TUTOURIAL The words ‘so’ and ‘such’ are commonly used to show extremes Study the patterns and examples below So + adjectives: This room is so dark, I wish they would turn on the lights So + adverbs: She laughed so loudly! She sounded like a hyena So + Many / Few + Plural Nouns” I can’t believe so many students failed my exam So + Much / Little + Non countable Noun The tea tasted bitter with so little sugar Such + Adjective + Noun: You have such a huge bus! You can carry my entire class Such + Judgmental Noun (use to express emphasis): You are such are moron! Such + Noun (this type of): I had never seen such funny act before Complete each sentence by using so and such correctly I am _ happy to see you; I thought you might not be coming! I have not been here for _ a long time; I don’t remember where to go! This play is a hilarious one! Why are you _ angry? He is _ a fine boy! You must marry him I am _ late! Surely I will miss my bus You are a clown! No wonder you are not taken seriously Wow! This is a fine meal Tom is _ a Jerk! 10 I am feeling much happiness! 11 It is _ unbelievable! Prince Harry is visiting The Bahamas, 12 I won again! I am lucky 13 He had many people at his concert 14 However, few people enjoyed it 15 Why is there _ large numbers of students failing English this semester? 16 It is because few of them are completing practice assignments 17 There is much sugar in this donut that I am afraid to eat it 18 This worksheet is easy! 19 English is _ a complex language 20 He has a poor attitude that no one wanted to date him 21 Mark was poor that he could not afford a new shirt 22 Why are you _miserable? Everybody else is having a good time 23 That was _a beautiful hotel that we all wanted _ much to stay there 24 There are _ few activities here that we will be bored 25 I had a wonderful time that I much wanted to it again Write two sentences about each picture using ‘so’ and ‘such’ ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ANSWER KEY I am so happy to see you; I thought you might not be coming! I have not been here for such a long time; I don’t remember where to go! This play is such a hilarious one! Why are you so angry? He is such a fine boy! You must marry him I am so late! Surely I will miss my bus You are such a clown! No wonder you are not taken seriously Wow! This is such a fine meal Tom is such a Jerk! 10 I am feeling so much happiness! 11 It is so unbelievable! Prince Harry is visiting The Bahamas, 12 I won again! I am so lucky 13 He had so many people at his concert 14 However, so few people enjoyed it 15 Why is there such large numbers of students failing English this semester? 16 It is because so few of them are completing practice assignments 17 There is so much sugar in this donut that I am afraid to eat it 18 This worksheet is so easy! 19 English is such a complex language 20 He has such a poor attitude that no one wanted to date him 21 Mark was so poor that he could not afford a new shirt 22 Why are you so miserable; everybody else is having such a good time? 23 That was such a beautiful hotel that we all wanted so much to stay there 24 There are so few activities here that we will be so bored 25 I had such a wonderful time that I so much wanted to it again