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Emphasis & advanced · CEFR C1 · Fluent
Splitting one sentence into two so that one part carries all the weight. It is how English underlines a word out loud.
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It was John who called you.
It + be + the part you mean + who / that + clause
Question 1 of 1
Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
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Example 1 of 1
It was John who called you.
John is a person, so the joining word is "who" or "that".
The shape
It + be + the part you mean + who / that + clause
Point at exactly which part of a sentence matters.
In Hindi
एक वाक्य को दो में बाँटकर एक हिस्से पर पूरा ज़ोर डालना।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
It was John which called you. | It was John who called you. John is a person, so the joining word is "who" or "that". |
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
It was John who… is a CEFR C1 structure — the fluent band — and it belongs to emphasis & advanced. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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