Mini grammar

so / such .. .that

Complete the sentences with so, such, or such a. 1 My case is so 2 It was 4 It was 5 We had 6 Jim is 7 Jim is 8 They were heavy (that) I can hardly pick it up. long flight (that) the children got very bored. awful weather (that) we couldn't leave the hotel. much luggage (that) we had to ask a porter to help us. selfish (that) he can't think about anybody else. selfish person (that) he can't think about anybody else. cheap tickets (that) we decided to buy them.

3 There were _ _ __ many people at the airport (that) we couldn't see him.

4) Rewrite the sentences using so, such, or such a.

1 I played badly. I lost 6- 0, 6- 0. I played so badly (that) I lost 6- 0, 6- 0 2 The film was very bad. We left after half an hour. Itwas _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ ___ 3 The food was disgusting. Nobody could eat it. Thefuod ______________________________ . 4 He made a lot of mistakes. The boss sacked him. Hemade _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ 5 The music was beautiful. Everyone stopped to listen. Itwas _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ ___ 6 They were good seats. We had a perfect view. They were _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __

Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

1 She has so many clothes (that) -"s!..!h"-e"-' ev.,.e r-""' "' w"'h-"a"'t..<t"-o-"w"'e"'a.!...r_ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ n"- " kn"'o-"ws-' 2 It was such a hot day (that) 3 I have so much work (that) 4 We were so tired (that) _______ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ 5 They were playing such loud music (that)

28 so / such ... that a 2 such a 3 so 4 such

b 2 3 4 5

5 so

6 so

7 such a

8 such

It was such a bad film (that) we left after half an hour. The food was so disgusting (that) nobody could eat it. He made so many mistakes (that) the boss sacked him. It was such beautiful music (that) everyone stopped to
listen.

6 They were such good seats (that) we had a perfect view.

c Possible answers 2 ... we had to put on the air conditioning. 3 .. .1 can't go out this weekend. 4 ... we went straight to bed. S ... we left the restaurant.

Grammar narrative tenses

o Read the first part of the story and find examples of each tense below.
1 the past perfect had finished 2 the past perfect continuous _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ______ _ _ _ __ 3 the past continuous _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

The most embarrassing moment of my life ...

When I was about nine years old I used to go to the cinema every Saturday morning. After the film had finished, I would go to a toy shop and look at model planes and trains and sometimes I bought them with the pocket money that I had been carefully saving. One day after the film I went to a big department store to have a look at the model planes they had. I didn't buy anything, but as I was leaving a very large man grabbed my arm quite violently and accused me of shoplifting. The man said that he was a store detective. As I had been concentrating on the toys, I hadn't noticed that he had been watching me. He made me empty my pockets and he went through my coat, searching for stolen goods, even though I told him very dearly that I had only been looking. Of course he didn't find anyth ing but by this time several people had stopped to see what was happening. I felt very embarrassed and humiliated that so many people we re looking at me and I was very glad to leave the shop when it was all over.

. , Complete the second part of the story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.
An hour or so later, when my family father
2

were having

(have) lunch at home, my

3

(ask) me about the film. I then

(mention)

that I 4 _ __ _ _ (look) at toys in a department store when a store detective

5

(accuse) me of shoplifting and

7

6_____

(search) me in

the midd le of the shop. My father

8 _ _ __ _

(make) me repeat what I

(say), and then immediately 9 _ _ _ _ _ (jump up) from the

10 _ _ _ _ _

table. Without either of us having finished our lunch, he me get into the car. I 11
12

(make)

(never see) my fathe r so angry! He

13

(drive) quickly to the store,

14 _ _

(park) outside and (take place). He then

marched me to where the incident

_ __

demanded to see the manager and the store detective. When the manager
15

(come), my father

16
_

(start) shouting at him (never steal) anything in my life.

and he told him that I 17 _ _ __ He

18 _ _ __ _

(make) the manager and store detective apologize to me

for having accused me of shoplifting, and for embarrassing me. But the thing is, I 19 (find) this scene even more embarrassing than the first one, (stop) and

especially as I could see that a lot of customers 20

21

(watch) us.

b 2 asked 3 mentioned 4 had been looking 5 had accused I accused 6 had searched I searched 7 made 8 had said 9 jumped up 10 made II had never seen 12 drove 13 parked 14 had taken place 15 came 16 started 17 had never stolen 18 made 19 found 20 had stopped 21 were watching

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II,

28 narrative tenses a 1 hadn't noticed, had stopped

2 had been (carefully) saving, had been concentrating, had been watching, had (only) been looking 3 was leaving, was happening, were looking