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Practice transforming and completing cleft sentences

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I don't understand why she didn't tell her sons about their father / What I don't understand...

What I don't understand is why she didn't tell her sons about their father

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They planned to start a new life in Panama / The place where...

The place where they planned to start a new life was Panama

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The photograph of the couple buying a house in Panama revealed the deception / It was...

It was the photograph of the couple buying a house in Panama which/that revealed the deception.

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She couldn't understand why Anne had decided to emigrate to Panama / The thing that...

The thing that she couldn't understand was why Anne had decided to emigrate to Panama

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John flew back to the UK from Panama because he was missing his sons / The reason...

The reason (why/that) John flew back to the UK from Panama was (that) he was missing his sons

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They found it difficult coming to terms with what their parents had done / What they found...

What they found difficult was coming to terms with what their parents had done.

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The elections have given these people their first real opportunity to decide who will govern them / What the elections have done is...

What the elections have done is give these people their first real opportunity to decide who will govern them

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The elections have given these people their first real opportunity to decide who will govern them / The thing that...

The thing that has given these people their first real opportunity to decide who will govern them is the elections.

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The elections have given these people their first real opportunity to decide who will govern them / It's the elections...

It's the elections that have given these people their first real opportunity to decide who will govern them.

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Heavy snow caused widespread disruption to the country's airports, road and rail systems / It was the airports...

E.g. It was the airports, road and rail systems that were widely disrupted due to heavy snow.

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Heavy snow caused widespread disruption to the country's airports, road and rail systems / It was heavy snow...

It was heavy snow that/which caused widespread disruption to the country's airports, road and rail systems

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Heavy snow caused widespread disruption to the country's airports, road and rail systems / What caused widespread...

What caused widespread disruption to the country's airports, road and rail systems was the heavy snow

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Hundreds of students marched through the city centre to protest against the new laws / What caused hundreds...

What caused hundreds off students to march through the city centre in protest were the new laws

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Hundreds of students marched through the city centre to protest against the new laws / The reason hundreds...

The reason (why/that) hundreds of students marched through the city centre was to protest against the new laws

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Hundreds of students marched through the city centre to protest against the new laws / What happened was...

What happened was (that) hundreds of students marched through the city centre to protest against the new laws.

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Something I've always wanted to do is...

E.g. Something I've always wanted to do is learn how to scuba dive

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