CLEFT SENTENCES

1. SUBJECT FOCUS
1. My mother loves me most.
It is my mother that loves me most.
2. That man stole my wallet.
It was that man that stole my wallet.
EXERCISES
1. My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to my house.
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2. I used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits.
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3. My neighbors always make noise at night.
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4. We often complains about the noise at night
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5. You gave her a bunch of rose last week.
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6. Our English teacher is the greatest teacher in the world.
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7. The earthquake destroyed everything two years ago.
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8. My recent computer helps me a lots in preparing tasks for my students.
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9. My students bad behavior made me sad yesterday morning.
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10.The man gave her the book. ______________________________
11.The boy visited his uncle last month. __________________________________________
12.I and she sang together at the party._________________________________________
13.Nams father got angry with him. _______________________________________
14.The boys played football all day long. ____________________________________
15.The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday. __________________________________
16.His presence at the meeting frightened the children. _______________________________
17.My mother bought me a present on my birthday party.
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18.The neighbor told them about it. ______________________________________
19.My friend came to see me late last night. __________________________________
20.That boy scored the goal for his team. ______________________________________
21.The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away.
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22.The strong wind blew the roof off. _____________________________________
2. OBJECT FOCUS
1. I love my mother most.
It is my mother that I love most.
2. I bought this motor in 2001.
It was this motor that I bought in 2001.
EXERCISES
1. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully. ________________________________
2. The boy hit the dog in the garden. _________________________________________________
3. The woman answered the man rudely. __________________________________________
4. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon. _______________________________________
5. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday. _______________________________________
6. My wife gave this T- shirt to me on my last birthday.
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7. I always keep your picture besides me. ___________________________________
8. He borrowed the money from his close friend Hoa. ____________________________
9. The police arrested the man at the railway station. _____________________________
10. The man is learning English. __________________________________________
11. The woman gave him the English book. _____________________________________
12. She sent her friend a post card. _______________________________________
13. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long. _____________________________
14. The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange language.
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15. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.
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16. The dog barked at the stranger. _____________________________________________
17. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner. ___________________________________
18. We all saw her husband outside the theater last night. _______________________________
19. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning. ______________________________________
20. I always meet my students in the caf whenever I come there.
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21. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago. __________________________________
22. I met Sasa on the way to my school. _________________________________________
3. ADVERBIAL FOCUS
1. I was born in Ho Chi Minh City.
It was in Ho Chi Minh City that I was born.
2. We often gather for our study at her house.
It is at her house that we often gather for our study.
EXERCISES
1. We were born in this place. ________________________________________
2. We often gather for dinner in this restaurant. ______________________________________
3. The boy hit the dog in the garden. _________________________________________
4. He bought the book from that corner shop. __________________________________________
5. She bought him a present at the shop. ________________________________________
6. She makes some cakes for tea. __________________________________________
7. His father repaired the bicycle for him. _________________________________________
8. The meeting started at 8.00 a.m. ________________________________________
9. We all bought those things from Susu shop. ________________________________________
10. He met his wife in Britain. __________________________________________
11. My mom presented a lap top on my birthday. _______________________________________
12. Kathy bought her husband an anniversary gift at a sports shop.
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13. He got married when he was 26 years old. _____________________________________
14. They were having barbecue in the park. __________________________________
15. I met her on the way to school.
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16. They often had parties on the weekend. __________________________________________
17. The police arrested the thief at the railway station. _____________________________________
18. I gave him a photo album on his wedding day. _______________________________________
19. We planted some young trees in the garden. _______________________________________
20. I met my wife when I was a student at teacher training college.
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CLEFT SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE
My father gave me a lot of toys.
It was I that was given a lot of toys by my father.
His wife cleans the floor every evening.
It is the floor that is cleaned by his wife every evening.
 EXERCISES
1. My husband watered the flowers every day. ______________________________________
2. They celebrated their wedding last week. _______________________________________
3. He described his home town in his novel. _______________________________________
4. Most girls like spring. ______________________________________
5. My father bought the car for me on my birthday. ______________________________________
6. The prince kissed my younger sister at the party. ______________________________________
7. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully. ______________________________________
8. The boy hit the dog in the garden. _________________________________________________
9. The woman answered the man rudely. ________________________________________
10. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon. ____________________________________
11. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday. _______________________________________
12. My wife gave this T- shirt to me on my last birthday party. ____________________________
13. I always keep your picture besides me. ___________________________________
14. He borrowed the money from his close friend Hoa. _______________________________
15. The police arrested the man at the railway station. ______________________________________
16. The man is learning English. ______________________________________________
17. The woman gave him the English book. _____________________________________
18. She sent her friend a post card. _____________________________________________
19. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long. _________________________________
20. The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange language.
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21. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions. ____________________________
22. The dog barked at the stranger. _____________________________________________
23. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner. _____________________________________
24. We all saw her husband outside the theater last night. ________________________________
25. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning. _______________________________________
26. I always meet my students in the cafe whenever I come there.
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27. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago. ____________________________________
28. I met Sasa on the way to my school. _______________________________
29. Vietnamese people celebrate Tet as the greatest occasion in a year.
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30. My mother gave me this story book as a birthday present.
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31. Her younger sister broke her classes. ______________________________________
32. She frightened the children. _____________________________________________
33. My father bought me a lap top for my birthday. _____________________________________
34. People talked a lot about his house. ______________________________________
35. The pedestrian asked the policeman for the direction to the post office.
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36. Fans gave Christina lots of flowers. _____________________________________