Cleft Sentences Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Cleft Sentences – Quiz 13
1. You gave her a bunch of rose last week.
A) It was you which gave her a bunch of rose last week.
B) It was you that/ who gave her a bunch of rose last week.
C) It is you that / who gave her a bunch of rose last week.
D) It was you whom gave her a bunch of rose last week.
2. True or False:In inverted cleft sentences we always use an auxiliary verb (e.g. have, did, will).
A) True.
B) False.
3. My neighbors always make noise at night.
A) It was my neighbors who/that always make noise at night.
B) It is my neighbors who/that always make noise at night.
C) It is my neighbors whom always make noise at night.
D) It is my neighbors which always make noise at night.
4. When people drive too fast, it really annoys me.
A) The thing that really annoys me is when people drive too fast. .
B) The thing that really annoys me is who drive.
C) When people drive too fast annoys me.
D) None of above.
5. It _____ the materials that will arrive today.
A) Is.
B) Was.
C) Are.
D) Were.
6. I was born and grew up in this village.
A) It was in this village that I was born and grew up.
B) It was this village that I was born and grew up.
C) It was in this village I was born and grew up.
D) It was in this village where I was born and grew up.
7. It + be + focus + that/who + S + V is an emphasis structure.
A) Object.
B) Subject.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
8. _____ put my feet up and relax on the sofa.
A) What I want is.
B) What I want it's.
C) What I want are.
D) All I want.
9. It was my brother _____ called you last night.
A) When.
B) Which.
C) -.
D) Who.
10. The performance ended at half past ten.
A) It was at half past ten that ended the performance.
B) The time when the performance ended was at half past ten.
C) The place when the performance ended was at half past ten.
D) When the performance ended half past ten was.
11. Make this an inverted cleft sentence:Experts never suspected anything was wrong.
A) At no time did experts expect anything was wrong.
B) What experts didn't expect was that something was wrong.
C) Never have experts expected something was wrong.
D) None are correct.
12. I love music the most.
A) It is that I love the most music.
B) It is music that I love the most.
C) What I love the most music.
D) What music that I love the most.
13. _____ we all look for.
A) Happiness it is.
B) It is happiness that.
C) Happiness it is that.
D) That happiness.
14. It was Mr. Harding _____ the bill to yesterday.
A) To whom my secretary sent.
B) That my secretary sent.
C) My secretary sent.
D) Who sent my secretary.
15. A:Did you call the police?B:No, _____ was hide in the bedroom.
A) What I did.
B) The thing that.
C) It was who.
D) None of above.
16. _____ that I realised she was leaving me.
A) Not until I read the mail.
B) It was when I read the mail.
C) When I read the mail.
D) After I read the mail.
17. _____ who lent him the money.
A) It was Mary.
B) Mary.
C) Mary it was.
D) None of above.
18. I love my mother most.
A) It was my mother whom I love most.
B) It is my mother whom I love most.
C) It was my mother that I love most.
D) It is my mother which I love most.
19. _____ the email that I realised I didn't have an exam.
A) It was when I read.
B) Not until I read.
C) When I read.
D) It was.
20. We use a cleft sentence to add new or important information to what the listener already knows.
A) False.
B) True.
21. I don't like Jamie's attitude.
A) It's Jamie's attitude that I don't like.
B) Jamie's attitude I don't like.
C) It's I don't like Jamie's attitude.
D) None of above.
22. I came back because I had forgotten to close the windows.
A) The reason why I came back is that I had forgotten to close the windows.
B) The reason I came back is because I had forgot to close the windows.
C) The only thing why I came back is that I had forgotten to close the windows.
D) None of above.
23. What I kept _____ the keyboard.
A) Is.
B) Were.
C) Was.
D) Are.
24. _____ the whole world started to suffer from the pandemic.
A) Was 2020 when.
B) 2020 it was.
C) 2020 was where.
D) It was 2020 when.
25. Make this an inverted Cleft Sentence:John had never been to such a fantastic restaurant.
A) Never is John been to such a fantastic restaurant.
B) Never was John been to such a fantastic restaurant.
C) Never had John been to such a fantastic restaurant.
D) Always had John been to such a fantastic restaurant.