Cleft sentences

Use It was…that or What…is to focus attention on a particular element.

Lessons

10 available items
  1. 1

    Cleft sentences

    Use It was…that or What…is to focus attention on a particular element.

  2. 2

    Clarifying the actual problem · Using It is ... that to focus attention

    Using It is ... that to focus attention in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  3. 3

    Clarifying the actual problem · Correcting an inaccurate understanding

    Correcting an inaccurate understanding in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  4. 4

    Identifying the priority · Using What ... is

    Using What ... is in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  5. 5

    Identifying the priority · Directing attention to a specific need

    Directing attention to a specific need in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  6. 6

    Emphasising an unexpected outcome · Highlighting the new information in a sentence

    Highlighting the new information in a sentence in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  7. 7

    Emphasising an unexpected outcome · Avoiding overuse of cleft sentences

    Avoiding overuse of cleft sentences in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  8. 8

    Clarifying responsibility for an action · Focusing on a person with who

    Focusing on a person with who in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  9. 9

    Clarifying responsibility for an action · Separating a proposal from approval

    Separating a proposal from approval in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  10. 10

    Refocusing a discussion · Focusing on the required action

    Focusing on the required action in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Reading

5 available items
  1. 1

    Clarifying the actual problem

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  2. 2

    Identifying the priority

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  3. 3

    Emphasising an unexpected outcome

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  4. 4

    Clarifying responsibility for an action

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  5. 5

    Refocusing a discussion

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

Writing

2 available items
  1. 1

    Adapt the situation using new details · Clarifying the actual problem

    A 60–100 word writing task with a model and self-review.

  2. 2

    Summarise the situation and add a suitable response · Refocusing a discussion

    A 65–105 word writing task with a model and self-review.

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