SO and SUCH

a Complete with so, such, or such a I an.

1 I'm worried about Ally. She works hard!
2 Why did you buy expensive computer?
3 I didn't realize your company was doing well.
4 I like this restaurant. They always serve fantastic pizzas.
5 I didn't know Alex was good businessman.
6 There were many people at the talk! I felt really
nervous.
7 I'll be sorry to lose him. He's been good client!
8 We didn't expect the sales to be good in February.

b Match the sentences. Then write one sentence with so or such (a/an).
He ran the company so badly (that) it made huge losses.
1 He ran the company badly. a We complained to the manager.
2 It was a boring film. b It made huge losses.
3 Her French accent is very good. c No one wants to sit next to him.
4 It's a good advert. d She must have had a good teacher.
5 He's made a lot of money. e I went to bed early.
6 I was exhausted. f We left in the middle.
7 The hotel was awful. g He doesn't know what to do with it all.
8 He's boring. h It makes me want to buy the product.

c Circle the correct answer.

That company is so/such successful it's going to become the market leader.
2 I'm tired because I've had so/such a busy day.
3 I won't forget your birthday because you've reminded me so/such many times.
4 My sister's so/such lazy - she doesn't help in the house at all.
5 My in- laws are so/such nice people - I get on really well with them.
6 We would have gone to that school if the fees hadn't been so/such high.
7 I love your living room. It's so/such cosy!
8 My house is always in so/such a mess after the weekend.
9 This silk shirt was so/such a bargain!

d Join the sentences with so or such ( a) + that.

1 His trousers were too tight. He couldn't sit down.
2 It was a really bad joke. Nobody laughed.
3 They were inexperienced climbers. They needed rescuing.
4 There were a lot of different brands. I didn't know which to choose.
5 My niece is a very shy girl. Everyone makes fun of her.

e Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
a. She is such a good tennis player that she wins all her matches.
She plays tennis
b. Im too short to reach the shelf.
 Im not
c. Algebra is too complicated for me to understand.
Algebra isnt
d. The water is too cold for us to swim in.
The water is
e. The package is too heavy for you to lift by yourself.
The package is so
f. It was such a great book that I read it three times.
The book was
g. It was such cold weather that there was ice on our car windscreen.
The weather was
h. The weather was so cold that we cancelled the trip.
It was
i. The book is so good that I cant put it down.
It is
j. The speech was so long that some people left in the middle.
It was
k. The view from the top was so magnificent that we couldnt move.
It was
l. You are too young to be out so late at night.
You arent
m. This bag is too heavy for me to carry. Can you help me?
This bag is so
n. You cant drive yet. Youre not old enough.
You are too
o. Janet isnt tall enough to be a basketball player.
Janet is
p. This detective story is so good I cant put it down.
Its such
q. The teacher spoke too fast for everyone to understand.
The teacher didnt speak
r. The climb was so difficult that we stopped to rest several times.
It was
s. Alan is too old to change careers now.
Alan isnt
t. She ran too slowly to win the race.
She didnt
u. My bag was so heavy that I had to ask for help.
It was
v. The flat isnt big enough for us to live in.
The flat is
w. Jack wore such an elegant suit that everyone complimented him.
Jack s suit was
x. My sister is too young to watch horror films.
My sister isnt
y. Chinese is too difficult for me to learn.
 Chinese is so
z. My mother is so wise that people often ask her for advice.
My mother is such
f Fill the gaps with the suitable form: so / such / too / enough

1. Hes excellent worker! he deserves to get promoted

2. mmm This pizza is tasty. I think Ill 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. I was hot coffee that I couldnt drink it.
6. You dont 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 didnt drive fast to overtake Schumacher in the last race.
9. Dont worry about her. She is clever to realise what she has to do
10. She didnt speak loudly for the audience to hear her.

