This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She knows four hundred words ..... numerous proper nouns. A) Besides. B) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Besides. 2. A:You did this to me!B:No, ..... Sean who did it to you. A) The person who. B) It was. C) It was the person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was. 3. This is the basic pattern of an IT cleft sentence: A) It + be verb + that/who relative clause. B) It + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause. C) It + be verb + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It + be verb + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause. 4. The cake tastes ..... A) Good. B) Goodly. C) Well. D) Badly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 5. I can't ..... awake any longer. I'm sleepy. A) Stay. B) Become. C) Seem. D) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stay. 6. What Edison created ..... the light bulb A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 7. ..... the British student who phoned you. A) Th person that wasn't. B) It wasn't. C) What it wasn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It wasn't. 8. A:You did it for the money.B:No, ..... why I did it was to save the company. A) The reason. B) The time. C) The person. D) The thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason. 9. Cleft sentences are complex sentences that are used to emphazise one particular part of a sentence. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 10. Cleft sentences are useful in writing where we cannot use intonation for emphasis, but they are also frequently used in speech. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. She's always telling lies, not Jhon. A) It's she who is always telling lies. B) It's her who is always telling lies. C) It's her that always telling lies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's her who is always telling lies. 12. A:I saw you at the station yesterday.B:No, ..... you saw yesterday at the station was my twin bother. A) The person that. B) The thing that. C) It was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The person that. 13. Use split sentences to rewrite the sentence below.He spent his summer vacation in Da Lat. A) It is Da Lat that he spent his summer vacation. B) It was in Da Lat that he spent his summer vacation. C) It is Da Lat that he spends his summer vacation. D) It was in Da Lat where he spends his summer vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was in Da Lat that he spent his summer vacation. 14. A:You've met my mother, haven't you?B:No, it was ..... A) Your sister that I met. B) Your sister met. C) The person your sister I met. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your sister that I met. 15. People think he is guilty. A) He is thought to have been guilty. B) He is thought to be guilty. C) He is thought to have guilty. D) He is thought guilty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is thought to be guilty. 16. Emphasis-Doesn't start with a sentence with what clause to stress the information that follows A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. My husband watered the flowers every day A) It was the flowers which my husband everday watered. B) It was the flowers that my husband everday watered. C) It was the flowers that my husband watered everday. D) It was the flowers who my husband watered everday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the flowers that my husband watered everday. 18. It ..... Linh and Nam That I studied with. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 19. I'm worried you'll get involved ..... a romantic relationship sooner and later. A) On. B) To. C) With. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 20. I talk about business ( cleft sentence with what) A) What about is business. B) What business we talk about. C) What I talk about is business. D) About what business do we talk about. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I talk about is business. 21. Turn off the air-conditioner. It's ..... too cold in here. A) Sounding. B) Getting. C) Smelling. D) Feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting. 22. What discourages me ..... having to read so many documents. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 23. Did Tom open the box? A) Have it been Tom that opened the box?. B) Has it been Tom who opened the box?. C) Was it Tom who opened the box?. D) Was it who Tom opened the box?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was it Tom who opened the box?. 24. I love my mother most. (a) A) It is my mother which I lov. B) It was my mother that I lov. C) A It is my mother that I love. D) It was my mother whom I lov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A It is my mother that I love. 25. I don't want to be late for work tomorrow. A) What I don't want to be late for work tomorrow. B) What I don't want is to be late for work tomorrow. C) Late for work tomorrow is what I don't want. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I don't want is to be late for work tomorrow. ← 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