CLEFT SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE (CÂU RÚT GỌN DẠNG BỊ ĐỘNG)

It + is/ was + subject(lấy từ tân ngữ) + that + be + V-ed/ V cô ̣t 3. (chính……………được …..)

My father gave me a lot of toys. (cha tôi cho tôi nhiều đồ chơi)
 It was I that was given a lot of toys by my father.(chính tôi được cha tôi cho nhiều đồ chơi.)
His wife clean the floor every evening.
 It is the floor that is cleaned by his wife every evening.

EXERCISES
1. My husband watered the flowers every day. --------------------------------------------------------------

2. They celebrated their wedding last week. ---------------------------------------------------------------

3. He described his home town in his novel. ---------------------------------------------------------------

4. Most girls like spring. --------------------------------------------------------------

5. My father bought the car for me on my birthday. ----------------------------------------------------------

6. The prince kissed my younger sister at the party. ----------------------------------------------------------

7. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully. --------------------------------------------------------

8. The boy hit the dog in the garden. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

9. The woman answered the man rudely. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

10. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon. -------------------------------------------------------

11. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday. ------------------------------------------------------

12. My wife gave this T-shirt to me on my last birthday party. ---------------------------------------------

13. I always keep your picture besides me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

14. He borrowed the money from his close friend. ----------------------------------------------------

15. The police arrested the man at the railway station. -------------------------------------------------------

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16. The man is learning English. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

17. The woman gave him the English book. ----------------------------------------------------------------

18. She sent her friend a post card. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

19. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long. ---------------------------------------------------------

20. The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language.----------------------------------------------------

21. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions. -------------------------------------------------

22. The dog barked at the stranger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

23. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner. -----------------------------------------------------------

24. We all saw her husband out side the theater lats night. ---------------------------------------------------

25. Mr.Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning. ------------------------------------------------------------

26. I always meet my students in the cafee whenever I come there. ----------------------------------------

27. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago. --------------------------------------------------------

28. I met Sasa on the way to my school. -------------------------------------------------------

29. Vietnamese people celebrate Tet as the greatest occasion in a year. -----------------------------------

30. My mother gave me this story book as a birthday present. ----------------------------------------------

31. Her younger sister broke her classes. -----------------------------------------------------------------

32. She frightened the children. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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33. My father bought me a lap top for my birthday. ----------------------------------------------------------

34. People talked a lot about his house. -----------------------------------------------------------------

35. The pedestrian asked the policeman for the direction to the post office. ------------------------------

36. Fans gave Christina lots of flowers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Exercise 5:
Change the sentences into cleft sentences in the passive:
1. Fred gave Mary the money.

2. Mr. Johnson sent the Jiff Company a letter.

3. I show my friends all of the photographs.

4. The boy throw his friend the baseball

5. The teacher told the students an interesting story.

6. My brother bought his new car from our next-door neighbour last Saturday.

7. Jane has just given me this camera.

8. The monkeys amused the children.

9. John took the money.

10. People were talking about this film at 9.00 last night.

11. Columbus discovered America.

12. Jose has washed his car.

13. They grow corn in India.

14. Mary bought this book yesterday.

15. Someone stole my car last week.

16. They feed these animals twice a day.

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17. George was doing the homework 8.00 last night.

18. A Japanese company makes these television sets.

19. The earthquake destroyed the town.

20. No one has used this room for ages.

21. Jane did this task yesterday morning.

22. They took the sick man to the hospital last night.

23. John will sell his old house soon.

24. The police stopped us on our way to school.

25. They may use this room for the classroom.

26. You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30.

27. They haven’t stamped the letter.

28. They didn’t look after the children properly.

29. John have stored all the data on the floppy disk.

30. Tom saw Mary yesterday morning.

31. Linda loves Jack very much.

32. Tom killed a tiger last year.

33. Mr. Duy teaches English in Thong Linh High school.

34. Before the invention of electricity, people had used oil lamps.

35. We have to do these exercises tonight.

36. Tom will visit us tomorrow.

37. Tom usually brings his umbrella when he goes out.

38. My father made this chair in 1990.

39. David can sing Vietnamese songs very well.

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40. People speak English here.

