CLEFT SENTENCES Rewrite sentences, starting with it + be and an appropriate who or that : 1. My secretary sent the bill to Mr. Harding yesterday. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. The president makes the important decisions. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. The girl sent him the letter. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. The children visited their grandparents last week. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Her aunt gave her a present on her birthday. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Minh and Lan sang together at my wedding party. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Peter’s father didn’t agree with him. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. The students played football all day long. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. My daughter received a present from her boyfriend yesterday. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. The man’s presence at the meeting frightened the children. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 11. My son is learning French. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 12. I’m not looking forward to physics, but I’m most worried about the statistics exam. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 13. She bought the car from Tom. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 14. My uncle gave me the picture book. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 15. He sent his friends the postcards. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 16. We are coming to stay with Jane this weekend. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 17. Oanh borrowed the pen from Nam. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 18. The child greeted his grandparents in a strange language. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 19. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 20. The dog barked at the stranger. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 21. We saw many solders and tanks -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 22. We visited the doctor last week. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 23. He told me the reason of his disagreement. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 24. I went to Water Park with my kids on Sunday. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 25. He already plays for national side; he only turned professional last year. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 26. The film was made in Bristol. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 27. Columbus sailed to America in 1492. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 28. He bought his girl friend a bunch of flowers at the flower shop. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 29. The guard took the dog into the cage. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 30. My mother bought some food for dinner -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 31. The get – together started at 8 a.m. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 32. We saw many solders and tanks. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 33. The new comer sits next to me. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 34. Mr. Pike taught us English last year. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 35. My parents used to live in that house for years. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 36. His father visited New York city when he was 38 years old. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 37. We studied with the teacher 3 years ago. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 38. I don’t understand the questions. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 39. He can’t finish the exercises. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 40. Everything looks bright and green in Spring. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 41. He presented her a ring on her birthday. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 42. Her sister bought those CDs from the shop. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 43. He met the president in HCM City. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 44. The final football match began at 15:00. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 45. My mother made a big cake for my sister’s party. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 46. She’s been seeing a doctor at Newtown Hospital, but she’s having the operation in the Queen Mary Hospital. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 47. Caroline has been feeling a bit depressed for some time, so I booked a holiday in Amsterdam to cheer her up. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 48. I had my wallet when I went into the sports hall, so I lost it somewhere in the sports hall. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 49. I have had great help from my best friend Dave in doing my research, and I delicate this thesis to him. -> ____________________________________________________________________________ 50. I don’t mind her criticizing me, but I object to how she does it.