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1. So...That

It expresses a cause and effect.

Grammar:

A. So + adjective+ that
The music is so loudly that i can't sleep.

I was so sleepy that I couldn't keep my eyes open.

B. So + adverb + that
She spoke so quickly that i can't understand well
She paints so well that they offered a scholarship at an art school in Paris

Note : adjective is usually initiated by word “to be or feeling verb”

Adverb ia usually initiated by verb like the example above

So...that , so means too

Examples:

Cause: It was too windy.

Effect: We couldn't go sailing.

It was so windy that we couldn't go sailing.

(windy- adjective)

Cause: My sister is very shy.

Effect: She hides behind my mother when there are strangers around.

My sister is so shy that she hides behind my mother when there are strangers around.

(shy- adjective)

Cause: The dress was wonderfully designed.

Effect: I couldn't take my eyes off it.

The dress was so wonderfully designed that I couldn't take my eyes off it.

(wonderfully- adverb)
C. So...that is used with quantifiers (many, much, few, little) even if there is a noun.

Exapmles:

1) Jane earns so much money that he has lost all sense of what a doillar’s worth
2) Ana has so few friends that she rarely gets out of the house.
3) They had so little food that they are starving to death
4) I have so many friends that I never get bored.
5) He has so much money that he can buy whatever he wants.

Such...That

Also expresses a cause and effect.

Grammar:

1 such + (adjective) + NOUN + that

A. Such + an vocal adjective sungular noun

Examples:

Cause: It was such an old story

Effect: everybody wanted to read it

It was such an old story that everybody wanted to read it

B. Such + a conconant adjective sungular noun

Examples

Cause: It was a great movie.

Effect: I watched it several times.

It's such a great movie that I've watched it several times.

(great-adjective, movie-noun)

Cause: She is a very charming woman.

Effect: Everybody stares at her.

She is such a charming woman that everybody stares at her.

(charming-adjective, woman-noun)

Note: such a very charming... "very" is dropped.


Exercise:

Please write the test and the answer in a piece of paper, the answer is underlined !

Fill in the blank using So, sich, sich a,such an!

1.It's ... warm today that I'm going to the beach.

2. We're ... pleased with these new towels that we're going to buy some more.

3. He has done ... foolish things that he will get into serious trouble.

4. He made ... generous contributions to the university that they are naming one of the new
buildings after him.

5. This hedge grows ... fast that we have to trim it often.

6. We had ... good time that we hate to leave the party.

7. The thief came in ... quietly that the sleeping couple never heard him.

8. He is ... extravagant that all his money is spent long before his next pay check.

9. Those are ... great moments that will never be forgotten.

10. He wastes ... much time watching television that he never finishes his homework.

11. He has read that book ... many times that he knows it by heart.

12. Those are ... easy questions that every student can answer.

13. This is ... expensive piano that I can't buy it.

14. It was ... delicious meal that we asked the chef for its recipe.

15. They are ... stingy that they never want to eat out.

16. They are ... boring people that we hate to visit them.

17. We walk .... fastly that we arrive in time.

18. Jessica is ... a brilliant woman that everyone admires her.

19. He made ... unforgivable mistake that it caused him his marriage.

20.She is ... shy that she would only talk to her parents.

21. The teacher was ... tired that she had to dismiss the class.

22. There are .... many chairs here that we can choose freely.

23. I have ... great memories with her that I will never forget her.

24. They were ... close to winning that everyone felt disappointed with the loss.

25. He is ... clever boy that he can learn multiple languages at the same time.
After that try to make a sentence using So...that...,such...that...like example below!

1. So... Beuatiful
She ia so beautiful that everybody likes her.
2. Such a .... Difficult
3. Such an ... Awful
4. So...many
5. So... Fluently
6. Such ...anxious

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