Rewrite the sentence
It wasn't until last year that I finally understood half the lessons my parents tried to teach me as a kid.
DID
Only last year ______________________ half the lessons my parents tried to teach me as a kid.
Only last year did I finally understand half the lessons my parents tried to teach me as a kid.
Whenever you do, don't tell mom!
Whatever you do, don't tell mom!
*whenever is a pronoun used in reference to time.
I opened the envelope and I found two concert tickets.
Opening the envelope, I found two concert tickets.
I didn't tell you what really happened.
Little _________________ about what really happened.
Little did I tell you about what really happened
My brother fell asleep during class.
1. It...
2. What...
1. It was my brother who fell asleep during class.
IT + be verb + subject + relative clause
2. What my brother did was to fall asleep during class.
WH + subject + do verb + be verb + infinitive clause
Thomas went home sick.
WHO
It was _________________________ sick.
It was Thomas who went home sick
My sister told my mom and I that we needed to plan something special for us dad's 50th birthday.
My sister told my mom and me we needed to plan something special for our dad's 50th birthday.
*"my mom" and "me" are the objects of "told"
As soon as I was notified that I had been offered the job, I accepted.
Notified that I had been offered the job I accepted.
As soon as my mother sat down, the phone rang.
SOONER
_____________________________ then the phone rang.
No sooner did my mother sit down then the phone rang.
The books that you borrowed are mine.
Those...
Those are my books that you borrowed.
IT cleft sentence substituting "it" with "those"
THOSE + be verb + sub + relative clause
The party was dead. Only some people who wondered in by accident came
NO ONE
There was _____________________. Only some people who wondered in by accident came
There was no one at the party.
Anyone listens to me! I feel like I am talking to myself.
No one listens to me. I feel like I am talking to myself.
People who were caught in the rain and ran for shelter.
Caught in the rain, people ran for shelter.
I am always on time.
NEVER
_____________________________ late.
Never am I late.
Where is the relative clause in these cleft sentences?
1. It is my dog who bit him.
2. What happened is my dog bit him.
3. What my dog did was bite him.
4. Who my dog bit was him.
It is my dog who bit him.
relative clauses are only used in "it" cleft sentences, and a formed using "who" or "that" at the beginning of the clause.
The rain was coming down when I woke up this morning.
WAS
It __________________ when I woke up this morning.
It was raining when I woke up this morning.
Everyone should make sure their cellphone is off for the test.
Everyone should make sure his or her cellphone is off for the test.
This is the last photograph that was taken of my grandmother
This is the last photo taken of my grandmother.
Rephrase the sentences with the expression keeping the meaning.
I haven't eat meat in ages.
FOR QUITE SOMETIME
__________________________ been a vegetarian.For quite sometime have I been a vegetarian.
The person who tells me the truth will not get in trouble.
Whoever _________________ to get in trouble
Whoever tells me the truth is not going to get in trouble.
WH clause + be verb + word/ phrase/ clause.
I need more time for the quiz.
WHAT
_______________________is more time for the quiz.
What I need is more time for the quiz
I don't care about who you take to the dance.
I don't care about whom you take to the dance.
* you is the person performing the action of take
*whom is the object of "care"
* "whom you take to the dance" is the object of the preposition "about"
When I got into the elevator, I realized I had forgotten my keys.
Getting into the lift, I realised I had forgotten my keys.
You should never cross the street with your eyes closed!
Under no circumstances....
Under no circumstances should you cross the street with your eyes closed.
I need to get more sleep!
What...
What I need is to get more sleep.