Rewrite the story using the words in brackets.

Example:

Ryan lost track of time. (happened)

What happened was that Ryan lost track of time
.

1He was distracted by a documentary about a man snowboarding on an iceberg. (it)
.

2The film crew flew out to the North Atlantic by helicopter. (did)
.

3They dropped the man onto the top of the huge iceberg. (happened)
.

4The man only rode down it for about half a minute, but the shots were amazing. (all)
.

5Ryan hadn't ever seen anyone snowboarding in such an unusual place. (never)
.

6He found the effort that the whole team went to most impressive. (what)
.

Konstrukcji typu "what they did was.." czy "what he found the most impressive was..." używamy wtedy, kiedy chcemy zwrócić szczególną uwagę na informacje, która pojawia się po tym sformułowaniu.

Struktura: WHAT-CLAUSE + BE + PHRASE

np. What happened + was + that Ryan lost track of time.

Dzięki takiej strukturze możemy skoncentrować się na określonej części zdania oraz podkreślić daną informację (w tym wypadku jest to fakt, że Ryan stracił poczucie czasu).

Inny przykład: What you need is a good sleep. (To czego potrzebujesz, to dobry sen.)

Odpowiedź:

It was a documentary about a man snowboarding on an iceberg that distracted him.
What the film crew did was that they flew out to the North Atlantic by helicopter.
What happened was that they dropped the man onto the top of the huge iceberg.
All the man did was that he rode down it for about half a minute, but the shots were amazing.
Ryan had never seen anyone snowboarding in such an unusual place.
What he found the most impressive was the effort that the whole team went to.