強調主語、賓語和狀語的結構是：it is/was + 強調部分 + that + 原句剩餘部分。而強調謂語則用do/does/did + 動詞原形，常譯為“的確”、“一定”等，該結構只能用於陳述句或祈使句中。
強調的焦點是原非強調結構的主語
it is the first step that costs.
萬事開頭難。
it is the love that makes the world go round.
愛是推動世界的力量。
it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
駱駝負載過重時，加根稻草也能把它壓倒。
it is the mind that makes the body rich.
人的思想充實人的軀體。
it is the unforeseen that always happen.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
it is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
人之苦樂不在於地點，也不在於環境，而在於思想。
強調的焦點是原句的賓語
it is education that we should depend on. it is teachers that education should depend on.
我們靠的應該是教育，教育靠的應該是教師。
強調的焦點是原句的謂語
the fool does think he is wise, but the wise knows himself to be a fool.
愚者自以為智，智者則有自知之明。
強調的焦點是狀語
it is not by the grey of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.
白髮多少不能告訴你一個人心靈的年齡。
it is in the darker areas of science that great men win recognition.
偉人在那些希望較為暗淡的科學領域裡贏得聲譽。