Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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He produces ______________________ good wine that he sells the bottles at double the usual price | such a / such / so |
I've got ______________________ many friends ! | so / such a / such |
I like Jessy, she's ______________________ nice! | so / such / such a |
We can't go walking, that's ______________________ far ! | so / such a / such |
He lives in ______________________ big house | such / such a / so |
Ants are ______________________ small animals that they are difficult to see | such a / such / so |
Brasil is ______________________ big country | such a / so / such |
Pete is ______________________ tall boy | such / such a / so |
There are ______________________ many trees here | so / such / such a |
This is ______________________ much better than the one I have | such a / such / so |
That film is ______________________ boring that you can fall asleep in the cinema | such a / so / such |
Thank you ______________________ much | such a / such / so |
Help me with this box, it's ______________________ heavy | such a / such / so |
Wow, ______________________ big tree ! | such a / such / so |
Thank you guys, you're ______________________ good friends | such a / such / so |
I love you ______________________ much that I can't live without you | such / so / such a |
Mexico City is ______________________ big place | such / such a / so |
That train is ______________________ fast that you only take an hour to get to Seville | such / so / such a |
You're ______________________ beautiful | such / such a / so |
That's ______________________ strange song | such a / such / so |
That was ______________________ terrible joke ! | such a / so / such |
You're ______________________ nice girl | so / such a / such |
I try, but it's ______________________ difficult! | such a / so / such |
I'm ______________________ tired I can't move | such a / so / such |
I've got ______________________ much money I don't know what to do with it | such / such a / so |
It's ______________________ big you can only see it from the distance | such a / such / so |
Look at the sea. There's ______________________ much water | such a / so / such |
That animal moves ______________________ slowly you may think it's not moving at all | so / such a / such |
There are ______________________ few things to do here | such / such a / so |
We've got ______________________ much time! | so / such a / such |
SO + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB
We use this to make exclamations or to express a superlative idea (that the quality of the adjective/adverb is present in a very big degree).
Exclamation: So big = wow, It's incredible !
You're so beautiful !
That tree is so tall !
This song is so cool, I love it !
Where were you? It's so late !
High degree: so big = very very big.
I like her because she's so nice
The box was so heavy that we had to call some friends to help us move it
Why do you talk so slowly?
It can also be used as an emphasizer with: much, many, few, little
Thanks, that's so much better
There were so many people that we couldn't enter
But that's so little !
SUCH A + (ADJECTIVE) + NOUN
It expresses the same idea as SO, but it is used with nouns (with or without a companion adjective)
The house is so big = It's such a big house
I've never met such a nice person
You'll never see such a beautiful flower again
You've got such strange friends
When we use SUCH for exclamations, we can use SUCH + Noun, but it is much more common to use SUCH + Adjective + Noun:
She is such a girl (correct, but not common)
She is such a nice girl (correct and common)
Such or Such a ?
We can only use the article A with countable singular nouns, so that is the rule, if you can use A you use it, if you can't, well, you don't:
a nice house - such a nice house (cont. sg)
a big tree - such a big tree (cont. sg)
beautiful flowers - such beautiful flowers (cont. pl.)
some pretty girls - such pretty girls (cont. pl.)
good wine - such good wine (uncont.)
bad weather - such bad weather (uncont.)