Clefts & Inversion — Same Word, Different World
Grammar: None
Free ESL grammar exercise on clefts & inversion themed around same word, different world. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on media. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
What makes the divergence between Irish and American English so interesting is not the size of the gap but its unpredictability. It was the word 'fall' that revealed how much both varieties had preserved from older English.
Grammar
- It-cleft
- Emphasises a specific noun or phrase. It was the vocabulary that confused viewers most. — stresses what, not why
- Wh-cleft
- Emphasises a whole idea or action. What surprised linguists was the speed of the change. — fronts the new information
Sample items
- ______ the production team that decided to keep the Irish phrases intact.
- ______ surprised researchers most was the speed of vocabulary divergence.
- Rarely ______ the two editorial teams agree on a single translation.
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