Grammar tip: So and Such: The Ultimate Practice

So + adjective
Example: You are so beautiful
Exercise 01. Complete the text with so / such
So + adverb
Example: You dance so beautifully today. Finland is (1)_______ a nice place to go on winter holidays. The
winter there is (2)_______ mild and welcoming! You can do
Such + noun phrase
Example: You are such a beautiful lady. snowboarding, skating, skiing or any other winter sport, there are
(3)_______ many possibilities. We found (4)_______ a lovely hotel,
and it was (5)_______ a short walk to the skiing slope. Well, winter
Exercise 02. Input so / such in season in Finland is not (6)_______ cheap as we expected, but we
the dialogue situations had (7)_______ a great time there. It is (8)_______ tempting to come
1. Mike: Ann, you are ____ late today, there every winter, again and again.
is everything o.k.?
Ann: I’m fine. I’m ____ sorry to Exercise 03. Match the pairs to form sentences
make you wait on ____ a hot day.
1. It was such a lovely a. help so much!
2. Luke: Brenda, why do you look
2. We appreciate your b. finding out the truth.
____ utterly surprised?
3. I’m so glad to c. great success!
Brenda: I was told ____ an
unexpected story today, Luke.
4. Why are you so sad if d. invite you all to our party.
5. It was such a bad idea e. compared to your sister.
3. Sophie: William, it is ____ a 6. You are so young f. picnic yesterday evening!
generous gift, thank you.
7. Albert was so close to g. a foolish idea from anyone.
William: It is ____ a great feeling to
8. How dare she say such h. to bake green beans alone.
see your joy.
9. The play was such a i. an awful thing about me?
4. Dan: It is ____ a nice offer, Bill, but 10. I’ve never heard such j. you’ve done nothing wrong?
I’ve got plans for the weekend.
Bill: It is ____ upsetting! Input your answers here:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5. Sam: Oh, it is ____ an awkward
situation, sorry, Lily.
Lily: Don’t be ____ sorry, it is
nothing at all.
Exercise 04. Rephrase the sentences to replace such with
6. David: Philip, sometimes you are so and vice versa, depending on the context
____ persuasive!
Philip: I just wanted your company Example: It was so lonely there. -> It was such a lonely day there.
____ much today, David
1. You have such a big and comfortable house!
7. Chris: I’m ____ clumsy, sir! Can _______________________________________________
you be ____ kind to forgive me? 2. Her Swiss watch is so unique and expensive.
Seller: It will be ____ nice of you to _______________________________________________
help me with ____ a mess. 3. She had such a busy preparation for her wedding.
8. Greg: Why do you always need to _______________________________________________
be ____ a cruel lady, Kate? 4. Your room is so untidy and not cozy.
Kate: It is not ____ easy to be nice _______________________________________________
and hospitable when people around 5. It was such an obvious decision for you.
do ____ things as you do. _______________________________________________
Exercise 5: Complete the passage using “so/such/too/enough”
(1)
I enjoyed the tour on the whole, but by the time I got back I was tired that I didn't
(2)
go out for a week. We saw many castles and churches that I can't remember which
is which. And the trip was (3) fast really. The stops weren't long (4) for us
to see places properly, and some of the other passengers were (5) busy taking
photographs to look for themselves. It was (6) a long trip that we got rather tired of
traveling after a few days. We were on the bus for (7) many hours a day that I began to
feel sick. The bus wasn't really comfortable (8) and I was (9) shy to
(10)
complain to the guide. But it was a good way of seeing the country quickly that I
don't really regret taking the trip.

Exercise 6: Rewrite the following sentences:

1. She is old. She can work by herself.

⇨ She __________________________________________________.
2. The food was so hot that it hurt my tongue.
⇨ It was _________________________________________________.
3. The weather is so bad that we cannot go out.
⇨ The weather is __________________________________________.
4. Your brother is young. He cannot go swimming alone.
⇨ Your brother is __________________________________________.
5. The restaurant is so expensive that we cannot afford to eat in this restaurant.
⇨ The restaurant is too ___________________________________.
6. The boy is intelligent. He can understand what you say.
⇨ The boy is ____________________________________________.
7. John was angry. He couldn’t say anything.
⇨ John was too __________________________________________.
8. We went to bed early because we were tired.
⇨ We were so ____________________________________________.
9. The car is so old that he doesn’t want to drive it.
⇨ It is such _______________________________________________.
10. David has too many girlfriends. He cannot remember all of their names.
⇨ David has so ____________________________________________.