1. Pages 353 - 355
So … That/Such … that

2. Pattern:
such + a/an + adjective + singular
noun + that

3. My grandparents had such a hard
life in their country that they had
to leave.
I had such a beautiful home town
that I hated to leave it.
Have ever seen such a beautiful
star?

4. Pattern:
such + adjective + plural noun +
that

5. The Lost Boys saw such terrible
things that they will never forget
them.
I have watched such scary movies
that I’ve been having trouble
sleeping.

6. Pattern:
so + adjective + that

7. Foreign adoption is so expensive
that many people cannot afford it.
English is so hard that I don’t want
to learn any more.

8. Pattern:
so + adverb + that

9. Children of immigrants learn
English so easily that they become
fluent in a short time.
I walked so far that I got blisters on
my feet.
She talks so loud that it hurts my
ears.

10. Pattern:
So many + plural count noun + that

11. In Miami, there are so many
Spanish speakers that you can hear
Spanish wherever you go.
There are so many students in this
class that I can’t remember their
names.
I have so many things to do tonight
that I won’t get to bed until 2 a.m.

12. Pattern:
So few + plural count noun + that

13. There are so few babies available
that many Americans adopt foreign
babies.
There were so few students
enrolled in my writing class that it
was canceled.
There are so many rules in
grammar that we can’t learn them
all.

14. Pattern:
So much + noncount noun + that

15. There was so much poverty in
Ireland that the Irish people were
forced to leave.
Some people use so much sugar
that it’s bad for their health.
There was so much traffic that I
was late.

16. Pattern:
So little + noncount noun + that

17. The Lost Boys had so little food to
eat that many of them died.
We have so little time left tonight
that I am making mistakes.

18. Page 354
Exercise 21

19. 1. I waited for such a long time that
I thought I would never get
permission.

20. 2. When I got to the Miami airport,
the security lines were so long that
I had to wait for almost two hours.
There were so many people
arriving at the same time.

21. 3. I came to the U.S. by winning the
Green Card Lottery. I was so happy
when I got my letter that I started
to cry.

22. 4. The U.S. offers so much freedom
that people from all over the world
want to come here.

23. 5. I come from Mexico. There is so
much unemployment in Mexico
that many people want to come to
the U.S. for jobs.

24. 6. Before I got my visa, I had to fill
out so many papers and answer so
many questions that I thought I
would never be able to do it.

25. 7. Our family has been in the U.S.
for such a long time that we hardly
even speak our native language
any more.

26. 8. My neighbor’s baby was so
young when she arrived from
China that she doesn’t remember
anything about China at all.

27. 9. There are so few American
babies to adopt that many families
adopt babies from China, Russia
and other countries.

28. 10. My uncle earned so little
money in Guatemala that he
couldn’t support his family, so he
came to the U.S.

29. Page 355, Exercise 22
Some Possible Answsers

30. 1. My math class is so easy that I
never have to do much homework.

31. 2. Peter is taking so many classes
this semester that he doesn’t have
time to do all the work.

32. 3. The teacher gives us so much
homework that I can’t do it all.

33. 4. Sometimes the teacher talks so
fast that I can’t understand her.

34. 5. My roommate is from India. She
speaks English so well that she
doesn’t need to take ESL classes.

35. 6. My biology class is so boring that
I sometimes fall asleep.

36. 7. Ms. Stevens is such a good
teacher that I want to take her
other classes.

37. 8. English has so many irregular
verbs that most students have
trouble remembering them all.

38. 9. We had such a long test that no
body could finish it.

39. 10. I had so few mistakes on my test
that I got an A.

40. 11. The teacher gave such a
confusing explanation that I have
no idea what she was talking about.

41. 12. I was so tired in class yesterday
that I couldn’t think.