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<b>E.Language Focus</b>
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I. GRAMMAR
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1. Subject focus
<b>a. Example: </b>
Who is the monitor of our class?
Chuong is the monitor of our class
<i><b>It is Chuong who is the monitor of our class</b></i>
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s v o
My horse won the race yesterday
s v o adv
It was my horse that won the race yesterday
<b>b. Form: </b>
It +
is
was
noun/pronoun +
who
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2. Object focus
<b>a. </b>
<b>Example</b>
:
What subject did you learn in the last period?
<i><b>physics</b></i>
<i><b>that we learnt in the last period. </b></i>
It was
<i><b>We learnt physics in the last period </b></i>
s v o Prep.P
She often visits her grandmother.
s Adv v o
<b>It is her grandmother whom she often visits. </b>
<b>b. Form: </b>
It
+
is
was
+ noun/pronoun +
whom
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<b>focusing on the underlined parts.</b>
1.Nam’s father got angry with him
It was Nam’s father who got angry with him
2. We are learning English.
It is English that we are learning
3. Lan sent her friend the postcard.
It was Lan’s friend whom Lan sent the postcard
4. I asked the taxi driver to carry the luggage
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<b>1. Your carelessness caused the accident. </b>
A. It is the accident that your carelessness caused.
B. It was the accident that your carelessness causes.
C. It is your carelessness that caused the accident.
D. It was your carelessness that caused the accident.
<b>2. Hung helped me a lot with my study last semester. </b>
A. It was Hung who helped me a lot with my study last semester.
B. It was Hung that helped me a lot with my study last semester.
C. It is Hung who helped me a lot with my study last semester.
D. It is Hung that helped me a lot with my study last semester.
<b>3. The headmaster gave Tam a bicycle as a scholarship. </b>
A. It is the headmaster who gave Tam a bicycle as a scholarship.
B. It is the headmaster who gives Tam a bicycle as a scholarship.
C. It was Tam who received a bicycle from the headmaster as a scholarship.
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