Cleft sentences & Inversion — The Algorithm Knows Best — or Does It?
Grammar: Cleft sentences and inversion for emphasis
Free ESL grammar exercise on cleft sentences & inversion themed around the algorithm knows best — or does it?. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on technology, practising cleft sentences and inversion for emphasis. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
It is precisely the unexpectedness that makes those moments matter. What algorithms do brilliantly is optimise for engagement. Not only does personalisation risk narrowing what we encounter, it risks narrowing who we become.
Grammar
- It-cleft — form
- It + be + emphasised element + relative clause. It was the premise that surprised everyone.
- Wh-cleft — form
- What/All + subject + verb + be + complement. What algorithms do is optimise for engagement.
Sample items
- The money was not the most surprising thing about the Netflix competition.
- The premise shocked observers most.
- Algorithms struggle most with meaning.
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