C1Oraciones hendidas20 min
Oraciones hendidas para enfatizar
Cleft sentences for emphasis
Usa las oraciones hendidas con it y con what para destacar la parte más importante de una oración.
Una cleft sentence (oración hendida) divide una idea en dos oraciones para que una parte reciba atención especial. La oración neutra Tariq broke the news puede reformularse para destacar quién lo hizo o qué ocurrió. Las oraciones hendidas son habituales en discursos, ensayos y conversaciones cuidadas, donde ayudan a dirigir al oyente hacia tu idea principal.
| Tipo | Estructura | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| It-cleft | It + be + focus + that / who clause | It was Maya who proposed the change. |
| It-cleft (time, place) | It + be + adverbial + that clause | It was in Lisbon that we first met. |
| What-cleft | What + clause + be + focus | What annoyed me was the lack of any explanation. |
| All-cleft | All + clause + be + focus | All we need is a little more time. |
| Reason / thing / place | The reason / thing + clause + be + focus | The thing that worries me is the schedule. |
| Reversed what-cleft | Focus + be + what clause | A quiet life is what she wants. |
En una it-cleft, el elemento destacado puede ser una persona, una cosa, un momento o un lugar, y va seguido de that (o de who si es una persona). Con expresiones de tiempo, el inglés prefiere claramente that: It was not until the third interview that she mentioned the salary. En una what-cleft, what significa «lo que» (the thing that), y el verbo be une las dos partes. Cuando lo destacado es un sintagma verbal, suele introducirse con to o con un infinitivo sin to: What I'd like to do is (to) take a year off.
Describir hechos
Para relatar una secuencia de hechos con suspense, usa What happened was (that) ... o What happened next was .... La palabra that suele omitirse al hablar, pero es útil al escribir.
- It is your attitude, not your ability, that concerns me.
- What happened next was that the funding was withdrawn.
- What we did was book the tickets before they sold out.
- It was not Mina's apology but her honesty that impressed us.
Ejercicio 1 de 2
Elige la forma correcta
Elige la opción que completa correctamente cada oración.
Ejercicio 2 de 2
Completa las frases
Escribe una palabra en cada hueco para completar la oración hendida.
I really admire about her is her patience.
It was only after the merger prices began to rise.
What the committee needs a clear timetable.
It Tariq who broke the news to the team yesterday.
It is your attitude, not your ability, concerns me.
What we did to book the tickets before they sold out.
Rather than complain, he did was to offer a solution.
It was not Mina's apology her honesty that impressed us.
Fuente
Lección original de Joy English.
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