Cleft Sentences

Clefts, inversion and auxiliaries

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Pseudo Clefts



To practice this, use the following exercises on this website:

Emphasis - cleft sentences

Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 6

1.	I really enjoy a long walk in the country.
	It's .
	What .
	(is) A long walk .
	(That's) A long walk in the country. .
2.	I dislike his rudeness the most.
	What .
	(what) His rudeness .
	It's .
	(That's) His rudeness. .
3.	His sense of irony makes me laugh.
	(what) His .
	(That's) His sense of irony. .
	It's .	.
	What .

BBC This is where...

 Work cut out

Stealing someone's thunder

Warts and all

Threadneedle Street was the home of London tailoring in the 16th and 17th centuries. Tailors worked with assistants - the assistant would cut out the cloth and the tailor would sew it.  If the tailor didn’t work quickly enough, the pile of cloth would get bigger and messier. Because his work was cut out for him, he could clearly see that there was a lot to do and his work was jumbled up in a mess. In other words, he had a really difficult, complicated job to do.

Gaga to water

Gaga to water

 

Listen from 4.40-5.40.

Vivid Verbs

Emotion
Movement
Gesture
Face

Body
Animal
Mechanical
Natural
Noise
Voice

Behaviour

Now let's have a chat

1. Do you sometimes conceal your real opinions? Why?

2. Do you have a special way of coaxing a cat to come up to you for a pat?

3. Is there anyone in your life that you might try to dodge of you saw them in the street? Why?

4. What's a kind of food or drink you despise?

5. Do you struggle to emerge from sleep in the morning or do you leap out of bed?

6. Can you successfully flip a pancake?

7. Who is a friend you love to goof around with? What sort of things do you do together?

8. Have you ever fainted? When was it? Where were you? Why did you faint?

9. When did you last have to haul furniture from one house or one room to another?

10. Do you sometimes honk the horn of your car at other drivers?

11. What time of day do you find it easier to focus on more creative things?

12. Do you enjoy hunting for bargains at secondhand shops?

In groups write a suitable noun next to any of these verbs: e.g. shatter + glass

Vivid verbs practice:

A to E

E to M

M to U

Write ten ten-word sentences using ten workhouse verbs.

 

1_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

2_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

3_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

4_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

5_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

6_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

7_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

8_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

9_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

10_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ________ ________.

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

abolish

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

break

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

capture

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

deliver

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

ensure

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

foresee

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

identify

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

jump

 

Can could must may might will would shall should (not)

master

 

 

 

Rotating stories:

I didn't foresee that the results of my actions would be so catastrophic. We had all gathered in the meeting room to discuss....

Verb of emotion + by (passive verb)

amaze	bewilder	disgust	impress
amuse	bore	ecstasize	irritate
anger	confuse	enrage	please
alarmed	delight	excite	sadden
astonish	depress	frighten	shock
awe	disappoint	horrify	surprise

I'm __________ed  BY ___________                           I'm __________ed  BY ___________     

I'm __________ed  BY ___________                           I'm __________ed  BY ___________  

I'm __________ed  BY ___________                           I'm __________ed  BY ___________  

I'm __________ed  BY ___________                           I'm __________ed  BY ___________  

I'm __________ed  BY ___________                           I'm __________ed  BY ___________  

I'm __________ed  BY ___________                           I'm __________ed  BY ___________  

I'm __________ed  BY ___________                           I'm __________ed  BY ___________  

