sentence: "All she wanted was a simple answer." A) A simple answer. B) She. C) She wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simple answer. 7. "John baked the cake."This sentence is normal sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'movie'. A) The movie is what I want to watch tonight. B) I want to watch the movie tonight. C) It is tonight that I want to watch the movie. D) It is 'movie' that I want to watch tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is 'movie' that I want to watch tonight. 9. ..... had I got off the bus when it crashed. A) Never. B) Seldom. C) Scarcely. D) Only later. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scarcely. 10. Choose the best answer:It was in the year 1792 ..... A) Founding the New York Stock Exchange. B) Which year the New York Stock Exchange was founded. C) The New York Stock Exchange founded. D) That the New York Stock Exchange was founded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That the New York Stock Exchange was founded. 11. Rephrase the following sentence using a cleft sentence with 'what' to emphasize the subject:'She loves to read books.' A) She loves what to read books. B) What she loves to read is books. C) To read books is what she loves. D) What she loves is to read books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What she loves is to read books. 12. It is in Quebec ..... French is used as an official language . A) Which. B) Where. C) In where. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 13. Determine the emphasized part in this all-cleft sentence: "All he remembered from the trip was the beautiful sunset." A) The beautiful sunset. B) Remember. C) He. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beautiful sunset. 14. What is the primary purpose of a cleft sentence? A) To make a sentence longer. B) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. C) To create complex grammatical structures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. 15. Choose the best answer: ..... my neighbors who rescued me from the fire. A) It was. B) That is. C) It is. D) This is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was. 16. Lucy loves rock music! not salsa.It ..... A) Is Lucy who she loves. B) Is rock which she loves. C) Was salsa which she loved. D) Rock who she loves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is rock which she loves. 17. Original:You can enter if you have a ticket. A) When is if you have a ticket that you can enter. B) Where is if you have a ticket that you can enter. C) What is if you have a ticket that you can enter. D) It is if you have a ticket that you can enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is if you have a ticket that you can enter. 18. Identify the correct all-cleft sentence in the options below. A) It was everything he wished for that came true. B) All he wanted was a good night's sleep. C) What he wanted was a good night's sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All he wanted was a good night's sleep. 19. Janice was watching TV, not me!It ..... watching TV. A) Was Janice was. B) Was Janice who was. C) Is Janice who was. D) Janice who was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was Janice who was. 20. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was John who ate all the cookies. A) It was John who baked all the cookies. B) It was John who ate all the cookies. C) It was John who shared all the cookies. D) It was John who bought all the cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was John who ate all the cookies. 21. It is the car that John wants to buy. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) Object Cleft. 22. Original:I value honesty the most. A) When I value the most is honesty. B) What I value the most is honesty. C) Where I value the most is honesty. D) Who I value the most is honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I value the most is honesty. 23. A:You hurt him! B: ..... I did is tell him the truth. I think he deserved it. A) What. B) That. C) Of. D) I think. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 24. It was Jane who suggested the new idea. 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. 25. Describe how cleft sentences help in emphasizing information. A) Cleft sentences emphasize information by structuring sentences with a relative clause followed by the main clause, highlighting the focused element. B) Cleft sentences emphasize information by removing the main clause. C) Cleft sentences emphasize information by using passive voice structures. D) Cleft sentences emphasize information by adding unnecessary details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleft sentences emphasize information by structuring sentences with a relative clause followed by the main clause, highlighting the focused element. ← 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