[Word order #4]
FOCUS: Position of Subject and Verb.

Fill in the blanks below with the word order patterns that go with cleft sentences and anticipatory it sentences. (Use lower case only.)

Example:
Sentence without anticipatory it: To say I was unhappy would be too extreme.
Sentence with anticipatory it -- Real Subject: [to say I was unhappy] Position: [6] Verb form: [would be]

From non-cleft to cleft sentence (Underlined element gets highlighted in the cleft):
(1) Non-cleft: Robert who padded solemnly across the little bridge.
(1a) Cleft: -- Empty Subject: Position: Verb form:

(2) Non-cleft: His job is at stake.
(2a) Cleft: -- Empty Subject: Position: Verb form:

(3) Non-cleft: The first of their servants was murdered here.
(3a) Cleft: -- Empty Subject: Position: Verb form:


Sentences with or without anticipatory it:
(4) Without anticipatory it: That the knee does not extend fully is clear.
(4a) With anticipatory it: -- Real Subject: Position: Verb form:

(5) Without anticipatory it: Seeing this side of her was odd.
(5a) With anticipatory it: -- Real Subject: Position: Verb form:

(6) Without anticipatory it: To build a duplicate from his working drawings has been possible.
(6a) With anticipatory it: -- Real Subject: Position: Verb form: