5. I. PRONUNCIATION (CONT)
4. The boy jumped out into the road and
bumped into an old man.
5. She’s been to a number of shops and
clubs.
6. He rubs his hands because he wants to
interrupt their talk.
6. II. GRAMMAR
CLEFT SENTENCE
- ‘Cleft’ ‘divided into two parts’
Ex:
- ‘It was the boy who hit the cat in the garden’
Two parts (clauses) are: ‘It was the boy’ and ‘Who
hit the cat in the garden’.
- ‘It was the cat that the boy hit in the garden’
‘It was the cat’ & ‘that the boy hit in the garden’
- ‘It was in the garden that the boy hit the cat’
‘It was in the garden’ & ‘that the boy hit the cat’
7. II. GRAMMAR (CONT)
Dialogue:
A: Hey, do you know that Phan has been taken to
hospital?
B: Lan? I know, I know, she is my neighbor.
A: No, I say ‘Phan’. It is Phan who has been taken
to the hospital.
B: Oh, Phan. I see. But why?
A: A spider called Black Widow bit him.
B: A tiger? Terrible?
A: No, it was the poisonous spider that bit Phan.
B: Oh, a spider.
8. II. GRAMMAR (CONT)
The boy hit the cat in the garden.
Subject Object Adverbial phrase
1. It was the boy who hit the cat in the garden.
Subject focus
2. It was the cat that the boy hit in the garden.
Object focus
3. It was in the garden that the boy hit the cat.
Adverbial focus
10. III. EXERCISE
1. Task 1: Exercise in the textbook
(2) It was the boy who visited his uncle last
month.
(3) It was my mother who bought me a
present on my birthday.
(4) It is English that the man is learning.
(5) It was the book that the woman give
him.
(6) It was in the garden that the boy hit the
dog.
(7) It was for tea that she made some cakes.