Grammar(2) Using ‘so…….that’

Kitty’s house is so beautiful that I want to live in it. so + ________+ that clause adjective

Hello Kitty danced so beautifully that everyone screamed. so + ______ + that clause adverb

so + _______________+ that clause adjective /adverb The rain is very heavy. I don’t want to go out. The rain is ____________ I don’t want to go out. It rains _____________ I don’t want to go out. so heavy that so heavily that

____ + so + adjective + that clause ____ + so + adverb + that clause be do

Exercise1: Join the sentences with ‘so…that’ 1. She sings very well. Everyone likes her songs. 2. The coat is too dear. I can’t buy it. 3. He spoke very quickly. We couldn’t understand him. She sings so well that everyone likes her songs. The coat is so dear that I can’t buy it. He spoke so quickly that we couldn’t understand him.

4. The boy is very short. He can’t reach the table. 5. Millie worked very hard. She got the most scores in the test. The boy is so short that he can’t reach the table. Millie worked so hard that she got the most scores in the test.

6. The child is very young. He can’t go to school. 7. He was very nervous. He couldn’t say a word. The child is so young that he can’t go to school. He was so nervous that he couldn’t say a word.

Exercise2. Correct the following: The tree is very tall that I can’t see its top. 2. Mount Fuji was too beautiful that I couldn’t stop taking photos. 3. In Harbin, I skied so happy that I almost forgot to eat. 4. It is so hot to Eddie wants to eat anything. so so happily that

beautiful interesting tired slowly big hot happily Exercise3. Choose and fill with ‘so…that’ beautiful interesting tired slowly big hot happily The airport was __________ I got lost. I felt ___________I slept on the sofa. Mount Fuji was _______________ I could not stop taking photos. so big that so tired that so beautiful that

beautiful interesting tired slowly big hot happily so slowly that 4. My friends were walking ______________ I began to feel bored. 5. Thailand is __________ people like to go swimming every day. 6. In the park, children played ____________ they forgot to go back. 7. Disneyland in the USA is _____________ _____ no one feels bored there. so hot that so happily that so interesting that

Exercise 4. Change the following in another way. 1. Mrs. Green is very careless. She always makes Lily for Lucy. Mrs. Green is ___ ________ ____ she always makes Lily for Lucy. Mrs. Green is _______ _______ __make Lily for Lucy. 2. My brother is very young. He can’t go to school. My brother is __ ______ ___ he can’t go to school. My brother is ___ ______ __ go to school. My brother is ___ ___ ______ __ go to school. so careless that careless enough to so young that too young to not old enough to

3. The rain was very heavy. I had to stay at home. The rain was __ _____ ____I had to stay at home. It rained __ ______ ____I had to stay at home. 4. The girl is quite nervous. She can’t say a word. The girl is __ _______ ____ she can’t say a word. The girl is ___ _______ __say a word. 5. The stone is very heavy. I can’t lift it. The stone is __ _____ ____I can’t lift it. The stone is ___ _____ ___ __ __ carry. The stone isn’t ____ _____ _____ ______ to carry so heavy that so heavily that so nervous that too nervous to so heavy that too heavy for me to light enough for me

1搜索互联网 search the World Wide Web 2我原以为我是对的 I thought I was right 3讨论一个历史课题 discuss a history project 4与某人交谈 talk to / with sb 与某人聊天 chat with sb 5计划一次南京之旅 plan a trip to Nanjing 6尽力/试图做某事 try to do sth 7在春节期间 during the Spring Festival 8在旅行第二天 on the second day of the trip 9弄明白/清楚 find out +从句 找到/发现某人/物 find + 短语 10起床晚get up late 以后,后来 later 11早饭后 after breakfast (不加冠词) 12真的滑稽 be really funny 13操作电脑 work on the computer 14站在他旁边stand beside him 15感到无聊 feel bored 一场无聊电影 a boring film 16停止正在做的事 stop doing 停下来去做另一事 stop to do sth