Câu chẻ hay còn được gọi là câu nhấn mạnh, vì chúng được sử dụng để nhấn mạnh vào một đối tượng hay sự việc nào đó.
Trong một câu chẻ, một thông điệp duy nhất được chia thành hai mệnh đề, nhằm tập trung, nhấn mạnh vào phần thông tin mới đối với người nghe.
E.g.
Có 2 loại câu chẻ thường gặp nhất là: 1) câu chẻ bắt đầu bằng "It" và 2) câu chẻ bắt đầu bằng "that/all".
Trong bài này, chúng ta sẽ tập trung vào các dạng câu chẻ bắt đầu bằng "It".
I. Câu chẻ với “It” nhấn mạnh chủ ngữ:
Cấu trúc: It + be + thông tin cần nhấn mạnh + who/that + V + ...
E.g.:
_____ me how to play the drum.
_____ my neighbors who rescued me from the fire.
II. Câu chẻ với “It” nhấn mạnh tân ngữ:
Cấu trúc: It + be + thông tin cần nhấn mạnh + who/that + S + V + ...
E.g.:
Choose the correct answer.
_______ we all look for.
______ the police had rescued from the fire.
III. Câu chẻ với “It” nhấn mạnh trạng ngữ:
Cấu trúc: It + be + thông tin cần nhấn mạnh + that/where/when/why + S + V + ...
E.g.:
A: You are going on holiday in September, aren't you?
B: No. It was in August that I'm going on holiday.
Choose the correct answer.
_______ I bought the golden fish.
_____ my parents gave me the fish tank.
IV. Ghi nhớ
Câu chẻ được dùng để nhấn mạnh một thông tin nào đó.
Cấu trúc chung của câu chẻ bắt đầu bằng "It": It + be + thông tin cần nhấn mạnh + Relative clause.
_____ gave me that picture book.
Choose the correct answer.
It was Tom _________ to help us.
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_______ I first met my girlfriend.
It was _____ the wet and windy day that I drove over the hill to Milland.
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It was my friend, Shona, ________.
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_______ on the phone.
______ those books on the desk?
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________ we have to wait.
It is _____ they are going to, not Russia.
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________ he heard the news.
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________ a high level of blood cholesterol.
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_______ I first met him in that resort.
________ disappeared when I arrived at the airport.
It was the great efforts _____ to complete his study.
It is _____ we will leave for Paris.
_____ on my part that I could not manage to deliver the goods on time.
_____ in sorrow than in anger that his parents criticized him on his failure.
______ took my document?
Choose the correct answer.
It is _______ I get emotional satisfaction.
It is the city library _____, not the school library.
Choose the correct answer.
________ England won the World Cup.
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_________ took my car.
It was the stamp collection _____.
_____ taught me how to collect butterflies.
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It is _______ that you can leave the exam room.
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It is _______ we usually sit in the afternoon reading books.
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It is Tom _______ the test.
It was in 1990 _____ I met my husband.
_____ discovered the software bug that was causing the system to crash.
Choose the correct answer.
_______ she was born.
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_______ the nearest to the sun.