ad SA MS NORSHOFS i " So and such; How...; What a...; quite a... for emphasis * So and such are both used to mean ‘very’ or ‘really’ and to emphasise a quality or a thing in general: He’sso lazy! Or He’s such a lazy boy! + They are also used to mean ‘like that’ or ‘like this’: I’ve never heard such a great pianist play Rachmaninoff's Second Concerto. * How... and What...! are used for exelamatory sentences to show surprise: Mary didn't invite us to her party. How rude! What lovely weather! Let's go for a walk. * Sois an adverb and it is used followed byan > Such is a determiner and it is followed by a adjective or an adverb: noun or an (adverb) adjective + noun: | was so tired that | fell asleep during the film. They are such liars: nothing they say is true. Why are you driving so fast, Claire? It was such an incredibly unusual day! + Itis used before much, many, little, few to + It is used before a lot: emphasise the quantity: There were such a lot of people that we There were so many people that we couldn't couldn't see the chairs. see the chairs. + It is used before a long time and a long way * Itis used before long and far to emphasise to emphasise length of time or distance: length of time or distance: Why do we have to wait such a long time? Why do we have to wait so long? It's such a long way that we can only get there It's so far that we can only get there by plane. _by plane. + Howis usually followed by an adjective or an + Whatiis followed by a noun or an adjective + adverb, or by subject + verb noun: How you've grown, Emma! How tall you are! What a boring film! Let's watch another one. + When an adverb like rather (a/an*) or quite (a/an*) is followed by adjective + noun, to emphasise the degree of the quality expressed by the adjective, the article a/an usually comes after them: Thad quite an unusual holiday last year. (but: My holiday was quite unusual) * Quite and rather can also be followed by a noun: Popping bubble wrap is great fun but it’s rather a waste of time. We made quite an effort, but it wasn't enough. * Alan is only used before a singular countable, not with a plural noun or an uncountable: What beautiful eyes you have! (with plural noun) We had such bad weather that our tomatoes are all still green. (with uncountable noun) 1 Match the sentences (1-6) to the suitable idioms (a-f). 1 (2) We've been travelling for 13 hours now. a What a drag! 2 (1 I can't help yawning when | read this book. b What a pity! 3 LJ Oh, no! The dishwasher's broken down. —_¢ It's such a bore! 4 (1 Hove salad, and if it's organic salad, dso much so | wonder what teens did in the past. 5 [_] Computer games opened a new world, eso much the better. 6 [J We lost the match by one goal f So far, so good 7 44ANA’S WORKSHOPS (SQUELA DE CAPACTAGA Y ENSENANZA OE OMS 2 Underline the correct alternative in each sentences. 1 She writes such / so beautiful poems that some ‘of them are often published in a magazine. He was such / so nervous that he broke the pencil he was holding. You're such a / so good guitarist. Why don't you join a band? We were so / such surprised that we were ata loss for words. 3 [BEY choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. my oneune pretty house your friends have bought. AWhat a B How Your daughter's ___ sweet... Ittakes __ long time to become a doctor. I didn’t know __cruel he could be... ____ gloomy that house was. ___ wonderful view you have from here! | didn’t realise it was late. Don't listen to him. He talks __nonsense. He's such a / so good friend! He has done such / so foolish things that he will get into serious trouble. This hedge grows such / so fast that we have to trim it often. They are such / so boring people that nobody every visits them for the second time. CSucha DSo mucha Asuch Bhow much Cso D what a Asucha Bso Cso much D what a Awhat Bso C such D how AHow — B What CSuch = DSo. ASucha BSo CWhata DHow Asuch — B what Cso D how Aso B such Cwhat Dhow 4 (GES complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first using the word in brackets. You must use between 2 and 5 words. Bu gHaUuNn Your sister's smile is so lovely! (a) | didn’t know how good at singing you were. (singer) We're so far from home. (way) It was quite surprising to find Pat there. (surprise) The situation was really embarrassing. (an) Everybody found her so lively. (how) It was raining so heavily that we had to stop. (heavy) What a pretty baby you have! (is) your sister hast | didn’t know you were We're from home. it was to find Pat there. It was situation. Everybody noticed was. There was we had to stop. Your pretty! 5 4°} Listen to what the woman says (a) and write the correct letter next to the sentences that refer to each statement you hear. auawn It hurts so much. What a special feeling it was. How funny it was. They're so close to each other. It's such a large amount! I felt so ashamed. oo00000 meance What an awkward situation. had such a good time with them. You have no idea how painful itis. There are so many of them. How thrilled | felt that day. They're such good friends now. 45 ms pue os @t LINN siseydure soy “"e aymb voy mo]