Cleft Sentences — The Quiet Art of the Long Sell
Grammar: cleft sentences
Free ESL grammar exercise on cleft sentences themed around the quiet art of the long sell. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on business, practising cleft sentences. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
It was Slack's patience, not its marketing budget, that built a company later bought by Salesforce. What buyers dislike is being rushed.
Grammar: Cleft Sentences
- It-cleft
- It was patience that built the firm. — focuses one element for emphasis.
- Wh-cleft
- What buyers dislike is being rushed. — builds suspense before the focus.
Sample items
- ______ was a free trial that won the client over.
- What buyers value most ______ honest advice.
- It was the committee ______ made the final decision.
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