IT- CLEFT SENTENCES
WHAT- CLEFT SENTENCES
100

FORMULA/ PATTERN OF AN IT- CLEFT SENTENCE

IT+ BE+ HIGHLIGHTED WORD/ PHRASE+ THAT/ WHO CLAUSE

100
FORMULA/ PATTERN OF WHAT- CLEFT SENTENCES

WHAT- CLAUSE+ BE+ HIGHLIGHTED WORD/PHRASE

200

It was a cat that ate the pizza.

A cat ate the pizza.

200

What the dog ate was the meat.

A pizza is what the cat ate.

300

The dog chased the mouse.

It was...

It was the dog that chase the mouse.

300

Sara broke the window.

What...

What Sara broke was the window.

400

Mariana´s dog ate her food from her dish this morning

It was...

It was Mariana´s dog who ate her food from her dish this morning

400

I always noticed a person´s outfit.

What...

What I always noticed was a person´s outfit.

500

Emilia spends all her money on shoes.

a) It is...

b) It are...

It is Emilia who spends all her money on shoes.

It are shoes that Emilia spends all her money on.

500

The teacher Ruben got the vaccine.

What...

What the teacher Ruben got was the vaccine. 

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