WEEK 3 CROSSING BORDERS

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SO/SUCH

Such + a/an + adjective + singular noun 
 It was such a beautiful day yesterday 

Such + adjective + plural / uncountable noun 
 They are such good friends
* It is such expensive furniture

So + adjective / adverb + that …. 
 It was so cold that we stayed in
* He ran so fast that he won

So much + uncountable noun + that 
 There was so much noise that I couldn’t hear him 

So many + countable noun + that
 So many people came that we needed more chairs 
too + adjective / adverb (+ to-infinitive)
 It’s too hot (to work) too + adjective / adverb + a/an + noun (+ to-inf.)
 He is too weak a person (to fight)
(as a person, he is too weak to fight) 

enough + plural / uncountable noun 
 There is enough soup

adjective / adverb + enough
 The soup is hot enough
He ran fast enough (to win) 

Fill the gaps with the suitable form: so / such / too / enough 
1. He’s __________ excellent worker! he deserves to get promoted
2. mmm… This pizza is _________ tasty. I think I’ll have another piece.
3. That wall is _________ high for me to climb. I need a ladder.
4. They had __________ terrible weather in England that they came back in two days.
5. It was __________ hot coffee that I couldn’t drink it.
6. You don’t need to hurry up, we have __________ time to finish this exercise
7. It was __________ small a car for all of us, so we had to go in two cars.
8. Alonso didn’t drive fast __________ to overtake Schumacher in the last race.
9. Don’t worry about her. She is clever _________ to realise what she has to do
10. She didn’t speak loudly __________ for the audience to hear her. 

Source:http://valmeenglishcorner.blogspot.ro/2010/02/so-such-too-enough-i.html

http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuchexercise.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5763

 Rephrase the sentences to replace such with so and vice versa, depending on the context 

Example: It was so lonely there. -> It was such a lonely day there. 

1. You have such a big and comfortable house! _______________________________________________ 

2. Her Swiss watch is so unique and expensive. _______________________________________________ 

3. She had such a busy preparation for her wedding. _______________________________________________ 

4. Your room is so untidy and not cozy. 

_______________________________________________ 

5. It was such an obvious decision for you.

 ________________________________________

VI. SO - SUCH

66. The weather was so warm that I didn’t need a coat.    It was such…

67. The lesson was so boring that she fell asleep.    It was such…

68. The stories are so good that nobody moves. They are…

69. She speaks with such a strong accent that people can’t understand her.    Her accent…

VII. TOO - ENOUGH

70. The weather is too bad for camping.   The weather isn’t…

71. The town was too small to be marked on the map.    The town wasn’t…

72. He speaks too quickly for me to understand.    He doesn’t speak…

73. The bridge is too narrow for trucks to pass.   The bridge isn’t…

74. He couldn’t reach the button because it was too high.    The button…

75. The window was very small. He couldn’t get through it.   The window wasn’t…

76. The suitcase was very heavy. She couldn’t carry it.   The window wasn’t…

77. These shoes are very small. I can’t wear them.    The shoes aren’t…

Rephrasing SO / SUCH 

SO - SUCH

1.  The girl was so beautiful, everyone stared at her.

She was.............................. girl that everyone stared at her.

2.  It was such   hot weather, I sat in the garden all the day.

The weather was ................................ that I sat in the garden all the day.

3.  It was such a surprise I didn’t know what to say.

I was so .............................................. I didn’t know what to say.

 4. The box was so heavy that we couldn’t lift it.

It was such .................. ........................... that we couldn’t lift it.

5. They were such naughty children that they were punished by the teacher.

The children were ........................... that they were punished by the teacher.

6. The English language  is so important that many people learn it every day.

English is ......................................  language that many people learn it every day.

7. Sarah was such a young girl that her parents wouldn’t leave her alone.

Sarah was ........................... that her parents wouldn’t leave her alone.

8.   These people are so poor that they always need help.

They are ........................... ........................... that they always need help.