File 10 Where Do I Belong? Grammar & Vocabulary

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

It was the shellfish __________________________

•  that made everybody sick

• is a little sympathy

• is that you said you’d be away

• that we took the wrong exit off the highway

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

All I want __________________________

•  that made everybody sick

• is a little sympathy

• is that you said you’d be away

• that we took the wrong exit off the highway

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

The reason you weren’t invited __________________________

•  that made everybody sick

• is a little sympathy

• is that you said you’d be away

• that we took the wrong exit off the highway

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

What happened was __________________________

•  that made everybody sick

• is a little sympathy

• is that you said you’d be away

• that we took the wrong exit off the highway

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

All I did __________________________

•  was say what I thought.

• was when I first met Miranda.

• that you fill out an application online, and then they call you for interview.

• is his determination to enjoy life.

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

The day we moved into our new house __________________________

•  was say what I thought.

• was when I first met Miranda.

• that you fill out an application online, and then they call you for interview.

• is his determination to enjoy life.

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

What happens is __________________________

•  was say what I thought.

• was when I first met Miranda.

• that you fill out an application online, and then they call you for interview.

• is his determination to enjoy life.

GRAMMAR adding emphasis : cleft sentences

Match the sentence halves.

What I admire most about him __________________________

•  was say what I thought.

• was when I first met Miranda.

• that you fill out an application online, and then they call you for interview.

• is his determination to enjoy life.

Is the rewritten sentence  given, RIGHT or WRONG?

She just wanted to apologize.

All she wanted to do was apologize

• RIGHT

• WRONG

Is the rewritten sentence  given, RIGHT or WRONG?

I spoke to the assistant manager, not the manager.

The person I spoke to was the assistant manager, not the manager.

• RIGHT

• WRONG