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Grammar
It-Cleft Sentence 强调句型
丰城九中:李洪英
1
What makes these animals give up their lives?
(1)It is global warming that makes them give up their lives.
(2)It was humans who caused global warming.
It-Cleft Sentence 强调句型
the emphasized
part
The Structure
(1)Global warming makes them give up their lives.
(2)It is global warming that makes them give up their lives.
(3)Humans caused global warming.
(4)It was humans who caused global warming.
It-Cleft Sentence 强调句型:
It
is/was
that/who
the rest part of
the sentence
?
?
1.It _____ humans that should take cation to stop global warming.
2.It ______ 180 years ago that global warming began.
3.It _____ by reducing carbon dioxide that we will stop global
warming.
Rule 1
is
was
is
present
future
is
past
was
1.It is humans that/who should take cation to stop global warming.
2.It was 180 years ago that global warming began.
3.It is by reducing carbon dioxide that we will stop global
warming.
Rule 2
always
OK
that
sb
who
France will hold the 33rd Olympic Games in Paris.
(1)It is France that will hold the 33rd Olympic Games in Paris.
(2)It is the 33rd Olympic Games that France will hold in Paris.
(3)It is in Paris that France will hold the 33rd Olympic Games.
Exercise 1
Emphasize the underlined parts and write down.
(1)
(2)
(3)
write
Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016.
(1).It was Donald Trump that/who won the presidential election in 2016.
(2).It was the presidential election that Donald Trump won in 2016.
(3).It was in 2016 that Donald Trump won the presidential election.
Exercise 2
Emphasize the underlined parts orally.
(1)
(2)
(3)
speak
Japan will hold the 32nd Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016.
Q:Which part is never emphasized with It-Cleft Sentence.
Thinking
1.We can't emphasize the predicate(谓语) with It-Cleft Sentence.
2.we can remove “It is/was...that/who...”to judge a It-Cleft Sentence.
Notice
subject主语
object宾语
adverbial状语
subject主语
object宾语
adverbial状语
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