CLEFT SENTENCES / CLAUSES WITH WHAT

CLEFT SENTENCES WITH WHAT (CLAUSES WITH WHAT)

Cleft sentences are used to help us focus on a particular part of the sentence and to emphasize what we want to say by introducing it or building up to it with a kind of relative clause.

Because there are two parts to the sentence it is called cleft (from the verb cleave) which means divided into two.

Cleft sentences are particularly useful in writing where we cannot use intonation for purposes of focus or emphasis, but they are also frequently used in speech.

Cleft structures with WHAT CLAUSES are often used with verbs expressing an emotive response to something like adore, dislike, enjoy, hate, like, loathe, love, need, prefer, want, etc.

• We now need actions rather than words. • What we now need are actions rather than words. • Actions rather than words are what we now need. the teacher enjoyed playing mario bross. what the teacher enjoyed was playing mario bross. playing mario bros was what the teacher enjoyed. the teacher needs some day off. what the teacher needs are some days off

REWRITE SENTENCES. USE CLEFT SENTENCES (CLAUSES ) WITH WHAT

1. Sofia never pays attention to men's face. 2. Studying every day is the key to succeed in school 3. We didn't understand the active and the passive voice. 4. She pays attention to people’s hands 5. I like going camping to Volcan with my family. 6. My father never asks me about my grades 7. Liz loves playing basketball in the school. 8. They hated watching the last movie. 9. I never cheated on any test at school. 10. Drinking alcohol is dangerous to all of us. 11. We enjoy our English lessons. 12. My mother never cooks at home.