mẹ yêu tôi nhất à It is my mother that loes me most.chính mẹ là người yêu tôi nhất 2.. My mother bought me a present on my birthday party 17.. tôi yêu mẹ tôi nhất à It is my moth
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I IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER:
Câu chẻ được dùng để nhấn mạnh một thành phần của câu như chủ từ, túc từ hay trạng từ
1 Nhấn mạnh chủ từ (Subject focus)
a Với danh từ / đại từ chỉ người:
It + is / was + Noun / pronoun (người) + who/that + V + O …
Ex: My brother collected these foreign stamps.
→ It was my brother who collected these foreign stamps.
(Chính anh tôi là người đã sưu tầm những cái tem nước ngoài này)
b Với danh từ chỉ vật
It + is / was + Noun (vật) + that + V + O …
Ex: Her absence at the party made me sad.
→ It was her absence at the party that made me sad.
(Chính sự vắng mặt của cô ấy tại buổi tiệc làm tôi buồn)
2 Nhấn mạnh túc từ (Object focus)
a Với danh từ / đại từ chỉ người:
It + is / was + Noun / pronoun (người) + who(m) + S + V…
Ex: I met Daisy on the way to school.
→ It was Daisy who(m) I met on the way to school.
(Chính Daisy là người tôi đã gặp trên đường đi học)
Note: Khi nhấn mạnh túc từ ta có thể dùng who thay cho whom nhưng khi nhấn mạnh chủ từ thì không dùng whom
thay cho who.
b Với danh từ chỉ vật
It + is / was + Noun (vật) + that + S + V …
Ex: My brother bought an old motorbike from our neighbor.
→ It was an old motorbike that my brother bought from our neighbor.
(Chính cái xe máy cũ là cái anh tôi đã mua từ người hàng xóm)
3 Nhấn mạnh trạng từ (Adverbial focus)
It + is / was + Adverbial phrase + that + S + V …
Ex: - We first met in December.
→ It was in December that we first met.
(Chính tháng mười hai là khi chúng tôi gặp nhau lần đầu tiên)
- I was born in this village.
→ It was in this village that I was born.
(Chính ngôi làng này là nơi tôi được sinh ra)
4 Câu chẻ bị động (Cleft sentences in the passive)
a Với danh từ / đại từ chỉ người:
It + is / was + Noun / pronoun (person) + who + be + P.P…
Ex: Fans gave that singer a lot of flowers.
→ It was that singer who was given a lot of flowers.
Trang 2(Chính người ca sĩ đó được tặng rất nhiều hoa)
b Với danh từ chỉ vật
It + is / was + Noun (thing) + that + be + P.P…
Ex: People talk about this film.
→ It is this film that is talked about.
(Chính bộ phim này là cái được nói đến)
- Fans gave that singer a lot of flowers.
→ It was a lot of flowers that were given to that singer.
(Chính nhiều hoa đã được tặng cho người ca sĩ)
II EXERCISES:
Exercise 1: Choose the best answers:
1 I bought the golden fish.
A It was from this shop that B I was from this shop where
C It was this shop which D It was this shop that
2 It was Tom _ to help us.
A comes B that comes C to come D who came
3 _ the police had rescued from the fire.
A The baby B The baby that
C It was the baby whom D The baby whom
4 my parents gave me the fish tank.
A It was on my birthday when
B It was my birthday on that
C It was my birthday that
D It was on my birthday that
5 _ I first met my girlfriend.
A It was in London that B It was in London where
C It was London that D It was London which
6 _ on the phone.
A It is his mother whom is B It was his mother whom is
C It was his mother who is D It is his mother who is
7 a high level of blood cholesterol.
A It is eggs that contain B Those are eggs it contains
C It is eggs that contains D It is eggs contain
8 _ England won the World Cup.
A It was in 1966 that B It was on 1966 that
C It was in 1966 when D It was 1966 in that
9 we all look for.
A It is happiness that B That happiness
C Happiness it is that D Happiness it is
10 me how to play the drum.
