Make it CLEFT using 'WHAT': You should arrange an appointment at the health centre if you have an earache.
What you should do if you have an earache is arrange an appointment at the health centre.
In cleft sentences which start with ____, we can choose what we want to emphasise.
IT
______ I enjoyed most about our holiday was being so close to the ocean.
What
______ I need now is to create a specific study plan so I can pass the Cambridge Advanced exam..
What
______who lent Lou his car.
It was Mike
What was Mike
Was it Mike
You can also emphasise using DO, DOES or DID. Respond to the prompt with a sentence using do, does or did. You didn't remember our wedding anniversary...again! :(
EXAMPLE: I did remember! Here are some flowers and two tickets to Paris-we leave tomorrow! :)
We use the INFINITIVE without TO if the verb in the first part of the sentence is followed by...
the INFINITIVE without TO ( e.g. should) What you SHOULD do is study more!
______ was in 2000 when I got married.
It
REWRITE USING 'It' and emphasise 'loud noise.' The loud noise woke Santa up.
It was the loud noise that woke Santa up.
Make it CLEFT using 'IT': Pete paid for our flights.
It was Pete who paid for our flights.
REWRITE USING 'It' and emphasise 'I.' I’m to blame, not you.
It is me who’s to blame, not you.
REWRITE USING 'What.' The doctor advised me to reduce my calorie intake and eat less meat.
What the doctor advised me to do was reduce my calorie intake and eat less meat.
If you don’t want to come along, I understand. However, if ______ want to, just let me know.
do you
you don’t
you do
Lou had her house painted last weekend. Using IT, emphasis LAST WEEKEND.
IT was LAST WEEKEND that Lou had her house painted.
______ who said we shouldn’t have to work during our holidays. It wasn’t Bubba.
It was Bob
What Bob
Bob
Lou had her house painted last weekend. Using IT, emphasis LOU.
IT was LOU who had her house painted last weekend.
______ is after work that I feel most tired.
It
REWRITE USING 'What.' I don’t understand why so many people voted for Trump.
What I don’t understand is why so many people voted for Trump.
We use TO + INFINITIVE if the verb in the first part of the sentence is followed by...
TO + INFINITIVE ( e.g. intend, want, decide etc.) What I wanted was to work and live in NYC!
REWRITE using both 'It' and 'What.' I need a good night’s sleep.
It is I who needs a good night's sleep. It is a good night's sleep that I need. What I need is a good night's sleep.
REWRITE USING 'It' and emphasise 'Picasso's Dora Maar.' Picasso's Dora Maar made me want to become an artist.
It was Picasso's Dora Maar that made me want to become an artist.
You can also emphasise using DO, DOES or DID. Respond to the prompt with a sentence using do, does or did. You don't speak enough English in my class, Martha.
EXAMPLE: I do speak enough English and I speak more than anyone in the class.
Make it CLEFT using 'WHAT': I decided to take the Cambridge Advanced exam during the summer.
What I decided to do was to take the Cambridge Advanced exam during the summer.
Make it CLEFT using 'WHAT': My husband wanted a new iPhone for Christmas.
What my husband wanted for Christmas was a new iPhone.
______ most upsetting about this whole episode is how little attention has been given to the victims of this crime.
What I find
I find
It is found
REWRITE using both 'It' and 'What.' Kevin likes bungee jumping.
It is bungee jumping that Kevin likes. It is Kevin who likes bungee jumping. What Kevin likes is bungee jumping.
REWRITE USING 'What.' I’d really like to have my poetry published.
What I’d really like to have my poetry published.
REWRITE using both 'It' and 'What.' I appreciate your honesty.
It is your honesty that I appreciate. What I appreciate is your honesty.
Lou had her house painted last weekend. Using IT, emphasis HER HOUSE.
IT was HER HOUSE that Lou had painted last weekend.
______ was Maria who won the art competition.
It
______ won the Olympic speedskating final. It wasn’t Korea.
It was Japan that
What Japan is that
It was Japan
REWRITE USING 'It' and emphasise 'best friend.' My best friend suggested I should apply for the job at the ad agency in NYC.
It was my best friend who suggested I should apply for for the job at the ad agency in NYC.
Make it CLEFT using 'WHAT': She bought things online.
What she did was buy things online.
REWRITE USING 'What.' I find my boss' constant micro-managing most annoying.
What I find most annoying is my boss' constant micro-managing.
______ us when we were children is still so true.
My grandparents told
What told my grandparents
What my grandparents told
REWRITE USING 'Do.' I hope that she passes her Cambridge Advanced exam this time.
I do hope that she passes her Cambridge Advanced exam this time.
REWRITE USING 'It' and emphasise 'club.' We first met in a club in Bairro Alto.
It was in a club in Bairro Alto where we first met.
REWRITE USING 'It' and emphasise 'father.' My father, not my brother, lost all his money at the casino.
It was my father, not my brother, who lost all his money at the casino.