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Cleft sentences are a grammatical structure that divides information into two parts for emphasis, typically using the format 'It + be + emphasized word/phrase + that/who clause.' The document provides examples of how to create cleft sentences by emphasizing different components of a sentence. Additionally, it includes exercises for rewriting sentences into cleft form.

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CLEFT SENTENCES - Copy

Cleft sentences are a grammatical structure that divides information into two parts for emphasis, typically using the format 'It + be + emphasized word/phrase + that/who clause.' The document provides examples of how to create cleft sentences by emphasizing different components of a sentence. Additionally, it includes exercises for rewriting sentences into cleft form.

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Cleft Sentences

Cleft means divided. In a cleft sentence, information which could be given in one clause is divided into two parts,
each with its own verb. This way you give extra emphasis to part of the sentence
EX: It was Tom who didn’t want to come.
TYPE 1:
It Cleft sentences:
IT + BE + EMPHASISED WORD/PHRASE +THAT /(WHO) CLAUSE
SENTENCE Mike took Sally to the party on Saturday.
EMPHASIS ON THE SUBJECT  It was Mike who took Sally to the party on Saturday.
EMPHASIS ON THE OBJECT  It was Sally that Mike took to the party on Saturday.
EMPHASIS ON THE ADVERBIAL  It was on Saturday that Mike took Sally to the party.
EMPHASIS ON THE PREP. PHRASE  It was to the party that Mike took Sally on Saturday.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences; using Cleft sentences
1.The boy visited his uncle last month.
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2. My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
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3. Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.
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4. Nam’s father got angry with him.
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5. The boys played football all day long.
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6. The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday.
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7. His presence at the meeting frightened the children.
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8. The man is learning English.
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9. The woman gave him the book..
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10. She sent her friend the postcard.
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11. Hoa borrowed the book from Long.
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12. The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strnge language.
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13. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.


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14. The dog barked at the stranger.
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15. She made some cakes for tea.
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16. His father repaired the bicycle for him.
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17. She presented him a book on his birthday.
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18. He met his wife in Britain.
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19. She bought that present from the shop.
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20. The meeting started at 8.00 a.m.
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