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So and such

I can use so and such for emphasis and to explain the result of a situation.

We use such to add emphasis to an adjective and
noun combination.
CD it was such a borinÿj flln*,! 7he action
happed so slowly aÿd there were so few singular
Cÿvterestlt-vg characters. such a/an adjective countable

Owhy dldt/v't youjust Leave the ci-iÿem-a? noun
CD My seat was so comfortable that 1 fell It was such a boring film!
asleep!

He's
such an interesting job.
got

IpAI plural countable
such adjective noun /
uncountable noun

You've got such blue eyes!

We use the adverbs so and such to add emphasis This is such hard work!
to descriptions of the quantity and quality of things.
Itwas avery boringfilm. (= an opinion) We can use such + noun (without an adjective) when
a . § /•! / I . \
Itwas sucha boringfilm! (= an emphatic opinion) thé ñouñitselfhas a positive or negative méáñiñg.
We usually stress so and such when we speak. That was such a disaster!©
This issuch fun!©
We can use so to add emphasis to an adjective
or adverb. We can also use such with the quantifiers a lot and
a lot of.
so adjective/adverb
such quantifier (+noun)
They look so funny!
Why did you buy such a lot?
He talks so quickly!
There were such a lot of butterflies!
We can also use so with the quantifiers much,
many, little and few. After a clause with so and such we often add a clause
to describe the result.
so quantifier (+noun) My seat was so comfortable (that) I fell asleep.

There's so much! This is such fun (that) I don't want to go home.

We've got so little time!

1 O 24.1 Listen and number the pictures from 1-6.

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