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Rewrite the sentence “The audience applauded the performance loudly” using fronting to emphasize “loudly.”
Loudly, the audience applauded the performance.
Transform “She had never experienced such kindness before” into a correct inversion form.
Never had she experienced such kindness before.
Use an it-cleft to emphasize the person in “The manager approved the budget yesterday.”
It was the manager who approved the budget yesterday.
Change “They postponed the meeting due to technical issues” into a what-cleft structure.
What they did was postpone the meeting due to technical issues.
Rewrite “The ceremony took place in the grand hall” using “the place where.”
Guess?
Transform “We will always remember their hospitality” into inversion form.
Answer: Always will we remember their hospitality.
Use an it-cleft to emphasize the time in “The coach arrived before the players.”
Answer: It was before the players that the coach arrived.
Rewrite “The new policy affected small businesses the most” as a what-cleft sentence.
Answer: What the new policy affected the most was small businesses.
Front “The gift” in “He gave the gift to his friend.”
Answer: The gift he gave to his friend.
Use inversion to emphasize “rarely” in “She rarely eats fast food.”
Answer: Rarely does she eat fast food.
Rewrite “The artist painted a mural on the school wall” with fronting to highlight “a mural.”
Answer: A mural on the school wall the artist painted.
Transform “I will never tolerate such behavior” using inversion.
Answer: Never will I tolerate such behavior.
Convert “The accident happened at the intersection” into two it-clefts.
Answer 1: It was the accident that happened at the intersection.
Answer 2: It was at the intersection that the accident happened.
Identify the correct it-cleft sentence emphasizing “yesterday” in:
“They announced the results yesterday.”
A) It was yesterday that they announced the results.
B) Yesterday it was that they announced the results.
C) It was they who yesterday announced the results.
D) It was results they announced yesterday.
A) It was yesterday that they announced the results.
1. Which sentence correctly uses inversion
A) Rarely we have seen such dedication in the workplace.
B) Rarely have we seen such dedication in the workplace.
C) Rarely seen we have such dedication in the workplace.
D) Rarely have seen we such dedication in the workplace.
B) Rarely have we seen such dedication in the workplace.
Which is the correct it-cleft emphasizing “only then” in the sentence:
“She realized the truth only then.”
A) It was only then she realized the truth.
B) It was she who only then realized the truth.
C) It was the truth only then she realized.
D) It was realized only then the truth by her.
A) It was only then she realized the truth.
Which of the following is a grammatically correct fronting?
“The committee discussed the budget yesterday.”
A) Yesterday the budget the committee discussed.
B) The budget yesterday the committee discussed.
C) Discussed the budget yesterday the committee.
D) The budget the committee yesterday discussed.
B) The budget yesterday the committee discussed.
Identify the correct what-cleft sentence emphasizing “her advice” in:
“I valued her advice the most.”
A) Her advice what I valued the most was.
B) What I valued the most was her advice.
C) It was what I valued the most her advice.
D) What was her advice I valued the most.
B) What I valued the most was her advice.
Which it-cleft emphasizes “in the library” in:
“She found the missing files in the library.”
A) It was in the library that she found the missing files.
B) It was the missing files that she found in the library in.
C) It was she who in the library found the missing files.
D) It was found in the library the missing files by her.
A) It was in the library that she found the missing files.
Convert “They repaired the bridge last month” into two it-clefts.
Answer 1: It was they who repaired the bridge last month.
Answer 2: It was last month that they repaired the bridge.
Convert “John completed the project successfully” into two different it-clefts.
Answer 1: It was John who completed the project successfully.
Answer 2: It was successfully that John completed the project.
Rewrite “The storm caused a power outage in the city” in fronting form emphasizing “a power outage.”
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Write a sentence about your hobbies using inversion.
Answer: Rarely do I miss my evening walk.
Others also think of one such sentence.
Use a what-cleft to highlight the main idea in “She needs additional guidance.”
Answer: What she needs is additional guidance.
Rewrite “The scientist presented her research only at the conference” in three different ways.Fronting, Inversion and It-Cleft
Fronting: Her research, the scientist presented at the conference.
Inversion: At the conference did the scientist present her research.
It-cleft: It was her research that the scientist presented at the conference.