2. WHAT: placed at the beginning.
Ex.: I need a holiday.
What I need is a holiday.
ALL: placed at the beginning.
Ex.: I want to pass the exam. (with two
verbs)
All I want is to pass the exam.
Ex.: I just copied a bit from the Internet!
(with one verb): All+auxiliary+TO BE
All I did was copy a bit from the Internet
3. Present: What happens is: placed at the
beginning.
Ex.: You do a placement test and then you
register in the appropriate course.
What happens is (that) you do a placement test
and then you register in the appropriate course.
Past: What happens was: placed at the
beginning.
Ex.: I fell asleep in class and the teacher got
angry.
What happened was (that) I fell asleep in class
and the teacher was angry.
4. The person (who):
Ex: I spoke to the American President!
The person (who, that) I spoke to was the American
President
The place where:
Ex.: We stayed in the White House.
The place where we stayed was the White House.
The first/last time:
Ex.: I last saw him at the party on Saturday.
The last time I saw him was at the party on Saturday.
The reason why/that:
Ex.: I’m studying English because I want a better job.
The reason (why/that) I’m studying English is
because/that I want a better job.
5. Ex.: We’ve been to many countries but we
loved England.
We’ve been to many countries but it was
England (that) we loved.
Ex.: We went to England last summer.
It was last summer when we went to England.
With a personal pronoun: we use the object.
Ex.: I won an Oscar.
It was me who won an Oscar.
