This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 36 (15 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Original:I am looking for my glasses. A) When I am looking for is my glasses. B) What I am looking for is my glasses. C) Where I am looking for is my glasses. D) Who I am looking for is my glasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I am looking for is my glasses. 2. ..... had we arrived home than the police rang the doorbell. A) Not only. B) No sooner. C) Only then. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No sooner. 3. Choose the correct ending to this clause:What I will do tomorrow before I leave A) Was the latest version of thequality control agreement. B) Is to make sure the contractis ready. C) Who will talk to him aboutthe problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is to make sure the contractis ready. 4. Colombia was full of suprises. I ..... read up a lot about it before I went, but nothing really prepares you for it. A) Did. B) Do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 5. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'painting'. A) She loves painting. B) It is painting that she loves. C) Painting is what she loves. D) The painting is what she loves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is painting that she loves. 6. Transform into cleft form:The teacher gave a lecture. A) The teacher gave a presentation. B) It was the student who gave a lecture. C) It was the teacher who gave a lecture. D) A lecture was given by the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the teacher who gave a lecture. 7. Original:Maria baked the delicious cake. A) What was Maria who baked the delicious cake. B) It was Maria who baked the delicious cake. C) When was Maria who baked the delicious cake. D) Where was Maria who baked the delicious cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Maria who baked the delicious cake. 8. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'that' as the cleft phrase. A) It was that he stole my wallet. B) It was my wallet that he stole. C) He stole my wallet that was it. D) That he stole my wallet was it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was that he stole my wallet. 9. Complete the sentence:'What I want is ..... ' A) Cooking. B) You. C) I like. D) What it's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You. 10. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was the cat that knocked over the vase. A) It was the cat that knocked over the vase. B) The cat was the one who knocked over the vase. C) The vase was knocked over by the cat. D) The cat knocked over the vase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the cat that knocked over the vase. 11. ..... to contact Susan before Monday, please let me know. A) You should manage. B) Only if you manage. C) If you should. D) Should you manage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should you manage. 12. What is emphasized in the sentence: "It was the manager who approved the plan" ? A) The plan. B) The manager. C) The approval process. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The manager. 13. Which grammar explanation goes with this sentence? Cleft sentences emphasizes ..... What they did was to change the structure of the feedback loops. 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: C) The action or the verb phrase in a sentence. 14. Which type of cleft sentence is used to emphasize the subject? A) Subject cleft sentence. B) Verb cleft sentence. C) Object cleft sentence. D) Complement cleft sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject cleft sentence. 15. ..... what was going on, I would have reacted qiute differently. A) Had I realised. B) Were I realise. C) If I realised. D) I did realise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had I realised. ← PreviousRelated 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