Cleft sentences are used to focus on or emphasize a particular part of a sentence by introducing it with a relative clause. Some examples include "The reason why I've come is to discuss my future with you" and "The thing that impresses me more than anything else is your generosity." Cleft sentences can also be used to specify the place or time of an event, such as "The place where the jewels are hidden is under the floor at 23 Robin Hood Road, Epping" and "The day (when) the Second World War ended in Europe was 7 May 1945."

2. CLEFT SENTENCES
 Cleft sentences are used to help us focus on a particular part of the
sentence and to emphasize what we want to say by introducing it or
building up to it with a kind of relative clause.
 The reason why I've come is to discuss my future with you.
 The thing that impresses me more than anything else is your generosity.
 The place where the jewels are hidden is under the floor at 23 Robin Hood Road,
Epping.
 The day (when) the Second World War ended in Europe was 7 May 1945
 What we now need are actions rather than words.
Taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv149.shtml

3. Retrieved from: http://es.slideshare.net/saravergon/cleft-sentences

8. OTHER EXAMPLES

9. OTHER EXAMPLES
Taken from: The grammar book

10. OTHER EXAMPLES

11. SPEAKING ACTIVITY
 Interview your classmate. Find 5 aspects or opinions you
want to remark about him or her.
 Write the aspects as clefts
 Report the aspects to other classmate using the cleft form.