Adjective Clauses

Notes and Activity

Eduardo Luis Valdivia Amezcua
Notes
Clauses of result present the result of a situation. They connect two ideas.
Because, in order that/to, such, so… that.
STRUCTURES
Such + noun or noun phrase + that + clauses of result
The bus station was such a mess that people skipped to go there.
So + adjective + that + clauses of result
The internet became so popular that computer sales went through the roof in only three
months.
*So is also used before: many, few, such and little.

Activity

I. Put in the correct order the sentences

1. Streets/of/rain/the/because/the/flooded/heavy
The streets flooded because of the heavy rain.

2. Because/him/I/Alex/I/love/married
Because I love Alex, I married him.

3. he/in/scholars/study/trouble /was /would/his/not/because

He was in trouble because his scholars would not study.

4. order /worked/in/hard/to/pass/she
He worked hard in order to pass.

5. everybody/well/He/so/was/spoke/that/pleased
She spoked so well that everybody was pleased.

6. never/ met/ handsome/such/ moods! / anyone/ but/ He/ with/ I've/ is,
He is handsome, but I’ve never met anyone with such moods!
II. Fill in the blanks

7. He is so intelligent that he got an A.

8. I went to his office in order to meet him.
9. He was in trouble because he did not study.
10. I am planning to move to a new house in order to be closer to my place of
work.
11. Nothing could be gained by dwelling on that thoughts.
12. Laura was so angry that she goes back to her house