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Answer — Exercise 4

5.1 - A new leaf·New Total English Advanced - Students' Book

Question

  1. Read rule A in the Active grammar box and find an example of each type of emphasis in the article on page 64.
  2. Read rules B and C in the Active grammar box and find examples of cleft sentences and a what clause in the article.

Answer

a)

  1. .... really wanted their own shop
  2. ... it proved very difficult indeed
  3. Paula was not in the least bit alarmed by working with criminals.
  4. ... even with the advantage of publicity ...; ... the project was by no means easy
  5. ... they did know an awful lot about credit card fraud

b)

Cleft sentences

  • The reason she could be so calm was that she'd deliberately avoided finding out what crimes they'd committed.
  • ... The thing that amazed her was that they all wanted to be on TV.

What clause

  • what they reminded her of was the children she used to teach in a British comprehensive school.

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