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Cleft Sentences — Frasi Scisse·Cleft Sentences — Pseudo-Cleft Mastery
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Rule reminder

Pseudo-cleft: [quello che / ciò che / la cosa che] + clause + essere + [focus]. Reverse: [focus] + essere + quello che + clause. Essere agrees with the focus noun; infinitive focus takes singular essere.

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Express 'What I need most right now is a good night's sleep' as a pseudo-cleft:

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