A It was my uncle who taught B My uncle who taught
C It was my uncle taught D It is my uncle teaching
Exercise 2:
1 SUBJECT FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH CHỦ NGỮ)
It + is/ was + subject (chủ ngữ) + that + verb (động từ): chính ai đó làm ………
1 My mother loves me most (mẹ yêu tôi nhất)
à It is my mother that loes me most.(chính mẹ là người yêu tôi nhất)
2 That man stole my wallet (người đàn ông đó đã trộm cái ví tiền của tôi)
à It was that man that stole my wallet (chính người đàn ông đó đã trộm cái ví tiền của tôi)
1 I used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits
2 My neighbors always make noise at night
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4 You gave her a bunch of rose last week
5 Our English teacher is the greatest teacher in the world
6 The earthquake destroyed everything two years ago
7 My recent computer helps me a lots in preparing tasks for my students
8 My students’ bad behavior made me sad yesterday morning
9 The man gave her the book
10 The boy visited his uncle last month
11 I and she sang together at the party
12 Nam’s father got angry with him
13 The boys played football all day long
14 The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday
15 His presence at the meeting frightened the children
16 My mother bought me a present on my birthday party
17 The neighbor told them about it
18 My friend came to see me late last night
19 That boy scored the goal for his team
20 The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away
21 The strong wind blew the roof off
22 My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to my house
2 OBJECT FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH TÂN NGỮ)
It + is/ was + object (t ngữ) + that + clause (mệnh đề= ch ngữ + v ngữ): chính ai/ cái gì đó, một ai đó làm/ đã
làm…
1 I love my mother most (tôi yêu mẹ tôi nhất)
à It is my mother that I love most (chính mẹ là người tôi yêu nhất)
2 I bought this motor in 2001 (tôi đã mua chiếc xe máy này vào năm 2001)
à It was this motor that I bought in 2001 (chính chiếc xe máy này tôi đã mua năm 2001)
23 My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully
24 The boy hit the dog in the garden
25 The woman answered the man rudely
26 The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon
27 The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday
28 My wife gave this T-shirt to me on my last birthday party
29 I always keep your picture besides me
30 He borrowed the money from his close friend – Hoa
31 The police arrested the man at the railway station
32 The man is learning English
33 The woman gave him the English book
34 She sent her friend a post card
35 Hoa borrowed some English books from Long
36 The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language
37 The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions
38 The dog barked at the stranger
39 My mom is making some cakes for our dinner
40 We all saw her husband out side the theater last night
41 Mr Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning
42 I always meet my students in the café whenever I come there
43 I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago
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3 CLEFT SENTENCES (SUBJECT/ OBJECT/ ADVERD)
45 The boy visited his uncle last month
46 I and she sang together at the party
47 Nam’s father got angry with him
48 The boys played football all day long
49 The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday
50 His presence at the meeting frightened the children
51 My mother bought me a present on my birthday party
52 The neighbor told them about it
53 My friend came to see me late last night
54 That boy scored the goal for his team
55 The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away
56 The strong wind blew the roof off
57 The police arrested the man at the railway station
58 The man is learning English
59 The woman gave him the English book
60 She sent her friend a post card
61 Hoa borrowed some English books from Long
62 The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language
63 The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions
64 The dog barked at the stranger
65 My mom is making some cakes for our dinner
66 We all saw her husband out side the theater last night
67 Mr Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning
68 I always meet this student in the café whenever I come there
69 I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago
70 I met Sasa on the way to my school
71 We were born in this place
72 We often gather for dinner in this restaurant
73 The boy hit the dog in the garden
74 He bought the book from that corner shop
75 She bought him a present at the shop
76 She makes some cakes for tea
77 His father repaired the bicycle for him
78 I met her on the way to school
79 They often had parties on the weekend
80 The police arrested the thief at the railway station
81 I gave him a photo album on his wedding day
82 We planted some young trees in the garden
83 I met my wife when I was a student at teacher training college
84 My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to my house
4 CLEFT SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE (CÂU RÚT GỌN DẠNG BỊ ĐỘNG)
It + is/ was + subject(lấy từ tân ngữ) + that + be + V-ed/ V cột 3 (chính………được … )
My father gave me a lot of toys (cha tôi cho tôi nhiều đồ chơi)
à It was I that was given a lot of toys by my father.(chính tôi được cha tôi cho nhiều đồ chơi.)
His wife clean the floor every evening.
