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 Rewrite each statement as a cleft sentence. Follow the example.

Use
contractions when possible. A period is placed at the end. Do not write a
period at the end of the sentence.

1. I don't like a manager who acts like a tyrant.


What I don't like is a manager who acts like a tyrant
2. We're looking for someone who is a team player.
What we're looking for is someone who is a team player
3. He would prefer to walk to the theater.
What he would prefer is to walk to the theater

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4. She wrote the most popular mystery novel of the year.

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What she wrote was the most popular mystery novel of the year

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5. We saw the most dangerous snake in the world.

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What we saw was the most dangerous snake in the world
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6. She had a terrible case of the flu.
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What she had was a terrible case of the flu


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7. I don't understand why someone took my headphones.


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What I don't understand is why someone took my headphones


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 Rewrite the sentences using the prompts. Do not write a period at the
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end of the sentence. It was already been placed. Do not use contractions.
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1. she / wish / she / not buy / red shoes.


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She wishes she had not bought red shoes


2. Ted and Will / wish / they take / the bus this morning.
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Ted and Will wish they had taken the bus this morning
3. You / wish / we / get tickets for the concert?
Do you wish we had gotten tickets for the concert
4. Most people / wish / they study / more in school.

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Most people wish they had studied more in school
5. Who / Sallie / wish / she / call about the job?
Who does Sallie wish she had called about the job
6. Why / do / wish / we / go to the mall yesterday?
Why do you wish we had gone to the mall yesterday
7. I / wish / you / tell me / sooner.
I wish you had told me sooner
8. What time / they / wish / they / left for the show?
What time do they wish they had left for the show
9. My husband / wish / we / not get / this desktop computer.

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My husband wishes we had not gotten this desktop computer

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 Select the answer that correctly completes each sentence.
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1. Jeff is passionate about the role of the arts in early education. He believes music helps
children to learn other subjects.
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2. Jessica always has interesting ideas that no one else in our writer’s group has thought of. She
is extremely imaginative
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3. I don’t like working with Phillip because he is so difficult. He objects to every suggestion that
I make on our drawings, and he is never satisfied with anything I do.
4. Our daughter Alice started playing the violin when she was just five years old. Her music
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teacher told us she was the best student he had ever had. He said she was gifted
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5. Is it true that your piano instructor Marco wears the same sweater every day and only eats
peanut butter sandwiches? No wonder people call him eccentric
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