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Khi muốn nhấn mạnh vào chủ ngữ hay chủ thể gây ra hành động thì dùng câu nhấn mạnh cleft sentence để diễn đạt và đặt trọng tâm vào chủ thể đó.. *Khi muốn nhấn mạnh tân ngữ hay đối tượng

Tuesday, March 16th 2010

* It was John who robbed customer’s bags

in shops in London

Read the following sentence then choose the

best answer for each of the questions below:

1.The underlined part of the word “robbed” is

1.She was robbed.

Practise reading aloud these sentences:

3 Lan dropped the teapot.

2 He stopped smoking.

4 The boy jumped out into the road and bumped

into an old man.

5 She’s been to a number of shops and clubs

6 He rubs his hands because he wants to interrupt their talk.

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B Grammar : CLEFT SENTENCES

It was the boy who hit the dog in the garden.

Ex 2.His absence from class always makes his teacher angry

It is his absence from class that always makes his teacher angry.

Khi muốn nhấn mạnh vào chủ ngữ hay chủ thể gây ra hành động thì dùng câu nhấn mạnh (cleft sentence) để diễn

đạt và đặt trọng tâm vào chủ thể đó.

It + is ( was) + S + that (who)+ (Verb) …

Ex 1 The boy hit the dog in the garden

I Subject focus:

Choose the best answer- a, b , c or d

1.It was I _ did all the work.

a that b who

c which d both a and b

2 It was the strong wind _ blew the roof

off.

a that b when c who d where

3 It is my closest friend who me study

Exercise 1: Write the following sentences after the

model, pay attention to the subject of the

sentence

1 The boy visited his uncle last month.

-> It was the boy that (who) visited his uncle last month.

2 My mother bought me a present on my birthday.

-> It was my mother that (who) bought me a present on my birthday.

3 Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.

-> It was Huong and Sandra that (who) sang together at the party.

4 Nam’s father got angry with him.

-> It was Nam’s father that (who) got angry with him.

5 The boys played football all day long.

-> It was the boys that (who) played football all day long.

6 The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday.

-> It was the girl that (who) received a letter from her friend yesterday

7 His presence at the meeting frightened the children.

-> It was his presence at the meeting that frightened the children.

It + is ( was) + S + that (who)+ (Verb)+ O …

II Object focus:

Ex 1:The boy hit the dog in the garden

It was the dog that the boy hit in the garden.

Ex 2: The young man is playing the piano.

It is the piano that the young man is playing.

*Khi muốn nhấn mạnh tân ngữ hay đối tượng của hành động thì dùng câu nhấn mạnh (cleft sentence) để diễn đạt và đăt trọng tâm vào tân ngữ

It + is (was) + O + that / who(m) + S + (V)….

Choose the best answer that has

the same meaning as the root one.

1.Tom gave Lan this book last month.

a It is Tom whom gave Lan this book last month.

b It was Lan whom Tom gave this book to last

month.

2 He borrowed the money from Lan.

a It is the money that he borrowed from Lan.

b It was the money that he borrowed from Lan.

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1.The man is learning English.

-> It is English that the man is learning.

It + is(was)+ O + that / who(m) +S + (V)….

2 The woman gave him the book.

-> It was the book that the woman gave

him

It + is (was) + O + that / who(m) +S + (V)….

3 She sent her friend the postcard.

-> It was the postcard that she sent her friends

It + is (was)+ O+ that / who(m) +S + (V)….

4 Hoa borrowed the book from Long.

-> It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long

It + is (was) + O + that / who(m) +S + (V)….

5 The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange language.

-> It was his grandfather that / who(m) the little boy greeted in a strange language

It + is (was) + O + that / who(m) +S + (V)….

6 The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.

-> It was the policeman that/ who(m) the pedestrian asked a lot of questions

It + is (was) + O + that / who(m) +S + (V)….

7 The dog barked at the stranger.

-> It was the stranger that/ who(m)the dog barked at

It + is (was) + O + that / who(m) +S + (V)….

Congratulations!

GROUP 1 IS THE WINNER !

III Adverbial focus:

Ex 1: The boy hit the dog in the garden

-> It was in the garden that the boy hit the dog

EX 2: Mr Pike usually gets up at 6 every morning.

-> It is at 6 every morning that Mr Pike usually gets up.

*Khi muốn nhấn mạnh trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian, nơi

2.She made some cakes for tea.

-> It was for tea that she made some cakes

3 His father repaired the bicycle for him

->It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle

4 She presented him a book on his birthday

-> It was on his birthday that she presented him a book

5 He met his wife in Britain

-> It was in Britain that he met his wife

6 She bought that present from the shop

->It was from the shop that she bought that present

7 The meeting started at 8.00 a.m

-> It was at 8.00 a.m that the meeting started

model, pay the adverbial of modifier of the sentence: It + is / was + adv + that + S + (v)…….

Extra exercise:

Reorder the words to build a

cleft sentence:

1 December , was , met , in, we, it, that, first

-> It was in December that we first met.

2 scholarship , was, it , the, won , who , Lan

-> It was Lan who won the scholarship.

3 John, it , window, yesterday , was, the , that,

broke.

-> It was John that broke the window yesterday.

-> It was the window that John broke yesterday.

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1 Redo all the exercises.

2 Do all exercises in the workbook.

3 Prepare for the next lesson.