Select the correct cleft sentence that emphasizes the phrase 'in 2007': 'Queen Rania inaugurated the Children's Museum in 2007.'
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. It was in 2007 that Queen Rania inaugurated the Children's Museum.
- Step 1: Identify the target of emphasis: the temporal prepositional phrase 'in 2007'.
- Step 2: Construct a temporal cleft sentence pattern: 'It was + [emphasized time] + that + [remaining clause]'.
- Step 3: Confirm proper syntax: 'It was in 2007 that Queen Rania inaugurated the Children's Museum.'
Answer
It was in 2007 that Queen Rania inaugurated the Children's Museum.
Why not the others: 'It was the Children's Museum...' emphasizes the object; 'It was Queen Rania...' emphasizes the subject agent; 'The year when...' is a wh-cleft that incorrectly retains the preposition 'in' before 2007.
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