This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tomato plants will grow very ..... in warm and sunny weather. A) Quick. B) Quickly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly. 2. Choose the best answer: ..... that you will succeed. A) It was by work hard. B) It was by hard work. C) It is by hard work. D) It is by work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is by hard work. 3. Choose the best answer: ..... took my document? A) It is Peter that. B) It was Peter that. C) Was it Peter that. D) Was that Peter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was it Peter that. 4. What is the purpose of using cleft sentences? A) To add unnecessary complexity to the sentence. B) To emphasize or give focus to a specific element of a sentence. C) To make the sentence longer. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize or give focus to a specific element of a sentence. 5. Choose the best answer:It / be / these / book / I buy / London. A) It is these books that I buy in London. B) It was these books that I bought in London. C) It was these books which I bought on London. D) It was these books I bought in London. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was these books that I bought in London. 6. -She is always telling lies, not John. A) It's her who is always telling lies. B) It is not John who is always telling lies. C) It is she not John who is always telling lies. D) John is not always telling lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's her who is always telling lies. 7. It ..... Peter and Sandra who travelled together on the ship to Asia. A) Is. B) Was. C) Be. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 8. Which type of cleft sentence starts with Wh-word? A) Pseudo-cleft. B) All-cleft. C) It-cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pseudo-cleft. 9. Turn this normal sentence into a cleft sentence.I want to visit my grandparents next summer. A) The place I want to visit next summer is my grandparents' house. B) The place where I would like to visit next summer is my grandparents' house. C) The place where I want to go next summer is my grandparents' house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The place where I would like to visit next summer is my grandparents' house. 10. What do I always look forward to are the feeling of warmth from the morning sun. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 11. ..... did he mention that anything was wrong. A) Only. B) At no time. C) Not until. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At no time. 12. Why are cleft sentences used in English? A) Cleft sentences are used in English to emphasize a particular part of a sentence. B) Cleft sentences are used in English to simplify complex ideas. C) Cleft sentences are used in English to hide the main point of a sentence. D) Cleft sentences are used in English to confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleft sentences are used in English to emphasize a particular part of a sentence. 13. I can't stand it when people make noise while chewing.The thing that ..... make noise while chewing. A) I can't stand is when people. B) Can't stand is when people. C) I can't stand is who people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can't stand is when people. 14. Write a cleft sentence with 'what' to emphasize the subject. A) What I like is classical music. B) I like soccer. C) Cooking is I need. D) I like reading stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I like is classical music. 15. Choose the best answer: ..... gave me that picture book. A) Mary was. B) It was Mary that. C) It was Mary whom. D) It was Mary whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Mary that. 16. Normal:We watched a horror movie.Which is the correct cleft sentence? A) A) A horror movie it was we watched. B) B) What we watched was a horror movie. C) C) It was watched by us a horror movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) What we watched was a horror movie. 17. Choose the best answer:It is ..... I get emotional satisfaction. A) Collecting stamps that. B) From collecting stamps that. C) Collecting stamps from that. D) Collecting stamps that from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From collecting stamps that. 18. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was Mary who won the competition. A) Mary won the competition. B) It was Mary who won the competition. C) The competition was won by Mary, not someone else. D) The competition was won by Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Mary who won the competition. 19. You can't blame an automaker for wanting to design a car that looks, even if it doesn't have what it takes under the hood. A) Fast. B) Fastly. C) Quickness. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast. 20. It was the painting that she admired the most. 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. 21. -Ana started the trouble. A) It was Ana who starts the trouble. B) It is Ana who starts the trouble. C) It is the problem which Ana started. D) It was Ana who started the trouble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was Ana who started the trouble. 22. She said she would become a actress . A) Famous/quick. B) Famous/quickly. C) Famously/quick. D) Famously/quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Famous/quickly. 23. -I don't like his clothes. A) They are his clothes that I don't like. B) It is her clothes that i didn't like. C) I don't like their clothes. D) It's his clothes that I don't like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's his clothes that I don't like. 24. The reason why Dan left ..... the anger. A) Was to avoid. B) Was avoiding. C) That avoided. D) Had to avoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was to avoid. 25. ..... the lights went out did I realize how much the room smelled like lavender. A) At no time. B) Never. C) Not until. D) In no way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not until. ← 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