Exercise 1: Choose the best answers:

1. ________ I bought the golden fish.
       A. It was from this shop that                     B. I was from this shop where
       C. It was this shop which                                                    D. It was this shop that
2. It was Tom _______ to help us.
       A. comes               B. that comes               C. to come            D. who came
3. _______ the police had rescued from the fire.
       A. The baby                                      B. The baby that                         
       C. It was the baby whom                                                     D. The baby whom
4. ________ my parents gave me the fish tank.
       A. It was on my birthday when
       B. It was my birthday on that
       C. It was my birthday that                                                                  
       D. It was on my birthday that
5. _______ I first met my girlfriend.
       A. It was in London that                                                       B. It was in London where
       C. It was London that                          D. It was London which
6. _________ on the phone.
       A. It is his mother whom is                      B. It was his mother whom is
       C. It was his mother who is                      D. It is his mother who is
7. ________ a high level of blood cholesterol.
       A. It is eggs that contain                                                       B. Those are eggs it contains
       C. It is eggs that contains                                                     D. It is eggs contain
8. _________ England won the World Cup.
       A. It was in 1966 that                           B. It was on 1966 that               
       C. It was in 1966 when                         D. It was 1966 in that
9. __________ we all look for.
       A. It is happiness that                           B. That happiness                     
       C. Happiness it is that                           D. Happiness it is
10. ____________ me how to play the drum.
       A. It was my uncle who taught                          B. My uncle who taught
       C. It was my uncle taught                                                   D. It is my uncle teaching

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 I. Combine each pair of sentences into one, using the conjunctions in brackets.
1. Jane owns a shop. She owns a restaurant. (both ....... and)
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2. Helen likes cats. Mary likes cats. ( both ........... and)
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3. She’s at the office. She’s at the airport. (either ............. or)
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4. Paul’s at home. Paul’s at the gym. (either .................... or)
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5. Chris didn’t have time to take a holiday. Sheila didn’t have time to take a holiday.(neither .... nor)
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6. David doesn’t play tennis. David doesn’t play table-tennis. (neither ......... nor)
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7. Nam’s handsome. Nam’s intelligent. (not only ................ but also )
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8. Mai plays the guitar well. Mai dances beautifully. (not only ......... but also)
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9. You can have fish for dinner. You can have chicken for dinner. (both ............. and)
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10. They came late. They left early. (not only ................. but also)
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11. Goats provide milk for cheese. Goats provide wool for clothing. (both ...... and)
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12. She’s French. She’s Swiss. (either ............. or)
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13. David can’t play tennis. David can’t play football. (neither ............... nor)
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14. The black jacket didn’t fit her. The white jacket didn’t fit her. (neither .......... nor)
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15. She’s tired. She’s hungry. (Not only ............... but also)
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1. We can see the film tonight. We can see the film tomorrow night. (either ............. or)
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1. It was a very boring film and it was very long too. (both ...... and)
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2. Ali has studied not only in the United States but also in Europe. (both ...... and)
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3. Dan was a newcomer, and so was Jim. (both ...... and)
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4. Mary went to London and Kate did, too. (both ...... and)
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5. Peter was a football player and his brother was, too. (both ...... and)
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6. Dan came from Thailand and Chow came from Thailand. (both ...... and)
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7. Young people normally like only music but also sports. (both ...... and)
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8. She is not only beautiful but also graceful. (both ...... and)
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9. My mother likes tea and my father does, too. (both ...... and)
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10. Yom is my older brother and Peter is, too. (both ...... and)
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11. You are both funny and witty. (not only ................. but also)
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12. She can enjoy a good meal and she can go fishing on the lake. (not only ................. but also)
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13. They ate lamb chops and fish. (not only ................. but also)
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14. The underground is quick and cheap. (not only ................. but also)
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15. Mr. Brown has read a novel by Charles Dickens and he has seen the film made from it. (not only.......... but
also)..............................................................
16. They like field events and they like team games. (not only ................. but also)
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17. Mary has both toothache and headache. (not only ................. but also)
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18. The pavements are both narrow and crowded. (not only ................. but also)
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19. That boy was dirty and he was lazy, too. (not only ................. but also)
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20. Mrs. Brown’s daughter is both beautiful and clever. (not only ................. but
also)............................................................................................................
III. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same
1. He likes playing football and so do I.
=> Both.....................................................................................................................
2. She didn’t say a word and she didn’t smile.
=> She neither...........................................................................................................
3. The English team didn’t play well and the Scottish team didn’t play well, either.
=> Neither................................................................................................................
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 4. He not only read the book but also remembered what he had read.
=> Not only...............................................................................................................
5. She can’t write fast. She can’t type.
=> She can’t either ………………………………………………………………..
6. Dick doesn’t need a bike. He doesn’t like to go on foot.
=> Dick doesn’t either ……………………………………………………………
7. They won’t come here tomorrow. They won’t stay at home.
=> They won’t either …………………………………………………………….
8. I didn’t have to go to school last Sunday. He didn’t have to go to school last Sunday.
=> Neither ………………………………………………………………………..
9. Mary hasn’t studied Spanish. Her friend hasn’t studied Spanish.
=> Neither ………………………………………………………………………..
10. They didn’t like music. They didn’t like sports.
=> They like ………………………………………………………………………
11. He isn’t a doctor. I’m not a doctor.
=> Neither …………………………………………………………………….…..
12. I can’t speak English. Nor can my sister.
=> Neither ………………………………………………………………………..