cleft sentences

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>CLEFT SENTENCES I. Put emphasis on the bold words or phrases using It. 1. I’ve lost my book............................................................................................................................................ 2. I saw him in the street last week.................................................................................................................... 3. She bought a new dress to go to the party...................................................................................................... 4. You are wrong, not me.................................................................................................................................... 5. England won the World Cup in 1966.............................................................................................................. 6. I discovered my mistakes years later............................................................................................................. 7. Mastering a second language takes time and practice................................................................................... 8. Peter lent us money. Paul did not................................................................................................................... 9. You will succeed only by hard work............................................................................................................. 10. The smoke from the factory chimneys pollutes the air. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11. We ordered wine. We didn’t order beer........................................................................................................ 12. Lucy started swimming half an hour ago...................................................................................................... 13. David bought this computer three weeks ago.............................................................................................. 14. They plant flowers in the front garden........................................................................................................ 15. A musician friend of mine once went to England on his holiday. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 16. He is angry because you have lost all his papers........................................................................................ 17. What I saw at the dance party surprised me.............................................................................................. 18. Did you start the fire or was it anyone else?.................................................................................................. 19. We finished painting this house this afternoon............................................................................................ 20. We punished him in order to teach him a lesson........................................................................................ II. Change the sentences into cleft sentences in the passive: 1. Fred gave Mary the money.............................................................................................................................. 2. Mr. Johnson sent the Jiff Company a letter..................................................................................................... 3. I show my friends all of the photographs........................................................................................................ 4. Did the boy throw his friend the baseball?...................................................................................................... 5. The teacher told the students an interesting story........................................................................................... 6. Did Mr. William send his brother the money?................................................................................................ 7. Are you going to write Tom a letter soon?...................................................................................................... 8. People talked a lot about his house.................................................................................................................. 9. His father bought him a bicycle for his birthday............................................................................................. 10. He described his hometown in his novel....................................................................................................... III. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown. 1. Bermuda got its name in 1964 it was in ......................................................................................................... 2. Mary did not begin to read until she was eight.  It was not until.................................................................... 3. Prehistoric people had to rely on handicrafts to make the things they needed. It was prehistoric................................................................................................................................................. 4. Princess Diana was usually referred as the rose of England.  It was the ............................................................................................................................................................ 5. Many people collect books because they enjoy reading.  It is because........................................................................................................................................................ 6. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.  It was not until.................................................................................................................................................... 7. I only heard about her story when I met her in London.  It was only.......................................................................................................................................................... 8. He sent his girlfriend a bunch of red roses.  It was his girlfriend..............................................................................................................................................

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