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Cleft sentence

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Cleft sentence.
Used to draw attention to the most interesting or important part of a sentence.
emphasis the noun :
What/all+ understood info+ is/was+ emphasis
What I hated most is the headmaster.
What I need now is a holiday
All I want for Christmas is you
Emphasis the verb:
What/all+ subject+ do/does/did+ is/was+ the verb that we want to emphasise
What she did was neglects me everytime I see her.
All I did was being nice
Emphasis the whole sentence:
What happens/happened+ is/was+ clause
What happened was I said the truth about his child’s behavior.
REMEMBER TO USE STRESS WHEN SPEAKING.
We don’t really see eye to eye about anything
Simon. Never egree.
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I don’t see eye to eye about anything with my elder sister
She drives me crazy sometimes
Tess. To annoys someone
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All my students always drive me crazy.
We have our ups and downs
Ellie. Sometimes is good and sometimes is bad
I have ups and downs in my life
Those two often fight like cats and dogs
Nick. Fight
I often fight like cats and dogs with my brother
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