Think of a synonym 

accept	discourage	humiliate	rebel
ache	disgust	incense	reinforce
admire	disillusion	inflame	reject
affect	disinterest	infuriate	relax
afflict	dislike	injure	rely
agonize	dismay	inquire	resent
alarm	dissatisfy	inspire	reserve
alienate	distress	insult	respect
amaze	distrust	intend	satisfy
annoy	dominate	interest	scare
appall	doubt	intrigue	secure
bless	dread	irritate	snoop
bore	elate	liberate	stupefy
brave	embarrass	like	sulk
calm	encourage	loathe	surprise
challenge	energize	lose	suspect
cheer	engross	love	sympathize
comfort	enjoy	menace	terrify
concern	enrage	mourn	thank
confide	enthuse	need	threaten
consider	excite	offend	thrill
crush	fascinate	overjoy	torment
dare	fatigue	pain	torture
deject	fear	panic	touch
delight	force	paralyze	understand
deprive	free	perplex	upset
desire	frighten	play	victimize
despair	frustrate	please	want
determine	fume	prefer	warm
detest	grieve	preoccupy	wish
devote	hate	provoke	work up
diminish	hesitate	quiet	worry
disappoint	hope	reassure	wrong

Present Perfect practice

Easier:

For and Since

 Practice here

More challenging:

Present perfect or past simple?

The Backwards Brain Bicycle

Before watching:

Vocab:

12 collocations

Do you agree or disagree?

1. “You can’t forget how to ride a bike.”

2. “The faster you ride a bike, the more control you gain”

3. “Knowledge = understanding”

4. “Sometimes you can’t change the way you think, even if you want to.”

Try separating these into different words or phrases:

backstorywelderdemonstrateconquerattemptfrustratedrevelationinarutuncoordinatedalgorithmdefinitivestatementpowerthroughpeddlepathwaybrainpaycloseattentionsmalldistractiongeneticallyneuralplasticityunlearnsetouttoprovecognitivebiasredesignaterigidclickbackintofakeitarticulate

T / F

T / F

 

1. "Just like riding a bike" means "impossible to forget how to do". 

2. Dustin only recently learned how to ride a bike. 

3. The engineers changed two things on the backwards bicycle.

4. Dustin thought it would be easy to ride the backwards bicycle. 

5. Dustin thing understanding and knowledge are the same thing.

6. Only one person managed to win the money.

7. Dustin had only one accident when he was learning to ride the backwards bicycle.

8. Dustin's son was able to learn how to ride the backwards bicycle faster than Dustin.

9. Amsterdam has more people than bicycles.

10. Dustin no longer knows how to ride a normal bicycle.

11. Dustin is from Amsterdam

12. Dustin learns to ride the normal bicycle after thirty minutes. 

13. Dusting thinks we need to know that our brains can easily get into habits.

Watch:

The Backwards Brain Cycle

 

B_ckstory
w_lder
dem_nstrate
con_uer
attem_t
frustr_ted
rev_lation
in a r_t
unc_ordinated
alg_rithm
defin_tive statement
power throu_h peddle
pathwa_
br_in
pay close att_ntion 
small d_straction
gen_tically
neur_l plasticity
u_learn
set out to p_ove
cogn_tive bias
r_designate
rig_d
cl_ck back into
f_ke it
artic_late

backstory
welder
demonstrate
conquer
attempt
frustrated
revelation
in a rut
uncoordinated
algorithm
definitive statement
power through peddle
pathway
brain
pay close attention 
small distraction
genetically
neural plasticity
unlearn
set out to prove
cognitive bias
redesignate
rigid
click back into
fake it
articulate

3A Learning to learn (Empower Upper-Int Reading)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

1. Bodies and brains need time to w_ _ _  u _

2. Research is beginning to s_ _ _ that we're all quite similar in the way our minds and bodies behave at different times of the day.

3. Understanding these rhythms h_ _ _ _  us f_ _ _ _ _  o_ _  the best time to learn.

4. Our body temperature slowly r_ _ _ _ from the time we wake up.

5. Between 2 pm and 6 pm, our muscle strength is at its p_ _ _.

6. To remember new information, it helps if we a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  it with something else.

7. For example, a new word we learn might make us t_ _ _ _ _ of a picture. 

8. Some skills seem to c_ _ _  naturally to some people. 

9. Some people simply p_ _ _ u_ a violin and begin to make music. 

10.Those who became exceptional were more competitive and p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for 2000 hours more than others.