8. Grammar. Вживання such та so
Порівняйте:
■ I didn't enjoy the book. The story was so stupid.
■ I didn't enjoy the book. It was such a stupid story.
а) SUCH вживається з прикметником з іменником (such a stupid story), SO вживається з прикметником (so stupid) без іменника, іноді з прислівником:
■ He's difficult to understand because he speaks so quickly.
b) SO and SUCH посилюють значення прикметника:
■ It's a lovely day, isn’t it? It’s so warm. (= really warm)
■ We enjoyed our holiday. We had such a good time. (= a really good time)
Порівняйте:
■ I like Tom and Ann. They are so nice.
■ I like Tom and Ann. They are such nice people. (not ‘so nice people’)
Ми часто вживаємо SO і SUCH разом з that (so... and such... that...):
■ I was so tired that I went to bed at seven o’clock.
■ She worked so hard that she she made herself sick.
■ It was such lovely weather that we spent the whole day in the park.
■ It was such a good book that I couldn't put it down.
■ The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.
У деяких реченнях that може бути випущене:
■ I was so tired (that) I went to bed at 7 o’clock.
c) У поданих реченнях SO і SUCH вживаються з іншим значенням:
■ I expected the weather to be much cooler. I did't expect it to be so warm. (=as warm as it is)
■ I'm tired because I got up at 6 o'clock. I don't usually get up so early. (= as early as 6 o’clock)
■ Hurry up! Don't walk so slowly. (=as slowly as you are walking)
■ I was surprised when Jack told me the house was built 100 years ago.
I
didn't realize it was so
old.
I didn't realize it was such an old house (=as оld as it is)
d) SO і SUCH часто вживаються у висловах: so long but "such a long time"; so far but "such a long way"; so many, so much but "such a lot of":
■ I haven't seen him for so long that I've forgotten what he looks like. (or. . . for such a long time...)
■ I didn't know you lived so far from the city centre. (or …. such a long way from. ..)
■ Why did you buy so much food"? (or. . .such a lot of food?)
виконання вправ на закріплення матеріалу:
Put in so or such.
Examples: Come on! Don't walk..SO..slowly!
I've never read..SUCH...a stupid book.
1. I was surprised that he looked...............well after his recent illness.
2. They've got.............a lot of money, they don't know what to do with it
3. She is a very attractive young woman. She's got …………..beautiful eyes.
4. Everything is........expensive these days, isn't it?
5. Why did you ask them.................stupid questions?
6. It was................ a boring movie that I fell asleep in the middle of it.
7. The wind was...............strong, it was difficult to walk.
8. The food at the hotel was very bad. I've never eaten................awful food.
These time you have to make a sentence with so from two sentences:
Example: She worked very hard. She made herself sick.
…….She. worked so hard (that.).she made,.herself sick.......................
1. I was very excited about going away. I couldn't sleep.
2.The water was very dirty. We decided not to go swimming.
3. She speaks English very well. You would think it was her native language.