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FOCUS STRUCTURES: Fronting Inversion Cleft sentences
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FRONTING She was coughing and sneezing. He recognized these symptons immediately. These symptons were recognized immediately. We met the Greens. We liked Mrs Green, but we really didn´t care for her husband. Mrs Green we liked, but her husband we didn´t care for.
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INVERSION After prepositional phrases:
I sat on a chair in the middle of the room. Behind the chair stood an old woman. Into the room walked two men wearing sunglasses.
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adverbs such as HERE and THERE , SCARCELY and SELDOM; Here comes the bride!! There goes my bus!! Seldom have I heard such nonsense. Scarcely have we found people to help us. * negative words like NEITHER, NOR or NOT; I don´t like it. Neither do my parents. Nor does anyone else. Not only was the car old, it had no windows.
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* ONLY in prepositional phrases or time expressions: Only in Italy can you find this special kind of ice cream. Only after the test will we know the correct answers. * Gerunds/Participles moved to the front position: Lying on the bed was a package. Attached to it was a small note.
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CLEFT (DIVIDED) SENTENCES
Cleft sentences can begin with: IT+ be + emphasized part + relative clause; I like most vegetables. (I hate onions.) It is onions that I hate. I´m not interested in anyone else. (I love you!) It´s you that I love !
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WHAT (All) – clause + be + an emphasized part; I can´t stop yawning
WHAT (All) – clause + be + an emphasized part; I can´t stop yawning. (I need a cup of coffee.) What I need is a cup of coffee. Alison has an unusual job. (She repairs old clocks.) What she does is repair old clocks. You´ll stop arguing soon.(The only thing you need is love.) “All you need is love.”
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Complete each cleft sentence emphasizing the underlined part: 1
Complete each cleft sentence emphasizing the underlined part: 1.The cigarette smoke is irritating my eyes. It _______________________________ We had to clean up all the mess. It ______________________________ . 3.Jimmy watches TV in his room instead of studying. What _____________________________________ Scientists now believe that human activity is the cause. What ______________________________________ .
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