Level 5Psychologygrammar

Cleft sentences & fronting — The Science of Why We Join

Grammar: discourse markers and connectors

Free ESL grammar exercise on cleft sentences & fronting themed around the science of why we join. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on psychology, practising discourse markers and connectors. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

Robert Lifton, whose 1961 study of thought reform remains the field's foundational text, identified eight conditions. What makes Lifton's framework so durable is that it applies equally to small obscure movements and to some of the largest organisations on earth.

Grammar: Discourse Markers

Wh-cleft
What the research shows is that idealists are most at risk. — use to highlight a key idea
It-cleft
It was Lifton who first named the eight conditions. — use to emphasise a specific person or fact

Sample items

  1. The group supplied daily structure and purpose. → ______ the group supplied was daily structure and purpose.
  2. Robert Lifton identified the eight conditions. → ______ Robert Lifton... identified the eight conditions.
  3. The management of doubt distinguishes a high-control group. → ______ distinguishes a high-control group... the management of doubt.

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