E.Language Focus
E.Language Focus
HOBBIES
HOBBIES
I. GRAMMAR
cleft sentenceS
to help us focus on a particular part of the sentence
and to emphasise what we want to say
1. Subject focus
1. Subject focus
a. Example
a. Example:
Who is the monitor of our class?
Chuong is the monitor of our class
It is Chuong who is the monitor of our class.
s v o
My horse won the race yesterday
s v o adv
It was my horse that won the race yesterday
b. Form
b. Form:
It +
is
was
noun/pronoun +
who
that
+V
+ O
2. Object focus
2. Object focus

 It is English that we are learning
3. Lan sent her friend the postcard.
 It was Lan’s friend whom Lan sent the postcard
4. I asked the taxi driver to carry the luggage
 It was the taxi driver whom I asked to carry the luggage for me
2. Exercise 2:Choose the sentence that can best replace the sentences provided.
1. Your carelessness caused the accident.
A. It is the accident that your carelessness caused.
B. It was the accident that your carelessness causes.
C. It is your carelessness that caused the accident.
D. It was your carelessness that caused the accident.
2. Hung helped me a lot with my study last semester.
A. It was Hung who helped me a lot with my study last semester.
B. It was Hung that helped me a lot with my study last semester.
C. It is Hung who helped me a lot with my study last semester.
D. It is Hung that helped me a lot with my study last semester.
3. The headmaster gave Tam a bicycle as a scholarship.
A. It is the headmaster who gave Tam a bicycle as a scholarship.
B. It is the headmaster who gives Tam a bicycle as a scholarship.
C. It was Tam who received a bicycle from the headmaster as a scholarship.
D. It was Tam who receives a bicycle from the headmaster as a scholarship
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Do the all exercises in the textbook
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Make 2 cleft sentences for each kind
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!