This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... time did I mean to make you feel bad. A) Not only. B) Little. C) Rarely. D) At no. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At no. 2. Which statement best defines a cleft sentence? A) A declarative sentence that reports facts. B) A two-part structure used to add emphasis. C) A sentence with two independent clauses. D) A compound-complex sentence with subordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A two-part structure used to add emphasis. 3. Explain the significance of the relative clause in a cleft sentence. A) The relative clause in a cleft sentence is optional and can be omitted. B) The significance of the relative clause in a cleft sentence is to provide essential information about the noun being emphasized. C) The relative clause in a cleft sentence is used for decorative purposes only. D) The relative clause in a cleft sentence has no impact on the overall meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The significance of the relative clause in a cleft sentence is to provide essential information about the noun being emphasized. 4. What I did earlier this month was rewatch Shadowhunters. 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: B) This is a pseudo-cleft sentence. 5. Transform into cleft form:The dog barked loudly. A) Barking loudly was done by the dog. B) It was the cat that barked loudly. C) It was the dog that barked loudly. D) The dog was barking loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the dog that barked loudly. 6. Choose the correct ending to this clause:It is a problem with the software that is causing the delay, A) Who will talk to him aboutthe problem. B) Not the work his colleaguesare doing. C) Was to keep the same mistakes from happening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not the work his colleaguesare doing. 7. What is the phobia of heights called? A) Aerophobia. B) Nyctophobia. C) Acrophobia. D) Claustrophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acrophobia. 8. What is the phobia of spiders called? A) Arachnophobia. B) Ornithophobia. C) Entomophobia. D) Herpetophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arachnophobia. 9. A:You don't understand me. B:No, ..... I don't understand is why you do this to yourself. A) That. B) What. C) Why. D) Only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 10. People always talk about how fascinating travel is. But they never tell you how boring it can be too. A) But the thing they never tell you is how boring it can be too. B) But thing they never told you is how boring it could be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But the thing they never tell you is how boring it can be too. 11. A:Didn't you fly to Denver yesterday? B:No, ..... on Monday I flew to Denver. A) Was. B) Is. C) It was. D) It is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was. 12. It was in New York ..... I first met her ten years ago. A) There. B) Where. C) That. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 13. Cleft sentences mostly start with "It ..... ", "What ..... " or "The thing that ..... ". A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What part of the sentence is emphasized in this cleft structure: "It was her singing that impressed the judges" ? A) Her. B) Singing. C) The judges. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing. 15. InversionsInversions are use in: A) Written. B) Formal context. C) All of them. D) Speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of them. 16. It is the room ..... we usually hold our meetings. A) That. B) Why. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 17. What is the primary function of cleft sentences? A) To mark the end of a narrative paragraph. B) To convert passive voice into active voice. C) To join two unrelated ideas smoothly. D) To provide emphasis on specific information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide emphasis on specific information. 18. It is the student who ..... toward us. A) Is running. B) Was running. C) Ran. D) Were running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is running. 19. Inversion ..... you see such a gifted performer A) Hardly will. B) Little do. C) Seldom have. D) Rarely will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely will. 20. Which relative pronouns can we use? A) That. B) Which. C) Who. D) No relative pronoun. E) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All answers are correct. 21. Choose the best answer: ..... my parents gave the fish tank. A) It was on my birthday when. B) It was my birthday on that. C) It was my birthday that. D) It was on my birthday that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was on my birthday that. 22. Turn this normal sentence into a cleft sentence.He is always telling lies, not Rachel. A) It's he who is always telling lies. B) It's him who is always telling lies. C) It's himself who is always telling lies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's he who is always telling lies. 23. It (A) is (B) in 2010 (C) that I (D) graduated from university. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 24. ..... do you meet anyone as charming as Mr. Humphrey. A) At no point. B) In no way. C) Under no circumstance. D) Rarely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely. 25. Original:The concert was held in the main stadium. A) What was in the main stadium that the concert was held. B) It was in the main stadium where the concert was held. C) When was in the main stadium where the concert was held. D) Who was in the main stadium where the concert was held. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was in the main stadium where the concert was held. ← 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