Review Exercise STYLISTIC TRANSFORMATIONS AND SENTENCE ANALYSIS
1. What cleft: What seems particularly hazardous is cars driven by males under 25.
It cleft: It is cars driven by males under 25 that seem particularly hazardous.
2. What cleft: What my next door neighbor is trying to do is to send out intergalactic messages from
his computer.
It cl e ft : It is my next door neighbor who is trying to send out intergalactic messages from his com p u t e r.
Pa rt i cle move m e n t : My next door neighbor is trying to send intergalactic messages out from his com p u t e r.
3. Passive: Nutria, large rat-like animals, are being cooked in gourmet sauces by New Orleans chefs.
What cleft: What New Orleans chefs are cooking in gourmet sauces are nutria, large rat-like
animals.
It cleft: It is Nutria, large rat-like animals, that New Orleans chiefs are cooking in gourmet sauces.
4. There: There is a cat watching the gold fish in our garden pond with intense interest.
What cleft: What is watching the gold fish in our garden pond with intense interest is a cat.
It cleft: It is a cat that is watching the gold fish in our garden pond with intense interest.
Passive: The gold fish in our garden pond are being watched with intense interest by a cat.
5. There: There were three people at a time trying on clothing in each dressing room during the sale.
What cleft: What three people at a time were doing in each dressing room during the sale was
trying on clothing.
It cl e ft : It was during the sale that three people at a time were trying on clothing in each dressing ro om .
Particle movement: Three people at a time were trying clothing on in each dressing room during
the sale.
Pa s s i ve : Clothing was being tried on by three people at a time in each dressing ro om during the sale.
Ad ve rb move m e n t :Du ring the sale, t h ree people at a time were trying on clothing in each dressing ro om .
1. What cleft: What seems particularly hazardous is cars driven by males under 25.
It cleft: It is cars driven by males under 25 that seem particularly hazardous.
2. What cleft: What my next door neighbor is trying to do is to send out intergalactic messages from
his computer.
It cl e ft : It is my next door neighbor who is trying to send out intergalactic messages from his com p u t e r.
Pa rt i cle move m e n t : My next door neighbor is trying to send intergalactic messages out from his com p u t e r.
3. Passive: Nutria, large rat-like animals, are being cooked in gourmet sauces by New Orleans chefs.
What cleft: What New Orleans chefs are cooking in gourmet sauces are nutria, large rat-like
animals.
It cleft: It is Nutria, large rat-like animals, that New Orleans chiefs are cooking in gourmet sauces.
4. There: There is a cat watching the gold fish in our garden pond with intense interest.
What cleft: What is watching the gold fish in our garden pond with intense interest is a cat.
It cleft: It is a cat that is watching the gold fish in our garden pond with intense interest.
Passive: The gold fish in our garden pond are being watched with intense interest by a cat.
5. There: There were three people at a time trying on clothing in each dressing room during the sale.
What cleft: What three people at a time were doing in each dressing room during the sale was
trying on clothing.
It cl e ft : It was during the sale that three people at a time were trying on clothing in each dressing ro om .
Particle movement: Three people at a time were trying clothing on in each dressing room during
the sale.
Pa s s i ve : Clothing was being tried on by three people at a time in each dressing ro om during the sale.
Ad ve rb move m e n t :Du ring the sale, t h ree people at a time were trying on clothing in each dressing ro om .
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