Grammar tip:

So + adjective Exercise 03. Match the pairs to form sentences

Example: You are so beautiful 1. It was such a lovely (F) A. help so much!
2. We appreciate your (A) B. finding out the truth.
So + adverb 3. I’m so glad to (D) C. great success!
Example: You look so beautifully today. 4. Why are you so sad if (J) D. invite you all to our party.
5. It was such a bad idea (H) E. compared to your sister.
Such + noun phrase 6. You are so young (E) F. picnic yesterday evening!
Example: You are such a beautiful lady. 7. Albert was so close to (B) G. a foolish idea from anyone.
8. How dare she say such (I) H. to bake green beans alone.
So and Such: The Ultimate Practice 9. The play was such a (C) I. an awful thing about me?
Exercise 01. Complete the text with so / such 10. I’ve never heard such (G) J. you’ve done nothing wrong?

Finland is (1) such a nice place to go on winter holidays. The winter there Exercise 04. Rephrase the sentences to replace such with so and vice
is (2) so mild a n d w e l c o m i n g ! You c a n d o snowboarding, skating, versa, depending on the context
skiing or any other winter sport, there are (3) so many possibilities. We
found (4) such a lovely hotel, and it was (5) such a short walk to the skiing
slope. Well, winter season in Finland is not (6) so cheap as we expected, Example: It was so lonely there. > It was such a lonely day there.
but we had (7) such a great time there. It is (8) so tempting to come there
every winter, again and again. 1. You have such a big and comfortable house!
Your house is so big and comfortable.
Exercise 02. Put so / such in the dialogue situations
2. Her Swiss watch is so unique and expensive.
1. Mike: Ann, you are so late today, is everything o.k.?
She has such a unique and expensive Swiss watch.
Ann: I’m fine. I’m so sorry to make you wait on such a hot day.
2. Luke: Brenda, why do you look so utterly surprised? 3. She had such a busy preparation for her wedding.
Brenda: I was told such an unexpected story today, Luke. Her preparation for the wedding was so busy.
3. Sophie: William, it is such a generous gift, thank you.
William: It is such a great feeling to see your joy. 4. Your room is so untidy and not cozy.
You have such an untidy and not cozy room.
4. Dan: It is such a nice offer, Bill, but I’ve got plans for the weekend.
Bill: It is so upsetting! 5. It was such an obvious decision for you.
This decision was so obvious for you.
 A. Choose the correct word. 3. I saw a green, beautiful, enormous fish while I was swimming
1. These shoes are so comfortable. I love them. I saw a beautiful, enormous, green fish while I was swimming.
2. This is such a comfortable bed, let’s buy it.
3. Maria’s such a lovely girl. 4. It was so an interesting book, I want to read it again.
4. That film was so incredible. Let’s watch it again. It was such an interesting book, I want to read it again.
5. The fish in the sea are so amazing. They’re beautiful.
6. Peter’s such a fantastic teacher. I’ve learnt so much from him. 5. What lovely a hat!
7. His car’s so huge, eight people can get in it. Hat a lovely hat!
8. I’m reading such a long book that I don’t know when I’ll finish it.
6. It was such a good party what we didn’t get home until 3.00am.
It was such a good party that we didn’t get home until 3.00am.
B. Put the adjectives in the correct order and complete the sentences.
1. Do you like my beautiful new black jacket? (black/new/beautiful)
7. He was wearing a black new leather jacket.
2. He won the lottery and bought an enormous old American car.
He was wearing a new black leather jacket.
(American/enormous/old)
3. I spent the last two weeks on a fantastic long white beach.
8. What such an old car!
(long/white/fantastic)
What an old car!
4. She’s got a(n) incredible old Spanish guitar.
(Spanish/incredible/old)
5. We had dinner in a small unknown Russian restaurant.
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(small/Russian/unknown)
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6. We went to see a film by a unknown new Chinese film director.
(Chinese/new/unknown)
7. I must show you my fantastic red Italian boots. They’re so
comfortable. (Italian/red/fantastic)
8. Have you met his new girlfriend? She’s a beautiful tall Brazilian
model. (tall/Brazilian/beautiful)

C. Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct sentences.

1. What amazing discovery!
What an amazing discovery!

2. The mobile was such expensive that I couldn’t buy it.

The mobile was so expensive that I couldn’t buy it.