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A cleft sentence consists of two parts, often starting with "it" or "wh-".

For example "It was the lecturer who started the experiment." It-

clefts are relatively frequent in academic texts.

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.

1. ……………………… about the place is the weather.

(a) that I don’t like
(b) the reason I don’t like
(c) what I don’t like

2. ………………………… who lent him the money.

(a) Mary it was (b) Mary (c) It was Mary

3. What we did is ……………a letter to apologize.

(a) writing (b) write (c) wrote

4. The reason why he left………… the embarrassment.

(a) is avoiding (b) was avoid (c) was to avoid
5. ………………… that I realized she was leaving me.

(a) Not until I read the e mail

(b) When I read the e mail

(c) It was when I read the e mail

6. ……………………… lent you the money, remember?

(a) It’s me who (b) It’s me (c) It’s I

7. ………………… fame and money, among other things.
(a) What I want it’s

(b) What I want are

(c) What I want is
8. ……………………….. I told everything.

(a) It was John who

(b) John it was the person

(c) The person was John
9. The place …………… the long beach outside the city.

(a) I love it’s

(b) where I love is

(c) that I love is
10. It's where they are hiding…………………… we want to find out.

(a) what (b) where (c) that

Answer key: 1. (c); 2. (c); 3. (b); 4. (c); 5. (c); 6. (a); 7.(c); 8. (a); 9. (c); 10. (c)

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