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(cleft sentence with what) he / smoke constantly / bothers me

What bothers me is his smoking constantly.

My brother leaves his dirty laundry on the floor. (....... really bothers me.)

My brother's leaving his dirty laundry on the floor really bothers me.

We walked to the restaurant at night. (.......... probably wasn't a safe thing to do.)

Our walking to the restaurant at night probably wasn't a safe thing to do.

(cleft sentence with what) his neighbor / watch TV at all hours / is keeping him awake at night

What is keeping him awake is his neighbor's watching TV at all hours.

(cleft sentence with what) she / not call / is driving him crazy

What is driving him crazy is her not calling.

(yes or no question) your father / smoke in the car / bother everyone in your family

Does your father's smoking in the car bother everyone in your family?

The hotel clerk expected a tip. (.......... seemed inappropriate to me.)

The hotel clerk's expecting a tip seemed inappropriate to me.

they / talk during your presentation / be annoying

Is their talking during presentation annoying?

your son / sleep late every morning / make you angry

Does your son's sleeping late every morning make you angry?

he / play loud music / bother you

Does his playing loud music bother you?

She texted her friends during the movie. (I couldn't stand ..........!)

I couldn't stand her texting her friends during the movie.

My neighbor complains about everything. (.......... makes me angry sometimes.)

My neighbor's complaining about everything makes me angry sometimes.

(Write yes or no question.) Sara / answer her phone during movies / attract a lot of attention

Does Sara's answering her phone during movies attract a lot of attention?

You always pay for lunch. (I object to..........)

I object to your always paying for lunch.

(cleft sentence with what) you / make lunch for everyone / was really nice

What was really nice was your making lunch for everyone.

That dog followed us down the street. (..........scared me.)

That dog's following us down the street scared me.

(cleft sentence with what) they / not apologize for their mistake / is disappointing

What is disappointing is their not apologizing for their mistake.

(cleft sentence with what) our teacher / let us use our books during the quiz / was helpful

Paula says bad things about people all the time. (What I don't like is..........)

What I don't like is Paula's saying bad things about people all the time.

she / put on her makeup on the bus / drive you crazy

Does her putting on her makeup on the bus drive you crazy?