Phrases emphatiques (It is/was...) | Anglais Seconde France

Original: "Mary helped me yesterday"

Cleft: "It was Mary who helped me yesterday"

Original: "My brother won the competition"

Cleft: "It was my brother who won the competition"

Original: "The red car is expensive"

Cleft: "It is the red car that is expensive"

Original: "This book changed my life"

Cleft: "It is this book that changed my life"

Original: "I met her in Paris"

Cleft: "It was in Paris that I met her"

Original: "We arrived yesterday"

Cleft: "It was yesterday that we arrived"

1. "Sarah wrote the letter" → Mettre en évidence "Sarah"

2. "The blue dress is beautiful" → Mettre en évidence "the blue dress"

3. "We went to London last summer" → Mettre en évidence "London"

1. "It was Sarah who wrote the letter"

2. "It is the blue dress that is beautiful"

3. "It was London that we went to last summer"

1. "My father repaired the broken bike" → Mettre en évidence "my father"

2. "The accident happened near the school" → Mettre en évidence "near the school"

3. "She will visit her grandmother next week" → Mettre en évidence "next week"

1. "It was my father who repaired the broken bike"

2. "It was near the school that the accident happened"

3. "It is next week that she will visit her grandmother"

1. "The secret recipe belongs to my grandmother" → Mettre en évidence "my grandmother"

2. "The decision to quit was made last month" → Mettre en évidence "last month"

3. "Only the most dedicated students passed the exam" → Mettre en évidence "only the most dedicated students"

1. "It is my grandmother who the secret recipe belongs to"

2. "It was last month that the decision to quit was made"

3. "It is only the most dedicated students who passed the exam"

❌ "It was John that helped me" (pour une personne)

✅ "It was John who helped me" (correct pour une personne)

❌ "It is Mary which is the teacher" (erreur de pronom)

✅ "It is Mary who is the teacher" (correct)

❌ "It is yesterday that we went" (temps incorrect)

✅ "It was yesterday that we went" (correct)

❌ "It was this morning that I see him" (discordance)

✅ "It was this morning that I saw him" (correct)

1. "The old man told us the story" → Mettre en évidence "the old man"

2. "We finished the project on Friday" → Mettre en évidence "on Friday"

3. "My sister bought the house" → Mettre en évidence "my sister"

4. "The red bicycle is missing" → Mettre en évidence "the red bicycle"

5. "She will call you tomorrow" → Mettre en évidence "tomorrow"

1. "It was the old man who told us the story"

2. "It was on Friday that we finished the project"

3. "It was my sister who bought the house"

4. "It is the red bicycle that is missing"

5. "It is tomorrow that she will call you"

• It is/was + [élément mis en évidence] + that/who + [reste de la phrase]
• Utilisez "who" pour les personnes
• Utilisez "that" pour les choses
• Respectez le temps original

• Mettre l'accent sur un élément spécifique
• Donner plus d'importance à une information
• Répondre à des questions spécifiques
• Créer un effet stylistique

• 1 Utilisez "who" pour les personnes
• 2 Utilisez "that" pour les choses
• 3 Respectez le temps original de la phrase
• 4 Identifiez clairement l'élément à mettre en évidence

• Écrivez des phrases normales et transformez-les
• Lisez des textes avec des phrases emphatiques
• Faites des exercices quotidiens
• Utilisez des applications d'apprentissage

1. "It was the famous actor who performed at the theater"

2. "It was during winter that we traveled to Japan"

3. "It was my friends who organized the surprise party"

• Phrase 1 : "the famous actor" est une personne → "who"
• Phrase 2 : "during winter" est un complément de temps → "that"
• Phrase 3 : "my friends" est une personne → "who"