Cleft sentences

CLEFT SENTENCES
I. Put emphasis on the bold words or phrases using It.
1. I’ve lost my book.
2. I saw him in the street last week.
3. She bought a new dress to go to the party.
4. You are wrong, not me.
5. England won the World Cup in 1966.
6. I discovered my mistakes years later...
7. Mastering a second language takes time and practice.
8. Peter lent us money. Paul did not.
9. You will succeed only by hard work.
10. The smoke from the factory chimneys pollutes the air.

11. We ordered wine. We didn’t order beer..
12. Lucy started swimming half an hour ago.
13. David bought this computer three weeks ago.
14. They plant flowers in the front garden.
15. A musician friend of mine once went to England on his holiday.

16. He is angry because you have lost all his papers.
17. What I saw at the dance party surprised me.
18. Did you start the fire or was it anyone else?
19. We finished painting this house this afternoon.
20. We punished him in order to teach him a lesson.

II. Change the sentences into cleft sentences in the passive:
1. Fred gave Mary the money.
2. Mr. Johnson sent the Jiff Company a letter.
3. I show my friends all of the photographs.
4. Did the boy throw his friend the baseball?
5. The teacher told the students an interesting story.
6. Did Mr. William send his brother the money?
7. Are you going to write Tom a letter soon?
8. People talked a lot about his house.
9. His father bought him a bicycle for his birthday.
10. He described his hometown in his novel.

III. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown.
1. Bermuda got its name in 1964( it was in .
2. Mary did not begin to read until she was eight. ( It was not until
3. Prehistoric people had to rely on handicrafts to make the things they needed.
(It was prehistoric
4. Princess Diana was usually referred as the rose of England.
( It was the
5. Many people collect books because they enjoy reading.
( It is because
6. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.
( It was not until
7. I only heard about her story when I met her in London.
( It was only
8. He sent his girlfriend a bunch of red roses.
( It was his girlfriend