Câu chẻ nâng cao — It is that, What is, All is

Câu chẻ nâng cao — Cleft Sentences

Câu chẻ (Cleft sentences) dùng để nhấn mạnh một thành phần cụ thể trong câu. Đây là công cụ mạnh để tăng điểm Grammar trong VSTEP Writing.

1. It is/was ... that/who (It-cleft)

Nhấn mạnh bất kỳ thành phần nào:

Nhấn mạnh chủ ngữ:
John broke the window. → It was John who broke the window.

Nhấn mạnh tân ngữ:
She bought a car. → It was a car that she bought.

Nhấn mạnh trạng từ:
He left yesterday. → It was yesterday that he left.
They met in Paris. → It was in Paris that they met.

2. What ... is/was (What-cleft)

Nhấn mạnh hành động hoặc sự việc:

She needs more practice. → What she needs is more practice.
I admire his honesty. → What I admire is his honesty.
They did nothing. → What they did was nothing.

3. All ... is/was (All-cleft)

Nhấn mạnh "chỉ cần" hoặc "duy nhất":

You need to study. → All you need to do is study.
I want peace. → All I want is peace.
She said sorry. → All she said was sorry.

4. The thing/reason/place/person ... is/was

The thing that worries me is the deadline.
The reason (why) I called is to ask for help.
The place where we first met was the library.
The person who helped me was my neighbor.

5. It is not until ... that (Kết hợp đảo ngữ)

He didn't realize the truth until she left.
→ It was not until she left that he realized the truth.
→ Not until she left did he realize the truth. (đảo ngữ)

Bảng so sánh các dạng câu chẻ

Mẹo VSTEP: Dùng What-cleft và It-cleft trong phần mở bài hoặc kết luận Writing Task 2 để tạo ấn tượng mạnh. Ví dụ: "What the government should do is invest more in education."