Cleft sentences(passive)

Tea:
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CLEFT SENTENCES
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I. Subject focus:
It +be+ phrase+ relative clause

*from:

Ex: It was my mother who loves me so much.
Ex: It is the manager who is stading over there.
II/ Object focus:
It +be+ phrase+ (whom/which/that)+ clause

* form:

(đại từ làm túc từ ở mệnh đề xác định thường được bỏ đi)
Ex: It was the boy (whom) I met this morning.
Ex: It was the bag (which) he lost yesterday.
III Adverbial focus:
It +be+ adverbial phrase+ that+ clause

* form:

Ex: It’s in the village that Phan Thanh Gian was born.
Ex: It was by working hard that he succeeded in the competition.
IV. A whole clause focus:
It +be+ clause+ that+ clause

* form:

Ex: It was after their parents died that they realized hơ important the parental love was!

EXERCISES:
Rewrite these sentences to fucus attention on the underlined information start with “it + be..”
They wish to speak to Tom
This blue bus pass my house every hour.
They help their father do everything in this house.
We change planes at Heathrow.
You watched too much TV last sunday
Tom and Nancy worry too much.
I cash a cheque every month.
I always carry an umbrella. I don’t carry a hand-fan
They wash the floor every week.
His sons go to the local school.
These hens lay brown eggs.
These figures astonish me.
The rivers freeze in the winter.
They fly from London to Edinburgh.
The carpets match the curtains.
their children realize danger.
She likes to work, she didn’t like to swim in the river.
Tomy teaches his boy to ride.
Ann didnot wear her new dress at my wedding party
The aero plane flew at 2,000 meters.
Henry cleaned these shoes for.
you haven’t mended that old shirt
Did I tell this truth?
the dengerous chemical from the industrial zones killed trees and animals.
Mrs Jones sweeps the steps outside her house.
We frist heard the news from Tom and peter
The countryside is most spectacular in spring.
I have just seen my form teacher, I didn’t see the headmaster.
Napoleon was finally defeated in Waterloo.
Susan helped me with my English, Marie didn’t
Tea:
period :
CLEFT SENTENCE IN PASSIVE
Week:
Period:


* Form:
It is /was + focus + who / that + be Ved/3

- Một trong những câu nhấn mạnh chủ ngữ hay tân ngữ là câu bắt đầu bằng It is/ it was.
- Tuỳ theo ý nghĩa của yếu tố nhấn mạnh (focus) mà theo sau It is/ It was là mệnh đề bắt đầu bằng who hoặc that. Mệnh đề này được chia ở dạng thụ động như sau:

WHO/ THAT
( Chỉ người)
A: They gave Linda a lot of presents.
P: It was Linda who was given a lot of presents.

THAT
( Chỉ vật, nơi chốn, thời gian)
A: My friends sent me ten flowers on my birthday .
P: It was ten flowers that were sent to me on my birthday by my friends.
A: She bought her son a present at the Baby’s.
P: It was at the Baby’s that her son was bought a present.


EXERCISES: Rewrite these sentences to fucus attention on the underlined information start with “it + be…”
1. The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant.
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2. Somebody has taken some of my books away.
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3. They will hold the meeting before May Day.
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4. They have to repair the engine of the car.
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5. The teacher is going to tell a story.
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6. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife.
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7. People speak English in almost every corner of the world.
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8. You mustn’t use this machine after 5:30 p.m.
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9. You must clean the wall before you paint it.
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10. They told the new pupil where to sit.
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11. Nobody has ever treated me with such kindness.
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12. No one believes his story.
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13. We can never find him at home for he is always on the move.
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