Cleft Sentences — The World Cup's Biggest Gamble Yet
Grammar: Cleft sentences — full range
Free ESL grammar exercise on cleft sentences themed around the world cup's biggest gamble yet. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on sport, practising cleft sentences — full range. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
It was not a stadium that made the 2026 FIFA World Cup remarkable — it was the scale. What makes the 2026 edition structurally different is the new group-stage format. It was Gianni Infantino who pushed hardest for expansion.
Grammar: Cleft Sentences
- It-cleft — agent focus
- Emphasises who or what by moving it to the front. It was Canada that hosted the opening game.
- Wh-cleft — fronted
- Turns the subject into a what-clause. What surprised analysts was the projected revenue of $11 billion.
Sample items
- It was ______ who first proposed the 48-team format.
- ______ concerns analysts most is the tournament's carbon footprint.
- It is the scheduling ______ proves hardest to manage.
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