Cleft Sentences — Paris in Three Days: A City That Refuses to Summarise
Grammar: Cleft sentences — full range
Free ESL grammar exercise on cleft sentences themed around paris in three days: a city that refuses to summarise. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on travel, practising cleft sentences — full range. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
It is the Marais, arguably, that best represents Paris in its contradictions. What many visitors overlook is the cluster of free municipal museums nearby. What no travel article can fully prepare you for is the city's commitment to the long meal.
Grammar: Cleft Sentences
- It-cleft
- Used to highlight one element. It was Marie Curie that made the Panthéon famous for me. Always: It + be + focus + that-clause.
- Wh-cleft (what-cleft)
- Fronts the unknown, then reveals it. What strikes visitors first is the city's density. Subject: what-clause. Complement: the new information.
Sample items
- It was the Place des Vosges ______ captured her attention immediately.
- ______ I remember most about Paris is the smell of the boulangeries at dawn.
- It is the Jardin du Luxembourg ______ Parisians consider the city's finest park.
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