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Oraciones hendidas para enfatizar

Nombre:Fecha:

Usa las oraciones hendidas con it y con what para destacar la parte más importante de una oración.

Elige la forma correcta

Elige la opción que completa correctamente cada oración.

___ annoyed me was the lack of any explanation.
- a) It
- b) What
- c) That
- d) Which
It was the noise, not the cost, ___ made them move.
- a) what
- b) where
- c) that
- d) whose
What I'd like to do ___ to take a year off.
- a) is
- b) does
- c) has
- d) would
It was not until the third interview ___ she mentioned the salary.
- a) when
- b) then
- c) that
- d) which
All we need ___ a little more time.
- a) has
- b) are
- c) were
- d) is
What happened next was ___ the funding was withdrawn.
- a) what
- b) that
- c) which
- d) because
Which sentence correctly puts the focus on Maya?
- a) It was Maya what proposed the change.
- b) It were Maya who proposed the change.
- c) It was Maya who proposed the change.
- d) Was Maya who proposed the change.
Which sentence puts the focus on the place?
- a) What was in Lisbon we first met.
- b) It was in Lisbon that we first met.
- c) In Lisbon was that we first met.
- d) It was that in Lisbon we first met.

Escribe una palabra en cada hueco para completar la oración hendida.

b) WhatUna what-cleft empieza con What, que significa «lo que me molestó» (the thing that annoyed me).
c) thatEn una it-cleft, el elemento destacado va seguido de that.
a) isEn una what-cleft, el verbo be une la oración con what y el elemento destacado.
c) thatLa it-cleft con not until lleva that.
d) isEn una all-cleft, la oración all we need funciona como sujeto singular, así que el verbo es is.
b) thatWhat happened was that introduce una oración completa que describe el hecho.
c) It was Maya who proposed the change.El patrón correcto es It + was + elemento destacado + who. Be concuerda con it y what no se usa aquí como relativo.
b) It was in Lisbon that we first met.Una it-cleft con un adverbial de lugar usa It was + lugar + that + oración.

WhatUna what-cleft empieza con What y después indica el elemento destacado tras is.
thatUna it-cleft con una expresión de tiempo lleva that.
isA la oración con what le sigue el verbo be; con un elemento destacado singular como a clear timetable, usamos is.
wasLa it-cleft se refiere al pasado, así que el verbo be es was.
that / whichEn una it-cleft, that introduce la oración; which también es posible cuando lo destacado es una cosa.
wasLa oración what we did se refiere al pasado, así que be es was.
whatUna what-cleft usa what, que significa «lo que hizo él» (the thing that he did).
butEl contraste se expresa con not X but Y dentro de la oración hendida.