Cleft sentences

Unit 13: Hobbies - CLEFT SENTENCES
Complied by: Nguyễn Lý Liên
I. Structure:


II. Meaning: Câu chẻ được dùng để nhấn mạnh một thành phần của câu, trừ động từ.
Để nhấn mạnh thành phần nào của câu, đặt thành phần đó sau “is” hoặc “was”
III. Useful:
1. Subject focus: khi chúng ta nhấn mạnh S (chủ từ), thay thế bằng đại từ quan hệ “who”, “what”
Example: Huong collected these local stamps
S
( It was Huong who collected these local stamps
2. Object focus: khi chúng ta nhấn mạnh O (túc từ), thay thế bằng đại từ quan hệ “that”, chúng ta có thể lược bỏ đại từ quan hệ trong trường hợp này
Example: She wrote this novel
O
( It was this novel that she wrote
3. Adverbial phrase: khi chúng ta nhấn mạnh Adverbial (trạng từ ), không thể lược bỏ đại từ quan hệ “that”,
Example: The cat chased the mouse in the street
Adv
( It was in the street that the cat chased the mouse
IV. Practice
Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentence, paying attention to the subject focus of the sentence
1. The man gave her the book


2. The neighbour told them about it


3. My friend came to see me late last night


4. That boy scored the goal for his team


5. The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away


6. The strong wind blew the roof off



Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentence, paying attention to the object focus of the sentence
1. The women answered the man rudely


2. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon


3. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday


4. The police arrested the man at the railway station


5. He borrowed the money from his friends



Exercise 3: Rewrite the following sentence, paying attention to the adverbila focus of the sentence
1. He bought the book from that corner shop


2. He got married when he was 26


3. They were having a barbecue in the park


4. I met him on the way to school


5. They often had parties on weekends



Exercise 4: Write 4 sentences that come from the sentence below, paying attention to the subject, object & adverbial focus of the sentence
Helen bought her husband an anniversary gift at a sports shop

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3.

4.

Exercise 5: Practice reading the following words
chips
snapped
chops
kept

robbed
keeps
grabbed
ships

bribes
stabbed
opt
robs

chopped
rubs
clubs
bribed

* Write the words which contain sounds in their correct columns below
/pt/
/bd/
/ps/
/bz/

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Exercise 5: Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1. It was at this shop where I bought a T-shirt three days ago.
A B C D
2. It is my closest friend goes abroad to study next month.
A B C D
3. It was the dog who the boy hit
A B C D
4. Collect stamps is my hobby
A B C D
Exercise 5: Rewrite each sentence, paying attention to the SUBJECT, OBJECT and ADVERBIAL .
1. I met Mr. Smith on the train to Hanoi two weeks ago

2. I met the same boy yesterday.

3. His appearance frightened the children.

4. We met each other at this tower.

5. My neighbours made a lot of noise.

6. Reading book keep me occupied.

7. The secretary sent Jack the photo last week.

8. She bought him a computer at this shop.

9. I have been waiting for John.

10. Mary sent me the present by post


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