Build the sentence

Left Dislocation: Build the Topic and Comment

Arrange the tiles to build each conversational sentence. Keep the punctuation attached and leave out the extra word.

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Question 1

Build the sentence: _____

Options: itself., This kettle, nobody knows what is wrong with it.

Question 2

Build the sentence: _____

Options: These scissors, they are blunt., them

Question 3

Build the sentence: _____

Options: they., The spare blankets, I cannot find them.

Question 4

Build the sentence: _____

Options: This software, we cannot work without it., itself.

Question 5

Build the sentence: _____

Options: him, My landlord, his excuses are wearing thin.

Question 6

Build the sentence: _____

Options: Me, I prefer staying at home., my

Question 7

Build the sentence: _____

Options: she, The nurse who helped us, I owe her everything.

Question 8

Build the sentence: _____

Options: That bowl with the cracked rim, it should be discarded., its

Question 9

Build the sentence: _____

Options: itself., Your suggestion, I want to discuss it.

Question 10

Build the sentence: _____

Options: The rent, we have agreed to pay it., itself.

Practice Left Dislocation: Build the Topic and Comment with this interactive sentence-building exercise of 10 questions. Tap the words into the correct order to build each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every sentence.

Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Left Dislocation: Build the Topic and Comment in everyday English.

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