IT- CLEFT SENTENCES
FORMULA/ PATTERN OF AN IT- CLEFT SENTENCE
IT+ BE+ HIGHLIGHTED WORD/ PHRASE+ THAT/ WHO CLAUSE
WHAT- CLAUSE+ BE+ HIGHLIGHTED WORD/PHRASE
It was a cat that ate the pizza.
A cat ate the pizza.
What the dog ate was the meat.
A pizza is what the cat ate.
The dog chased the mouse.
It was...
It was the dog that chase the mouse.
Sara broke the window.
What...
What Sara broke was the window.
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
I always noticed a person´s outfit.
What...
What I always noticed was a person´s outfit.
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.
The teacher Ruben got the vaccine.
What...
What the teacher Ruben got was the vaccine.