g Rewrite the following sentences using SO, SUCH, TOO and ENOUGH:
1. He was too old to apply for the job.
2. We couldn't talk because the music was so loud.
3. The queue for petrol was so long that we had to wait two hours.
4. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn't go under it.
5. The food was so delicious that I could have eaten the same again!
6. The shelf was so high that I couldn't reach it.
7. Unfortunately, I wasn't early enough to get a good seat.
8. It wasn't safe enough to ski on the soft melting snow.
9. I didn't know what to buy; there were such a lot of bargains.
10. Seville is such a wonderful city that we'd like to visit!
KEY
a Complete
1. so
2. such an
3. so
4. such
5. such a
6. so
7. such a
8. so

b Match the sentences

1.
2. f It was such a boring film (that) we left in the middle.
3. d Her French accent is so good (that) she must have had a good teacher.
4. h Its such a good advert (that) it makes me want to buy the product.
5. g Hes made such a lot of money (that) he doesnt know what to do with it
all
6. e I was so exhausted (that) I went to bed early.
7. a The hotel was so awful (that) I went to bed early.
8. c Hes so boring that no one wants to sit next to him.

c Choose the correct answer:

1 so
2 such
3 so
4 so
5 such
6 so
7 so
8 such
9 such

d Join the sentences

1 His trousers were so tight that he couldn't sit down.
2 It was such a bad joke that nobody laughed.
3 They were such inexperienced climbers that they needed rescuing.
4 There were so many/such a lot of different brands that I didn't know which to
choose.
5 My niece is so shy/such a shy girl that everyone makes fun of her.

e Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
a. She is such a good tennis player that she wins all her matches. She plays tennis
so well that she wins all her matches.
b. Im too short to reach the shelf.
 Im not tall enough to reach the shelf.
c. Algebra is too complicated for me to understand. Algebra isnt easy enough for
me to understand.
d. The water is too cold for us to swim in. The water is so cold that I can't swim in.
e. The package is too heavy for you to lift by yourself.
The package is so heavy that you can't lift it by yourself.
f. It was such a great book that I read it three times. The book was so great that I
read it three times.
g. It was such cold weather that there was ice on our car windscreen. The weather
was so cold that there was ice on our car windscreen.
h. The weather was so cold that we cancelled the trip.
It was such cold weather that we cancelled the trip.
i. The book is so good that I cant put it down.
It is such a good book that I can't put it down.
j. The speech was so long that some people left in the middle.
It was such a long speech that some people left in the middle.
k. The view from the top was so magnificent that we couldnt move. It was such a
magnificent top view that we couldn't move.
l. You are too young to be out so late at night.
You arent old enough to be out so late at night.
m. This bag is too heavy for me to carry. Can you help me? This bag is so heavy that
I can't carry it.
n. You cant drive yet. Youre not old enough. You are too too young to drive.
o. Janet isnt tall enough to be a basketball player. Janet is too short to be a
basketball player.
p. This detective story is so good I cant put it down.
Its such a good detective story that I can't put it down.
q. The teacher spoke too fast for everyone to understand.
The teacher didnt speak slowly enough for everyone to understand.
r. The climb was so difficult that we stopped to rest several times.
It was such a difficult climb that we stopped to rest several times.
s. Alan is too old to change careers now.
Alan isnt young enough to change careers now.
t. She ran too slowly to win the race.
She didnt run fast enough to win the race.
u. My bag was so heavy that I had to ask for help.
It was such a heavy bag that I had to ask for help.
v. The flat isnt big enough for us to live in.
The flat is too small for us to live in.
w. Jack wore such an elegant suit that everyone complimented him.
Jack s suit was so elegant that everyone complimented him
x. My sister is too young to watch horror films.
My sister isnt old enough to watch horror films.
y. Chinese is too difficult for me to learn.
Chinese is so difficult that I can't learn it.
z. My mother is so wise that people often ask her for advice.
My mother is such a wise woman that people often ask her for advice.
f. Fill in the gaps:
1. SUCH A
2. SO / TOO
3. TOO
4. SUCH
5. SUCH A
6. ENOUGH
7. TOO
8. ENOUGH
9. ENOUGH
10. ENOUGH

g Rewrite the sentences

1. He wasn't young enough to talk because the music was so loud.
2. It was such loud music that we couldn't talk.
3. It was such a long queue for petrol that we had to wait two hours.
4. It was such a low bridge that the bus couldn't go under it.
5. It was such delicious food that I could have eaten the same again.
6. It was such high shelf that I couldn't reach it.
7. Unfortunately, I was too late to get a good seat.
8. It was too dangerous to ski on the soft melting snow.
9. ... there were too many bargains.
10. Seville was so colourful that we'd...