اللغة الإنجليزية — Cleft Sentences: Emphasis and Focus — الرابعة متوسط — المنهاج الجزائري

Cleft Sentences: Emphasis and Focus

Cleft sentences divide a sentence into two clauses to emphasise a specific part.

It-cleft

Structure: It + be + emphasised element + that/who + rest

• “Ahmed won the prize.” → “It was Ahmed who won the prize.”
• “I met Ali yesterday.” → “It was Ali that I met yesterday.”

Wh-cleft

Structure: What + clause + be + emphasised element

• “I need a holiday.” → “What I need is a holiday.”
• “We want peace.” → “What we want is peace.”

Exercises

1. Rewrite it-cleft: “Karim broke the window.”
2. Rewrite wh-cleft: “I need more time.”
3. Create 3 cleft sentences about different parts of: “My sister bought a car.”