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Cleft Sentences - Coggle Diagram
Cleft Sentences
Usually begins with “it” or “What”.
Jenny painted the house.
it was the house which Jenny painted.
Jhon broke the window.
It was the window Jhon broke.
Examples
Cleft sentences with WH words
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I knew she was my friend, what i didn’t know is that she was also my brother’s friend.
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I love living in this house, what i hate about this house is that is so cold.
EXAMPLES
This is the basic pattern of an IT cleft sentence:
It + be verb + subject, object, etc
It was the boy who started the fight.
It is rain that cancels parades.
It is the secretary that I wish to thank.
It was my mother who taught me to love.
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Cleft: separate something into two
A sentence that emphasizes an idea by focusing on a certain part of the sentence
Specially used in writing.
