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English for Tourism & Hospitality (107) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

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.

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