Clefts & Inversion — Beautiful Chaos: The Fleetwood Mac Story
Grammar: Cleft sentences and inversion for emphasis
Free ESL grammar exercise on clefts & inversion themed around beautiful chaos: the fleetwood mac story. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on society, practising cleft sentences and inversion for emphasis. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Not only did the band survive the making of Rumours; they went on to tour it for two years. What sustained them, by most accounts, was a shared belief that what they were making together was worth the cost. Rarely had a group of people with so much reason to fall apart held together so completely inside a creative project.
Grammar
- It-cleft
- Used to emphasise a specific element. It was the tension that shaped the record. — shifts focus to the highlighted noun.
- Wh-cleft
- Fronts the key information. What the band needed was a shared purpose. — subject position carries maximum emphasis.
Sample items
- The band's shared history ______... what gave the music its emotional depth.
- ______... Christine McVie who first suggested they record the album despite everything.
- ______... a group held together so well during such a painful creative process.
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