English Grammar in Use – Cleft sentences prepared by Tran Xuan Thoai Kien Luong High School.. CLEFT SENTENCES ( Câu chẻ - câu nhấn mạnh ) A.[r]
(1)English Grammar in Use – Cleft sentences prepared by Tran Xuan Thoai Kien Luong High School
CLEFT SENTENCES ( Câu chẻ - câu nhấn mạnh ) A Cleft sentences in the active :
1 Subject focus : We use cleft sentence to emphasize the subject of the action
It is / was + S + clause ( S + V + … )
Ex1: My brother bought a new car from our next- door neighbour last Saturday
It was my brother who bought his new car from our next- door neighbour last Saturday Ex2 : The man gave her the book => It was the man who gave her the book
2 Object focus : We use cleft sentences to emphasize the object of the action
It is / was + O + clause ( S + V + … )
Ex1 : My brother bought a new car from our next- door neighbour last Saturday
It was a new car that my brother bought from our next- door neighbour last Saturday Ex2 : The boy hit the dog in the garden => It was the dog that the boy hit in the garden
3 Adverbial focus : We use cleft sentences to emphasize the adverb ( time / place / …… )
It is / was + adverbial phrase + clause ( S + V + … )
Ex1 : - My brother bought a new car from our next- door neighbour last Saturday
It was last Saturday when my brother bought a new car from our next- door neighbour Ex2 : - She bought him a present at the shop => It was at the shop that she bought him a present B Cleft sentences in the passive : Cleft sentences can also be used in the passive voice Ex1 : The boy hit the dog in the garden => It was the dog that was hit in the garden
Ex2 : A I heard that a dog bit you yesterday
B No It was the postman that was bitten by the dog
EXERCISES
Exercise 1 : Rewrite the following sentences; using Cleft sentences
1.The boy visited his uncle last month
=> My mother bought me a present on my birthday
=> Huong and Sandra sang together at the party
=> Nam’s father got angry with him
=> The boys played football all day long
=> The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday
=> His presence at the meeting frightened the children
=> The man is learning English
=> The woman gave him the book
=> 10 She sent her friend the postcard
(2)English Grammar in Use – Cleft sentences prepared by Tran Xuan Thoai Kien Luong High School
=> 11 Hoa borrowed the book from Long
=> 12 The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strnge language
=> 13 The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions
=> 14 The dog barked at the stranger
=> 15 She made some cakes for tea
=> 16 His father repaired the bicycle for him
=> 17 She presented him a book on his birthday
=> 18 He met his wife in Britain => 19 She bought that present from the shop
=> 20 The meeting started at 8.00 a.m
=> Exercise 2: Change the sentences into cleft sentences in the passive
1.Fans gave Christina lots of flowers
=> The pedestrian asked the policeman for direction to the post office
=> People talked a lot about his house
=> His father bought him a bicycle for his birthday
=> He described his hometown in his novel
=> She frightened the children
=> Her younger sister broke her glasses
=> The prince kissed my younger sister at the party
=> My father gave me this story book as a birthday present
=> 10 Vietnamese people celebrate Tet as the greatest occasion in a year
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