SO …THAT / SUCH … THAT
Exercise 1: Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or “such……that”
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Her throat was sore. She could hardly speak
Her throat was so sore that she could hardly speak.
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She had a sore throat. She could hardly speak
She had such a sore throat that she could hardly speak.
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He had a soft voice. We could hardly hear him
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His voice was so soft. We could hardly hear him
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His health was bad. They took him straight to hospital
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He had suffered a serious injury. They took him straight to hospital
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The children make a noise. We could hardly hear ourselves speak
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The kids were noisy. We could hardly hear ourselves speak
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I got a shock when I heard the news. I didn’t know what to say.
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I was shocked when I got the news. I didn’t know what to say.
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He lived a long way off. We hardly ever saw him
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He lived far away. We hardly ever saw him.
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It took us long to get home. We missed our supper
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It took us a long time to get home. We missed our supper.
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We were tired. We went straight to bed when we got home.
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We had a tiring day. We went straight to bed when we got home.
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The room was in a mess. It took two hours to tidy.
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The room was untidy. It took two hours to sort out.
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He was a fool. No one took notice of him
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He was silly. No one took notice of him
Exercise 2: Combine the following sentences using “So…..that…..” or “such……that”
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The sun shone brightly. Mary had to put on her sun glasses.
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He was a powerful swimmer. He always won the races
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There were few students registered. The class was cancelled
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The house was beautiful. I took a picture of it
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This coffee is strong. I can’t drink it
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This is a good film. I want to see it again and again
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There was a lot of food. Everyone ate too much
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There were a lot of guests. There wasn’t enough food
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I ate a lot of sandwiches. I felt uneasy
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David has a lot of work to do. He can’t come tonight.
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He was very sick. He was sent to hospital
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It was very dark. He couldn’t see anything
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He has very wide knowledge. We can’t help admiring him
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His conduct is very good. All his teachers love him
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Mary has beautiful voice. We all like to hear her sing
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John is still very weak. He can’t walk without a stick
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My father has a very good health. He seldom takes any medicines
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There is too much noise. We can’t learn our lessons
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My friend is very strong. He can lift up the table himself
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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”
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We have……………….problems that we can not go to bed early
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Why have you got ……………….furniture?
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There was……………….food that every one ate too much
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There were……………….guests that there was not enough food
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Why did you buy……………….beer?
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He has ……………….patients that he’s always busy
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I ate……………….sandwiches that I felt ill
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My father has……………….work to do that he can not come back home tonight
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Why did he drink ……………….wine?
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They drank……………….wine that they could not walk
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His mother asks him to take…….things that he can’t put all of them into his suitcase
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There are……….places of interest in London that he can not decide where to go first
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I took him……………….time to listen to her roommate
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There was……………….noise in the room that I could not work
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There are ………………. Planets in the universe that we can not count them
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Exercise 1: Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or “such……that”
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He had such a soft voice that we could hardly hear him
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His voice was so soft that we could hardly hear him
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His health was so bad that they took him straight to hospital
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He had suffered such a serious injury that they took him straight to hospital
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The children make such a noise that we could hardly hear ourselves speak
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The kids were so noisy that we could hardly hear ourselves speak
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I got such a shock when I heard the news that I didn’t know what to say.
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I was so shocked when I got the news that I didn’t know what to say.
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He lived such a long way off that we hardly ever saw him
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He lived so far away that we hardly ever saw him.
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It took us so long to get home that we missed our supper
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It took us such a long time to get home that we missed our supper.
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We were tired. We went straight to bed when we got home.
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We had such a tiring day that we went straight to bed when we got home.
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The room was in such a mess that It took two hours to tidy.
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The room was so untidy that It took two hours to sort out.
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He was such a fool that no one took notice of him
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He was so silly that no one took notice of him
Exercise 2: Combine the following sentences using “ So…..that…..” or “such……that”
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The sun shone so brightly that Mary had to put on her sun glasses.
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He was such a powerful swimmer that he always won the races
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There were so few students registered that the class was cancelled
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The house was so beautiful that I took a picture of it
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This coffee is so strong that I can’t drink it
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This is such a good film that I want to see it again and again
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There was so much food that everyone ate too much/ There was so much food that everyone ate too much
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There were so many guests that there wasn’t enough food
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I ate so many sandwiches that I felt uneasy
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David has so much work to do that he can’t come tonight.
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He was so sick that he was sent to hospital
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It was so dark that he couldn’t see anything
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He has such wide knowledge that we can’t help admiring him
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His conduct is so good that all his teachers love him
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Mary has beautiful voice. We all like to hear her sing
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John is still so weak that he can’t walk without a stick
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My father has such a good health that he seldom takes any medicines
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There is so much noise that we can’t learn our lessons
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My friend is so strong that he can lift up the table himself
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Bill is such an intelligent boy that he is always at the top of his class.
Exercise 3: “SO MUCH” or “SO MANY”