CLEFT SENTENCES AND CONJUNCTIONS CLEFT SENTENCES AND CONJUNCTIONS Unit 13,14 Week A Cleft Sentences I Cleft Sentences in Active Form 1 Subject Focus Ex1 Mr Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High schoo[.]
CLEFT SENTENCES AND CONJUNCTIONS Unit 13,14 Week: A Cleft Sentences: I Cleft Sentences in Active Form: Subject Focus: Ex1: Mr Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High school S –› It is Mr Duy who / that teaches English in Thong Linh High school Ex2: The boy hit the dog in the garden yesterday S –› It is the boy that hit the dog in the garden yesterday Form: It is/was + S + who/ that + V+O… Object Focus: Ex1: Mr Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High school O –› It is English that Mr Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High school Ex2: The boy hit the dog in the garden yesterday O –› It is the dog that the boy hit in the garden yesterday Form: It is/was + O + that + S + V… Focus: Adverbial Ex1: Mr Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High school Adv –› It is in Thong Linh High School that Mr Duy teaches English Ex2: The boy hit the dog in the garden yesterday Adv –› It is in the garden that the boy hit the dog Form: It is/was + Adv + that + S +V+O II Cleft Sentences in Passive Form: Ex1: Mr Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High school O –› It is English that is taught in Thong Linh High school by Mr Duy Ex2: The boy hit the dog in the garden yesterday O –› It was the dog that was hit in the garden by the boy yesterday Ex3: She frightened the children O –› It was the children who / that were frightened (by her) Form: It was is + S + that(vật) + be + V3/ed who / that(người) B Conjunctions: I Both …and: (cả … lẫn …, vừa … vừa…) Ex1: Tom was late So was Ann (Ann was, too.) –› Both Tom and Ann was late Ex2: They were tired They were hungry They were both tired and hungry Note: Both S1 and S2 + plural verb II Not only … but also: (không … mà còn…) Ex1: She is intelligent She is also beautiful She is not only intelligent but also beautiful Ex2: My friend is a worker I am also a worker Not only my friends but also I am a worker III Either…or: (hoaëc … hoaëc…) Ex1: You can come with me or walk home You can either come with me or walk home Ex2: They stay at home or he stays at home Either they or he stays at home IV Neither…nor: ( không … không…) Ex1: She didn’t write and didn’t phone She neither wrote nor phone Ex2: They weren’t at home She wasn’t at home Neither they nor she was at home Form: Either Neither Not only or S1 + nor but also S2 V C Exercises: I Put emphasis on the bold words or phrases using It: I’ve lost my book I saw him in the street only last week She bought a new dress to go to the party You are wrong, not me England won the World Cup in 1966 We ordered wine We didn’t order beer Did you start the fight, or was it someone else? Peter lent us money Paul did not You will succeed only by hard work 10 The smoke from the factory chimneys pollutes the air II Change the sentences into cleft sentences in the passive: Fred gave Mary the money Mr Johnson sent the Jiff Company a letter I show my friends all of the photographs Did the boy throw his friend the baseball? The teacher told the students an interesting story III Combine the following pair of sentences, using “both …and, neither … nor, either … or”: It was a very boring film It was very long, too The hotel wasn’t clean And it wasn’t comfortable Is that man’s name Richard? Or is it Robert? I didn’t have time to go on holiday And I didn’t get money We can leave today or we can leave tomorrow The front of the house needs painting The back needs painting, too George doesn’t smoke And he doesn’t drink, either