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Cleft Sentences
exterior of the 1957 Chevy.
Cleft: What caught my eye was the gleaming
caught my eye.
of the 1957 Chevy
The gleaming exterior
Example:
(emphasis in beginning)
It: It was Matthew who got me interested in vintage cars.
sentence.
verb to be and then the focus of the cleft
Sentences begin with it and are followed by the