Cleft sentences

Which sentence does NOT have the same meaning as the others?

• It is action that we need, not words.

• What we need is action, not words

• That action is what we need, not words.

• All we need is action, not words.

" ________ that the trouble started."

• The police arrived when

• It was the police arriving

• It was when the police arrived

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

"_________ arrogance and lack of respect"

• The things I hate

• What I hate

• What I hate are

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

" ________ is a cup of tea"

• I want all

• All I want

• I want

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

" ______ Claudia really wants to learn"

• It's the guitar that

• The guitar is

• The guitar that is

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

" ______ is that he loves the culture and the food"

• The reasons who Fred wants to go live in Thailand

• The reason why Fred wants to go live in Thailand

• Reason why Fred wants to go live in Thailand

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which sentence has NO emphasis (NO cleft sentence)?

• The place where you should watch a film is the cinema.

• It is the cinema where you should watch a film.

• You should watch a film in the cinema.

" _________ Bryan held his newborn son for the first time"

• It was joy and pride that

• It was in joy and pride

• It was with joy and pride that

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

" _________ failed the final exam last term"

• Is Ali the student who

• Ali is the student

• Ali is the student who

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CCSS.L.3.1A

" ___________ of the music in that club that I dislike"

• The loudness is

• It's the loudness

• Is the loudness

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A