Cleft Sentences Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Cleft Sentences – Quiz 9
1. Which sentence does NOT have the same meaning?.
A) That action is what we need, not words.
B) It is action that we need, not words.
C) What we need is action, not words.
D) All we need is action, not words.
2. I think about you ( all).
A) All I think about is you.
B) All you think about her.
C) I think all the time in you.
D) All I have thought is you.
3. They write him an email every two months.
A) It is they that write him an email every two months. .
B) It is they that wrote him an email every two months.
C) It was they that wrote him an email every two months.
D) None of above.
4. They grow corn in IndiA.
A) It is corn that they grow in India.
B) It was corn that they grow in IndiA.
C) It was corn that is grown in India.
D) It is corn that was grown in India.
5. We saw our old schoolmates last week. (Adverbial focus).
A) It was last week that we saw our old schoolmates. .
B) It was we that saw our old schoolmates last week.
C) It was our old schoolmates that were seen last week.
D) None of above.
6. _____ on the phone.A. It is his mother whom isB. It was his mother whom isC. It is his mother who isD. It is his mother who.
A) B.
B) D.
C) C.
D) A.
7. In a cleft sentence, a single message is divided (cleft) into two clauses. This allows us to focus on the new information.
A) True.
B) False.
8. Doesn't Martin build model cars?.
A) No, what Martin builds are aeroplanes.
B) No, it is Martin who builds aeroplanes.
C) No, what aeroplanes are Martin builds.
D) None of above.
9. A:What you said hurt him!B: _____ I did was tell him the truth. I think he should know it.
A) All.
B) It was.
C) That.
D) Why.
10. She knows four hundred words _____ numerous proper nouns.
A) Besides.
B) Beside.
11. The word "cleft" means partially united.
A) True.
B) False.
12. You met my teacher, Mr. Jones, didn't you?.
A) No, it was Mrs. Smith that I met.
B) No, I met Mrs. Smith it was.
C) No, Mrs. Smith it was I met.
D) None of above.
13. My older brother has helped me a lot.
A) The person who helped me a lot is my older brother.
B) Who helped me a lot is that my older brother.
C) Who my older brother helped me a lot is the person.
D) None of above.
14. Which sentence is INCORRECT?.
A) It's that we did wait for help.
B) All we did was wait for help.
C) What we did was wait for help.
D) None of above.
15. A:You did this to me!B:No, _____ Sean who did it to you.
A) It was.
B) The person who.
C) It was the person.
D) None of above.
16. Which sentence is INCORRECT?.
A) The reason why he sold his new car was to pay the mortgage.
B) What he did to pay the mortgage is sell his car.
C) Paying the mortgage is why he sold his new car.
D) It was to pay the mortgage that he sold his new car.
17. Which sentence is INCORRECT?.
A) Paying the mortgage is why he sold his new car .
B) It was to pay the mortgage that he sold his new car.
C) The reason why he sold his new car was to pay the mortgage.
D) None of above.
18. _____ me how to play the drum.A. It was my uncle who taughtB. My uncle who taughtC. It was my uncle taughtD. It is my uncle teaching.
A) D.
B) C.
C) B.
D) A.
19. He wrote this book during his holiday in Vietnam.
A) It was while he was on holiday in Vietnam that he wrote this book.
B) It was Vietnam that he wrote this book.
C) It was his holiday in Vietnam that he wrote this book.
D) It was during his holiday in Vietnam when he wrote this book.
20. It hard to say what makes a band successful.
A) Correct.
B) Incorrect.
21. This is the basic pattern of an IT cleft sentence:.
A) It + be verb + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause .
B) It + be verb + that/who relative clause.
C) It + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause.
D) None of above.
22. Hardly _____ when the alarm went off.
A) Had I finished lunch.
B) I finished lunch.
C) Did I finished.
D) Finished I lunch.
23. _____ I shared the whole story with.
A) The person was Sam.
B) Sam it was the person.
C) He was the person.
D) It was Sam who.
24. Co-founders need to have a clear legal agreement. (The thing that).
A) The thing that co-founders need is a clear legal agreement.
B) That co-founders need is a clear legal agreement.
C) The thing that clear legal agreement is co-founders.
D) None of above.
25. The cake tastes _____ .
A) Goodly.
B) Well.
C) Badly.
D) Good.