UNIT 4. GRAMMAR: SO / SUCH

These are my grandma Carmen (right) and her cousin Paquita (left).

It is an old picture. I wasn’t even born when it was taken.

The picture is so old that I wasn’t even born when it was taken.

It is such an old picture that I wasn’t even born when it was taken.

Last year I went toBerlin with a couple

offriends.

The city is ____________

that I would love to come back.

It is ______________ city that I would loveto come back.

(INTERESTING)

SO INTERESTING

SUCH AN INTERESTING CITY

The queue was __________ that it took me ages to get in.

There was _____________________ that it took me ages to get in.

SO LONG

SUCH A LONG QUEUE

Last week, I went to El Faro…

Do you like Star Wars??

The film is so ______________ that ______ .

It is such a/an ______________ that _____ .

Do you like “gazpacho”??

This drink is so _______________ that _______ . It is such a/an _______________ that _______ .

Do you like “mollejas”??

This dish is so _______________ that _____ . It is such a/an _______________ that _____ .

Grammar: so / such

It was _________ an expensive restaurant that we couldn’t afford to pay for the meal.

The restaurant was __________ expensive that we couldn’t afford to pay for the meal.

There were __________ many people that we could not enter.

They were ___________ nice people that we decided to make friends with them.

so / such1. so + adjective / adverbThey were so nice (that) we soon became friends.She drove so fast (that) I got scared.

2. so much / so little + uncount.There was so much noise (that) I decided to leave.There is so little quiet in this town (that) I am thinkingabout moving.

3. so many / so few + count. pluralThere were so many people (that) we could not get in.There are so few restaurants in Badajoz that we rarelyeat out.

so / such

4. such + a/an + (adj) + NOUN (count. sg)It was such a good restaurant (that) we

decided tocome back .

5. such + Ø + (adj) + NOUN (uncount. / count pl)

There was such heavy traffic (that) we couldn’tarrive on time.They were such noisy people (that) I couldn’t

sleep.

YO MOMMA=

YOUR MAMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr2p9no9_6c

“ Your mama is so poor that she hangs toilet paper out to dry.”