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So … That/Such … that

Pattern:such + a/an + adjective + singular

noun + that

My grandparents had such a hard life in their country that they had

to leave.I had such a beautiful home town

that I hated to leave it.Have ever seen such a beautiful

star?

Pattern: such + adjective + plural noun +

that

The Lost Boys saw such terrible things that they will never forget

them.I have watched such scary movies

that I’ve been having trouble sleeping.

Pattern:so + adjective + that

Foreign adoption is so expensive that many people cannot afford it.English is so hard that I don’t want

to learn any more.

Pattern:

so + adverb + that

Children of immigrants learn English so easily that they become

fluent in a short time.I walked so far that I got blisters on

my feet.She talks so loud that it hurts my

ears.

Pattern: So many + plural count noun + that

In Miami, there are so many Spanish speakers that you can hear

Spanish wherever you go.There are so many students in this class that I can’t remember their

names.I have so many things to do tonight that I won’t get to bed until 2 a.m.

Pattern:So few + plural count noun + that

There are so few babies available that many Americans adopt foreign

babies.There were so few students

enrolled in my writing class that it was canceled.

There are so many rules in grammar that we can’t learn them

all.

Pattern: So much + noncount noun + that

There was so much poverty in Ireland that the Irish people were

forced to leave.Some people use so much sugar

that it’s bad for their health.There was so much traffic that I

was late.

Pattern:So little + noncount noun + that

The Lost Boys had so little food to eat that many of them died.

We have so little time left tonight that I am making mistakes.

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Exercise 21

1. I waited for such a long time that I thought I would never get

permission.

2. When I got to the Miami airport, the security lines were so long that I had to wait for almost two hours.

There were so many people arriving at the same time.

3. I came to the U.S. by winning the Green Card Lottery. I was so happy when I got my letter that I started

to cry.

4. The U.S. offers so much freedom that people from all over the world

want to come here.

5. I come from Mexico. There is so much unemployment in Mexico

that many people want to come to the U.S. for jobs.

6. Before I got my visa, I had to fill out so many papers and answer so

many questions that I thought I would never be able to do it.

7. Our family has been in the U.S. for such a long time that we hardly

even speak our native language any more.

8. My neighbor’s baby was so young when she arrived from

China that she doesn’t remember anything about China at all.

9. There are so few American babies to adopt that many families

adopt babies from China, Russia and other countries.

10. My uncle earned so little money in Guatemala that he

couldn’t support his family, so he came to the U.S.

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Some Possible Answsers

1. My math class is so easy that I never have to do much homework.

2. Peter is taking so many classes this semester that he doesn’t have

time to do all the work.

3. The teacher gives us so much homework that I can’t do it all.

4. Sometimes the teacher talks so fast that I can’t understand her.

5. My roommate is from India. She speaks English so well that she

doesn’t need to take ESL classes.

6. My biology class is so boring that I sometimes fall asleep.

7. Ms. Stevens is such a good teacher that I want to take her

other classes.

8. English has so many irregular verbs that most students have trouble remembering them all.

9. We had such a long test that no body could finish it.

10. I had so few mistakes on my test that I got an A.

11. The teacher gave such a confusing explanation that I have

no idea what she was talking about.

12. I was so tired in class yesterday that I couldn’t think.