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1. What is the synonym of the word “get rid of”? (v)
2. What is the synonym of the word “talented” (adj) ?
3. Give the verb form of the word “collection”? (v)
4. Give the adjective form of the word “succeed”? (adj)
5. A person who plays the guitar? (n)
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UNIT 13: HOBBIES
LESSON 3: LANGUAGE FOCUS
CLEFT SENTENCES
What are cleft sentences? What do we use it for?
The bird broke the vase in the garden .
 It was the bird that broke the vase in the garden. (1)
 It was the vase that the bird broke in the garden. (2)
 It was in the garden that the bird broke the vase. (3)
Cleft sentences are “divided” into two parts to emphasize something.
It + is/was + phần cần + that + ………
nhấn mạnh
1. Subject focus

2. Object focus

3. Adverbial focus

It + is/was + phần cần + that + ………
nhấn mạnh
Ex: The boy visited his uncle last month.
It was the boy that/who visited his uncle last month.
It + is/was + phần cần + that + ………
nhấn mạnh
Ex: The boy visited his uncle last month.
It was his uncle that the boy visited last month.
It + is/was + phần cần + that + ………
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Ex: The boy visited his uncle last month.
It was last month that the boy visited his uncle.
TASK 1: Work in pairs. Rewrite the following sentences; using Cleft sentences
My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
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2. Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.
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3. The man is learning English.
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4. She presented him a book on his birthday.
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My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
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It was my mother who/ that bought me a present on my birthday.
2. Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.
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It was Huong and Sandra who sang together at the party.
3. The man is learning English.
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It is English that the man is learning.
4. She presented him a book on his birthday.
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It was on his birthday that she presented him a book.
Pass the pen
His presence at the meeting frightened the children.
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It was his presence at the meeting that frightened the children.
Hoa borrowed the book from Long.
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It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long.
The boy hit the dog in the garden.
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It was in the garden that the boy hit the dog.
His father repaired the bicycle for him.
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It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle