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Clefting
Imagine you are in a beautiful island
called NAURU
Some people have discovered mineral resources wich have
bought great wealth to the population. Everyone has
benefited financially and nothing is lacking
How would you spend your time and
money on the island?
What would be the positive and
negative aspects of such life?
Cleft sentences
 Add emphasis to a noun, a person, a time, a phrase or a clause using the structures
It is/was…that/who… or What… is/was… I
 It was an Australian, Albert Ellis, who made the Discovery from
which Nauru is still reeling.
 It was only in 1968 that the Nauruans could begin to benefit from
their riches.
 What strikes one first about the island is its size.
 What they did was to ship the phosphate to Australia
It was
 With because to emphasize reasons
 It was because he refused to to give up drinking that
she left him.
 With (only) when, while, not until + verb clause to
emphisize time.
 It was only when/It wasn´t until I go home that I
realized I didn´t have my keys with me.
 It was while I was in hospital that he proposed me.
 To emphisize prepositional phases.
 It was afer dinner that he phoned, not before.
What…is/was… is more frequent in
conversational and can be used to emphisize
 Nouns and noun phases, including gerunds
 What irritates me the most about her is the way she laughs.
 What I most enjoyed about the holiday was not having to set the
alarm clock.
 An action or a series of actions
 What you do is to fold the two pieces like this.
 What happened was that I over slept and missed my plane.
 Questions
 What I never understood is why she left
 What I´d like to know is when you are leaving.
Alternatives to the Word What
 The thing, One thing , Something
 One thing I wont tolerate is rudeness
 What a boring job- all I did was count cars all day.
 The person, One person and someone
 One person I´d like to meet is Johnny Depp.
 Rudness is one thing I won´t tolerate.
 Her laugh is what irritates me the most.

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Clefting

  • 2. Imagine you are in a beautiful island called NAURU
  • 3. Some people have discovered mineral resources wich have bought great wealth to the population. Everyone has benefited financially and nothing is lacking How would you spend your time and money on the island? What would be the positive and negative aspects of such life?
  • 4. Cleft sentences  Add emphasis to a noun, a person, a time, a phrase or a clause using the structures It is/was…that/who… or What… is/was… I  It was an Australian, Albert Ellis, who made the Discovery from which Nauru is still reeling.  It was only in 1968 that the Nauruans could begin to benefit from their riches.  What strikes one first about the island is its size.  What they did was to ship the phosphate to Australia
  • 5. It was  With because to emphasize reasons  It was because he refused to to give up drinking that she left him.  With (only) when, while, not until + verb clause to emphisize time.  It was only when/It wasn´t until I go home that I realized I didn´t have my keys with me.  It was while I was in hospital that he proposed me.  To emphisize prepositional phases.  It was afer dinner that he phoned, not before.
  • 6. What…is/was… is more frequent in conversational and can be used to emphisize  Nouns and noun phases, including gerunds  What irritates me the most about her is the way she laughs.  What I most enjoyed about the holiday was not having to set the alarm clock.  An action or a series of actions  What you do is to fold the two pieces like this.  What happened was that I over slept and missed my plane.  Questions  What I never understood is why she left  What I´d like to know is when you are leaving.
  • 7. Alternatives to the Word What  The thing, One thing , Something  One thing I wont tolerate is rudeness  What a boring job- all I did was count cars all day.  The person, One person and someone  One person I´d like to meet is Johnny Depp.  Rudness is one thing I won´t tolerate.  Her laugh is what irritates me the most.