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SO & SUCH

SO + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB
SUCH + NOUN [ARTICLE + ADJECTIVE + NOUN]

Pelajari kalimat perbandingan di bawah ini :

- I didn’t enjoy the book. The story was so stupid
- I didn’t enjoy the book. It was such a stupid story

Kita menggunakan so dengan adjective tanpa Kata Benda (noun) : so stupid

Kita menggunakan such dengan adjective dengan Kata Benda (noun) : such a stupid story

Anda juga bias menggunakan so dengan adverb:

- He is difficult to understand because he speaks so quickly

a. So dan Such digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu bentuk sifat yang lebih kuat:
- it’s a lovely day, isn’t it? It’s so warm (betul-betul hangat)
- we enjoyed our holiday. We had such a good time (betul-betul saat yang berbahagia)
bandingkan so dan such dalam kalimat berikut ini :

- I like Tom and Ann. They are so nice

- I like Tom and Ann. They are such nice people (bukan ‘so nice people’)

b. So….that dan such …. That

- I was so tired that I went to bed at seven

- She worked so hard that she made herself ill
- It was such lovely weather that we spent the whole day in the garden
- The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down
- It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down

Dalam hal tertentu, Anda bisa menghilangkan that dalam kalimat berikut ini :

- I was so tired (that) I went to bed at seven

c. Dalam kalimat berikut ini, so dan such digunakan dalam cara yang berbeda:
- I expected the weather to be much cooler. I didn’t expect it to be so warm (=as warm as it is)
- I’m tired because I got up at 6. I don’t usually get up so early (=as early as 6)
- Hurry up! Don’t walk so slowly (=as slowly as you are walking)
- I was surprised when Jack told me that the house was built 100 years ago.
I didn’t realize it was so old
I didn’t realize it was such an old house (= as old as it is)

d. Kita mengatakan : so long tetapi such a long time; so far tetapi such a long way; so many, so much tetapi such a lot (of) :
- I haven’t seen him for so long [ for such a long time] that I’ve forgotten what he looks like
- I didn’t know you lived so far [such a long way from] from the city center
- Why did you buy so much [such a lot of] food?

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 Exercises
Exercises ::

A. In this exercise you have to put in so or such

Examples : Come on! Don’t walk ….so…slowly

I’ve never read ….such….a stupid book

1. I was surprised that he looked SO well after his recent illness (so)
2. They’ve got SUCH a lot of money, they don’t know what to do with it (such)
3. She is a very attractive girl. She’s got SUCH beautiful eyes (such)
4. Everything is SO expensive these days, isn’t it? (so)
5. Why did you ask them SUCH stupid questions? (such)
6. It was SUCH a boring film that I fell asleep in the middle of it (such)
7. The wind was SO strong, it was difficult to walk (so)
8. The food at the hotel was very bad. I’ve never eaten SUCH awful food (such)

B. This time you have to make a sentence with so from two sentences
Examples: She worked very hard. She made herself ill
She worked so hard (that) she made herself ill
1. I was very excited about going away. I couldn’t sleep
I was so excited about going away (that) I couldn’t sleep
2. The water was very dirty. We decided not to go swimming
The water was SO dirty that We decided not to go swimming
3. She speaks English very well. You would think it was her native language
She speaks English SO well that You would think it was her native language

C. In this exercise you have to use such instead of so

Examples: The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down
It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down
1. The road is so narrow that it is difficult for two cars to pass each other
It is SUCH narrow a road that it is difficult for two cars to pass each other
2. The weather was so warm that I didn’t need a coat
It was such a warmnweather that I didn’t need a coat
3. His feet are so big that he has difficulty finding shoes to fit him
He has got SUCH BIG FEET that he has difficulty finding shoes to fit him
4. There was so many people in the room that we couldn’t move
There were SUCH MANY people in the room that we couldn’t move

D. Now you have to complete these sentences

Examples: We had a lot of problems. We hadn’t expected to have so many problems
1. It’s quite a long way from your house top the station
I didn’t know it was so long from your house top the station
2. It took us a long time to get home this evening
It doesn’t usually take us so long to get home this evening
3. You’ve got a lot of furniture in this room
Why have you got so lot of furniture in this room