TOPIC CLEFT SENTENCES, CONJUNCTIONS AND INVERSIONS

TOPIC 17 : CLEFT SENTENCES, CONJUNCTIONS AND
INVERSIONS
(Câu chẻ, liên từ và phép đảo ngữ)
I.
Combine each pairs of sentences, using “both … and”, “neither …
nor” , “either … or”:
1. He didn’t smile. He didn’t see anything.
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2. The hotel isn’t clean and it isn’t comfortable.
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3. We can go to Rome or we can go to Milan.
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4. We didn’t eat. We didn’t drink.
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5. He didn’t sleep well. I didn’t sleep well.
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6. My uncle is a writer. He is also a teacher.
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7. Clark practices law. He also teaches it.
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8. There wasn’t any food and there wasn’t anything to drink.
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9. She doesn’t have a big house. She doesn’t have a car, but she is happy.
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10. They have houses in the country. They also have houses in the city.
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11. It isn’t warm. It isn’t sunny at this time of year.
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12. That animal might be a fox. It might always be a young wolf.
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The front of the house needs painting. The back needs painting, too.
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14. Maggie knows how to prepare Chinese food. Her sister knows how to
prepare Chinese food.
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15. George doesn’t smoke and he doesn’t drink, either. George neither
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16. Jim is on holiday and so is Carol. Both
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17. Jim doesn’t have a car and neither does Jane. Neither
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18. It was a boring film, and it was long. too. The film
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19. On Friday evening, sometimes I go to the cinema, sometimes I stay home
and watch TV.
On Friday evening, I either
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20. Is that man’s name Richard ? Or it is Robert ? It’s one of two.
That man’s name
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II.
Rewrite these sentences, using Cleft sentences to emphasize the

underlined part :
1. Ted brought the book to me.
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2. David teaches in Technical College.
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3. It happened in 1967.
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4. I love these cute cats.
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5. England won the World Cup in 1966.
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Peter lent us money.
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7. Teasing animals is very cruel
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8. Knowing who you are is important.
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9. I saw Ann, I didn’t see Mary.
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10. My address is 728 Nguyen Trai Street.
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III. Change these sentences into cleft sentences in the passive :
1. Mary sent him a lot of
presents…………………………………………………………………..
2. People speak English all over the world.
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3. The dog saved a little boy from the storm.

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4. Mr. Johnson sent the Jiff Company a letter.
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5. Did the boy throw his friend a baseball ?
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6. Fred gave Mary the money.
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7. Her younger sister broke her glasses.
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8. Vietnamese people celebrate Tet as the greatest occasion in a year.
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9. Mr. Tam teaches English at Vo Truong Toan School.
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10. They didn’t stop the noise until midnight.
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IV.
Rewrite these sentences
1. They didn’t build a bridge on Tien River until 1995.
Not until
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2. There had been a lot of arguments about the problem until the professor
came.

Not until
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3. A big man was standing in front of them.
In front of them
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4. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
No sooner
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5. The girl just had time to put her umbrella before the rain came down.
No sooner
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6. If you had come to my birthday party last night, it would have been
pleasanter.
Had
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7. I didn’t prepare the lesson last night. I am in trouble now.
Had
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It was noticed because of his exclamation.
Had……………………………………………………………………………
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9. There were too many cakes for me to eat all.

Such
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10. A lot of people are in the hall now. I can’t breathe.
Such
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11. The exercise was very easy. They did it in two minutes.
So
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12. The film was uninteresting, so I turned off the TV.
So
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13. You won’t see cliffs like these anywhere else in the world.
Nowhere
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14. He can sing very well. He can also play the guitar well.
Not only
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15. Mary asked her father to lend her some money. She even borrowed from
me.
Not only
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16. I realized how much I loved the city only after I had left it.
8.

Only
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