Cleft Sentence
Câu chẻ được dùng để nhấn mạnh một thành phần của câu như chủ ngữ, túc từ hay trạng từ
A. NHẤN MẠNH CHỦ TỪ (SUBJECT FOCUS) :
It + is / was + Noun / pronoun (person) + who + V + O …
Ex: My father collected these car models.
—> It was my father who collected these car models.
It + is / was + Noun (thing) + that + V + O …
Ex: His behaviors at the conference made me shocked.
—> It was His behaviors at the conference that made me shocked.
B. NHẤN MẠNH TÚC TỪ (OBJECT FOCUS) :
It + is / was + Noun / pronoun (person) + who(m)/ that + S + V…
Ex: I came against my ex-girlfriend on the way to work.
—> It was my ex-girlfriend who(m)/that I met on the way to work.
* Khi nhấn mạnh chủ từ thì không dùng whom.
It + is / was + Noun (thing) + that + S + V …
Ex: My brother bought an old portrait of Elvis Presley from our neighbor.
→ It was an old portrait of Elvis Presley that my brother bought from our neighbor.
C. NHẤN MẠNH TRẠNG TỪ (ADVERBIAL FOCUS) :
It + is / was + Adverbial phrase + that + S + V …
Ex: – We went to Paris in October.
—> It was in Octoberthat we went to Paris.
D. CÂU CHẺ BỊ ĐỘNG (CLEFT SENTENCE IN THE PASSIVE) :
It + is / was + Noun / pronoun (person) + who + be + P.P…
Ex: Students gave that teacher a lot of bunches of flowers.
—> It was that teacher who was given a lot of bunches of flowers by Students .
It + is / was + Noun (thing) + that + be + P.P…
Ex: People are preparing for the annual festival.
—> It is the annual festival that are being prepared.
PRACTICE:
1. Rewrite each sentence to emphasize the underlined phrase
1. Mr David saw that I could also take part in the contest.
It _______________________________________.
2. I didn't invite them.
It _______________________________________.
3. I began to think about everything at that moment.
It _______________________________________.
4. His attitude towards other people really annoys me.
It _______________________________________.
5. I didn't decide to postpone the match.
It _______________________________________.
6. The candidates didn't start the trouble.
It _______________________________________.
7. Shella hid the book under the mattress.
It _______________________________________.
8. I have to call on Monday to schedule an appoinment.
It _______________________________________.
9. Shella hid the book under the mattress.
It _______________________________________.
10. Shella hid the book under the mattress.
It _______________________________________.
11. I have to call on Monday to schedule an appoinment.
It _______________________________________.
2. Rewrite each sentence to emphasize the underlined phrase, starting with It was...
Look carefully at the underlined words in the last two questions.
1. He first heard about it from Mary.
2. She got the job because she was the best qualified.
3. Mike first met Jenny when they were both studying in London.
4. I only realized who he was when he started speaking.
5. I didn't hear about it until yesterday.
3. Reorder the words to make complete sentences.
1. It/ he/ his/ that/ changed/ father's/ a/ after/ was/ death / lot./ himself
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2. going/ to/ am/ I/ the / Tokyo/ that/ in / It/ is/ holiday./ spend
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3. USA/ 2008/ got/It/ the / married./ in/ settled/ down/ he/ was/ that/ in/ and
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4. that/ It/ mom/ was/ their/ gave / on/ wedding / anniversary / dad/ diamond/ ring./ my/ my/ a
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5. some/ It/ in / boyfriend/ me/ took / beautiful/ photos/ my/ was / who/ for/ Japan.
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