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15.5 Cause and Effect: So/Such... That, So Many/Much... That

Cause Effect
So.../Such... That Clause

Jonathan was so funny that people were crying.
He ran so many miles that he needed new shoes.
There was so little time that we had fo run.

It was such a nice day that we ate outside.

1. Use so + an adjective/adverb to give
The exam was so easy that we finished it early.
a cause or reason; the effect or result
He drove so quickly that he crashed the car.
follows in a fhat clause.

2. Many, much, few, or little + a noun can He had so much homework that he didn’t go out.
also go between so and a that clause. She had so few friends that she often felt lonely.

3. You can also use such + an adjective + It was such an easy exam that! finished it early.
a noun to give a cause or reason for an
effect or result in a that clause.

4.Remember: That is often omitted in It was such an easy exam that | finished early.
conversation. It was such an easy exam | finished early.

6 Circle the correct answers to complete the text.

Learn Anything in Just 20 Hours!

Has this happened to you? You try to learn a new skill, but you are (1) so / such bad at it that

you give up. Practicing the skill becomes (2) so / such boring that you stop after an hour or two.
Or you might think it will take (3) so many / so much hours to learn, you will never learn it. But

Josh Kaufman, writer and entrepreneur, says you can learn any skill. First, realize you don’t have
to become an expert. Second, don’t spend (4) so many / so much time worrying about failing

that you never try to learn anything new. Third, give yourself 20 hours to learn the skill. The first
few hours can be (5) so much / such a frustrating time that you will want to give up. However,

Kaufman says, you will soon get better at it. When you do, you will feel (6) so / so much good that
you will keep practicing. Kaufman taught himself (7) so many / so much new skills in one year

that he wrote a book about it. It is (8) so much / such a good book that you'll] want to read it twice!

7 Complete the sentences with the correct missing words. Use so, so much, so many,
so little, or such.

SO
1. Thereare____ Many _ways to teach yourself that you can learn just about anything.
2. The Internet offers__.____——=—=—SSSSSSS—saa' wile range of information that you can learn about
anything.

3. Thereis__.__———SSS—CS art On Meum websites that you can see famous paintings
without leaving home.

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