Homework: Cleft sentences
학생이 쓴 원문
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강사 첨삭
[이름],
You expressed your thoughts very well and showed a fantastic understanding of cleft structures. Please review the structures again as mistakes in word order can make your sentence ungrammatical.
~ Trixia
CONTENT:
A. Rewrite each sentence as a cleft sentence.
Mary discovered the error yesterday.
>> It was Mary who discovered the error yesterday.
~ CORRECT.
The committee rejected the proposal after long debate.
>> It was the committee that rejected the proposal after long debate.
~ CORRECT.
He apologized because he wanted to keep the peace.
>> It was him who apologized to keep the peace.
Or It was because he wanted to keep the peace?
~ It was because he wanted to keep the peace that he apologized.
They met in Paris during the conference.
>> It was in Paris that they met during the conference.
~ CORRECT.
B. Transform the sentence into two different cleft structures.
John won the award last year.
>> It was John who won the award last year. (It cleft)
~ CORRECT.
>> What John won last year was the award. (Wh cleft)
~ CORRECT.
The storm disrupted international flights.
>> It was the storm that disrupted international flights. (It cleft)
~ CORRECT.
>> What disrupted international flights was the storm. (Wh cleft)
~ CORRECT.
C. Correct the mistakes in cleft sentence usage.
It was in London where Shakespeare was born.
>> It was in London that Shakespeare was born.
~ It was in Stratford-upon-Avo that Shakespeare was born.
What I did was fixed the computer.
>> What I did was (to) fix the computer.
~ What I did was fix the computer.
It was Anna who did gave the speech.
>> It was Anna who gave the speech or It was Anna who did give the speech.
~ It was Anna who gave the speech.
D. Create cleft sentences to emphasize different parts of the same idea.
Base sentence: The scientist invented a new device for renewable energy.
Emphasize the scientist >> It was the scientist who invented a new device for renewable energy.
~ CORRECT.
Emphasize the invention >> What the scientist invented for renewable energy was a new device.
~ CORRECT.
Emphasize the purpose >> It was for renewable energy that the scientist invented a new device.
~ CORRECT.
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