à It is the floor that is cleaned by his wife every evening
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2 They celebrated their wedding last week
3 He described his home town in his novel
4 Most girls like spring
5 My father bought the car for me on my birthday
6 The prince kissed my younger sister at the party
7 My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully
8 The boy hit the dog in the garden
9 The woman answered the man rudely
10 The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon
11 The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday
12 My wife gave this T-shirt to me on my last birthday party
13 I always keep your picture besides me
14 He borrowed the money from his close friend
15 The police arrested the man at the railway station
16 The man is learning English
17 The woman gave him the English book
18 She sent her friend a post card
19 Hoa borrowed some English books from Long
20 The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language
21 The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions
22 The dog barked at the stranger
23 My mom is making some cakes for our dinner
24 We all saw her husband out side the theater lats night
25 Mr.Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning
26 I always meet my students in the cafee whenever I come there
27 I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago
28 I met Sasa on the way to my school
29 Vietnamese people celebrate Tet as the greatest occasion in a year
30 My mother gave me this story book as a birthday present
31 Her younger sister broke her classes
32 She frightened the children
33 My father bought me a lap top for my birthday
34 People talked a lot about his house
35 The pedestrian asked the policeman for the direction to the post office
36 Fans gave Christina lots of flowers
Exercise 3:
Rewrite the sentences to focus attention on the underlined information Using structure” it is / was that”
1 She bought the car from Tom.
………
2 My secretary sent the bill to Mr Harding yesterday.
………
3 We are coming to stay with Jane this weekend
………
4 The president makes the important decisions.
………
5 I’m looking forward to physics exam.
………
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………
7 I was born and grew up in a small village.
………
8 My teacher helped me a lot of with my study last semester.
………
9 The headmaster gave Tam a bicycle as a scholarship.
………
10 Your carelessness caused the accident
………
Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentences, using Cleft sentences.
1 My friend came to see me late last night.
2 I can’t stand the noise
3 John didn’t do the homework.
4 The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon.
5 He bought the book from that corner shop.
6 I saw him in the street only last week.
7 He got married when he was 26.
8 She bought a new dress to go to the party.
9 You are wrong, not me.
10 England won the World Cup in 1966.
11 Peter lent us money
12 They often had parties on weekends.
13 The smoke from the factory chimneys pollutes the air.
14 When the play was about to end , I couldn’t help weeping.
15 The neighbour told them about it.
16 We always meet on Friday.
17 That boy scored the goal for his team.
18 We were supposed to meet at 6 o’clock.
19 The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran awy.
20 They went to the cinema.
21 The strong wind blew the roof off.
22 The woman answered the man rudely.
23 Spring didn’t set in until late May.
24 The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday.
25 My brother bought his new car from our next-door neighbour last Saturday.
26 The police arrested the man at the railway station.
27 I met him on the way to school.
28 He borrowed the money from Linda.
29 Thay were having a barbecue in the park.
30 My brother bought his girlfriend a beautiful bunch of flowers for her birthday last Saturday.
31 The Second World War ended on 7 May 1945 in Europe.
32 If I had to choose between staying in my country or moving abroad, I would take the first option.
33 The official announcement was made at that time.
34 Corline has been feeling a bit depressed for some time.
35 The Prime Minister was traveling to France yesterday when the alarm sounded.
Exercise 5:
Change the sentences into cleft sentences in the passive:
1 Fred gave Mary the money.
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3 I show my friends all of the photographs.
4 The boy throw his friend the baseball
5 The teacher told the students an interesting story.
6 My brother bought his new car from our next-door neighbour last Saturday
7 Jane has just given me this camera.
8 The monkeys amused the children.
9 John took the money.
10 People were talking about this film at 9.00 last night.
11 Columbus discovered America.
12 Jose has washed his car.
13 They grow corn in India
14 Mary bought this book yesterday.
15 Someone stole my car last week.
16 They feed these animals twice a day
17 George was doing the homework 8.00 last night.
18 A Japanese company makes these television sets.
19 The earthquake destroyed the town.
20 No one has used this room for ages.
21 Jane did this task yesterday morning.
22 They took the sick man to the hospital last night.
23 John will sell his old house soon
24 The police stopped us on our way to school.
25 They may use this room for the classroom
26 You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30.
27 They haven’t stamped the letter.
28 They didn’t look after the children properly.
29 John have stored all the data on the floppy disk.
30 Tom saw Mary yesterday morning.
31 Linda loves Jack very much.
32 Tom killed a tiger last year.
33 Mr Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High school.
34 Before the invention of electricity, people had used oil lamps.
35 We have to do these exercises tonight.
36 Tom will visit us tomorrow.
37 Tom usually brings his umbrella when he goes out.
38 My father made this chair in 1990.
39 David can sing Vietnamese songs very well.
40 People speak English here