SO …THAT / SUCH … THAT

Exercise 1: Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or  “such……that”

  1. Her throat was sore. She could hardly speak

Her throat was so sore that she could hardly speak.

  1. She had a sore throat. She could hardly speak

She had such a sore throat that she could hardly speak.

  1. He had a soft voice. We could hardly hear him
  2. His voice was so soft. We could hardly hear him
  3. His health was bad. They took him straight to hospital
  4. He had suffered a serious injury. They took him straight to hospital
  5. The children make a noise. We could hardly hear ourselves speak
  6. The kids were noisy. We could hardly hear ourselves speak
  7. I got a shock when I heard the news. I didn’t know what to say.
  8. I was shocked when I got the news. I didn’t know what to say.
  9. He lived a long way off. We hardly ever saw him
  10. He lived far away. We hardly ever saw him.
  11. It took us long to get home. We missed our supper
  12. It took us a long time to get home. We missed our supper.
  13. We were tired. We went straight to bed when we got home.
  14. We had a tiring day. We went straight to bed when we got home.
  15. The room was in a mess. It took two hours to tidy.
  16. The room was untidy. It took two hours to sort out.
  17. He was a fool. No one took notice of him
  18. He was silly. No one took notice of him

Exercise 2: Combine the following sentences using “So…..that…..” or  “such……that”

  1. The sun shone brightly. Mary had to put on her sun glasses.
  2. He was a powerful swimmer. He always won the races
  3. There were few students registered. The class was cancelled
  4. The house was beautiful. I took a picture of it
  5. This coffee is strong. I can’t drink it
  6. This is a good film. I want to see it again and again
  7. There was a lot of food. Everyone ate too much
  8. There were a lot of guests. There wasn’t enough food
  9. I ate a lot of sandwiches. I felt uneasy
  10. David has a lot of work to do. He can’t come tonight.
  11. He was very sick. He was sent to hospital
  12. It was very dark. He couldn’t see anything
  13. He has very wide knowledge. We can’t help admiring him
  14. His conduct is very good. All his teachers love him
  15. Mary has beautiful voice. We all like to hear her sing
  16. John is still very weak. He can’t walk without a stick
  17. My father has a very good health. He seldom takes any medicines
  18. There is too much noise. We can’t learn our lessons
  19. My friend is very strong. He can lift up the table himself
  20. Bill is an intelligent boy. He is always at the top of his class.

Exercise 3: Fill in the blank with “SO MUCH” or “ SO MANY”

  1. We have……………….problems that we can not go to bed early
  2. Why have you got ……………….furniture?
  3. There was……………….food that every one ate too much
  4. There were……………….guests that there was not enough food
  5. Why did you buy……………….beer?
  6. He has ……………….patients that he’s always busy
  7. I ate……………….sandwiches that I felt ill
  8. My father has……………….work to do that he can not come back home tonight
  9. Why did he drink ……………….wine?
  10. They drank……………….wine that they could not walk
  11. His mother asks him to take…….things that he can’t put all of them into his suitcase
  12. There are……….places of interest in London that he can not decide where to go first
  13. I took him……………….time to listen to her roommate
  14. There was……………….noise in the room that I could not work
  15. There are ………………. Planets in the universe that we can not count them

KEY

Exercise 1: Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or  “such……that”

  1. He had such  a soft voice that we could hardly hear him
  2. His voice was so soft that we could hardly hear him
  3. His health was so bad that they took him straight to hospital
  4. He had suffered such a serious injury that they took him straight to hospital
  5. The children make such a noise that we could hardly hear ourselves speak
  6. The kids were so noisy that we could hardly hear ourselves speak
  7. I got such a shock when I heard the news that I didn’t know what to say.
  8. I was so shocked when I got the news that I didn’t know what to say.
  9. He lived such a long way off that we hardly ever saw him
  10. He lived so far away that we hardly ever saw him.
  11. It took us so long to get home that we missed our supper
  12. It took us such a long time to get home that we missed our supper.
  13. We were tired. We went straight to bed when we got home.
  14. We had such a tiring day that we went straight to bed when we got home.
  15. The room was in such a mess that It took two hours to tidy.
  16. The room was so untidy that It took two hours to sort out.
  17. He was such  a fool that no one took notice of him
  18. He was so silly that no one took notice of him

Exercise 2: Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or  “such……that”

  1. The sun shone so brightly that Mary had to put on her sun glasses.
  2. He was such a powerful swimmer that he always won the races
  3. There were so few students registered that the class was cancelled
  4. The house was so beautiful that I took a picture of it
  5. This coffee is so strong that I can’t drink it
  6. This is such a good film that I want to see it again and again
  7. There was so much food that everyone ate too much/ There was so much food that everyone ate too much
  8. There were so many guests that there wasn’t enough food
  9. I ate so many sandwiches that I felt uneasy
  10. David has so much work to do that he can’t come tonight.
  11. He was so sick that he was sent to hospital
  12. It was so dark  that he couldn’t see anything
  13. He has such wide knowledge that we can’t help admiring him
  14. His conduct is so good that all his teachers love him
  15. Mary has beautiful voice. We all like to hear her sing
  16. John is still so weak that he can’t walk without a stick
  17. My father has such a good health that he seldom takes any medicines
  18. There is so much noise that we can’t learn our lessons
  19. My friend is so strong that he can lift up the table himself
  20. Bill is such an intelligent boy that he is always at the top of his class.

Exercise 3: “SO MUCH” or “SO MANY”


  1. so many
  2. so much
  3. so much
  4. so many
  5. so much
  6. so many
  7. so many
  8. so much
  9. so much
  10. so much
  11. so many
  12. so many
  13. so much
  14. so much
  15. so man

 

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