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  It seemed that she would keep his word In this clause, the subject is called extraposed subject. It = "dummy subject" or "formal subject". It occupies the place typically occupied by a grammatical subject but that-clause contains the content of the subject. It is obvious she is right                      is indeed a transformation of That she is right is obvious (rarely used) In pattern with introductory it, there is always a finite or non-finite clause occurring at the end of the pattern. Non-finite pattern (ing and to-inf) Subject (It) + Verb + Complement (Noun Group) + -ing clause It is no fun doing things alone It is no use complaining Subject (It) + Verb + Object (NG) + Object (NG)  + to infinitive clause It cost me a fortune to rebuild the house It will do me good to have a rest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anticipatory It + Verb Phrase ...

 A sentence or clause formed from another by dividing the latter into two clauses, each with its own finite verb, so as to place emphasis on a particular component (the focus) in the original sentence (Oxford Dictionary) It-Cleft  It + verb be + focus  +relative clause (who/m, that/which,-,....) Ben always plays football on Sundays a. It is Ben  [NP] who always plays football on Sundays (i.e., not his father) b. It is football  [NP] (that) Ben always plays on Sundays (not golf) c. It is on Sundays  [PP]that always plays football (not Saturdays) Wh-cleft (Pseudo-Cleft Construction) consist of a free relative clause, a form of be and either a NP or a VP. The emphasized part comes at the end.  What (or where/when) + ....+ verb be + focus What they like is a long lunch [NP] Unlike the cleft sentence, the pseudo-cleft can have a verb phrase in the focus position, e.g. What Ben does on Sundays in (to) play football [VP] What Andrew studied at university was...

Typical CBT-GRE Test Structure Measure : 1. Analytical Writing 2. Verbal Reasoning 3. Quantitative Reasoning ANALYTICAL WRITING to be continued QUANTITATIVE REASONING MATH Reasoning Ability --- basic math concept you studied in high school (artihmetic, basic algebra, simple geometry, and common charts dan graphs) It consists of : 1. Problem solving  (9-10 items) 2. Quantitative comparisons (13-15 items) 3. Graph (4 or more items) *GRE CAT  Quantitative comparison Comparing the two quantities and choose :      A. If the quantity in Column A is greater      B. If the quantity in Column B is greater      C. If the two quantities are equal     D. If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given