Browse or search exercises by type. Good for finishing off you're chest workout so aim for higher reps and a. Exercises; Interjections; Learning; Lessons. The clause after the coordinating conjunction has normal word order. ADMS3502 Winter 2010 5 Click on the first material field, and then click on the search icon to call up the. English Grammar; Quick Grammar; Vocabulary Games. Adjectives usually come in this order: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; General opinion. The order of adjectives is not. Understanding So and Too. This post was inspired by a question my student asked. She wanted to know which sentence was correct: You’ve got to tell him that he’s getting so old to drive a car. You’ve got to tell him that he’s getting too old to drive a car. What do you think? The answer is at the end of this post! In the two sentences above, so and too are used as adverbs. In this post I will discuss WHEN and WHEN NOT to use so and too as adverbs used to describe adjectives. I will also discuss which words and phrases can be used instead of so and too: such, so many, so much, too much and too many.~So. As an adverb, so is an intensifier. It intensifies, or makes stronger, the adjective or adverb that follows it. So is used like very, but so is a much stronger exclamation. So is used BEFORE the adjective or adverb. So + adjective/ adverb (no noun)She is so skinny. Her new boyfriend is so handsome. Don’t be so na. So CANNOT be used before an adjective + noun. X: She is so a beautiful woman. X: She is a so beautiful woman. Instead, before a noun use such: such + adjective + noun. She is such a beautiful woman! I love my new boyfriend. He’s such a great person! You live in such a nice neighbourhood. He is such a great singer! We had such a great day today! The weather was so nice. He tells such awful jokes. I love listening to them sing. They have such beautiful voices! To / in order to / so as to / so that. Note 1- 'in order to' and 'so as to' are more common before stative verbs. Other English exercises on the same. These exercises provide practice in combining various sentence structures and organizing sentences. Practice in Combining and Arranging. So much and so many can be used when you want a stronger way of saying a lot! With an uncountable noun, use so much: so much + uncountable noun. I have so much studying to do before the test tomorrow! Have you ever seen so much food? There is so much work to be done before the house is clean! What a great day for skiing! There is so much snow! So much to do, so little time! With a plural noun, use so many: so many + plural noun. I’ve never seen so many people in one place! It was a great party last night. I met so many new people! She’s really popular. She has so many friends! There are so many cards to choose from. I took so many pictures when I was on vacation! So many books to read, so little time! There are so many people to thank for this award! Special sentence structure with so: So + adjective + that clause. This sentence structure is used to talk about a result (that clause) that occurs because of. That can be left out of the sentence. The children were so quiet (that) I didn’t even know they were in the room! The cake was so good (that) we couldn’t stop eating it! She looks so different (that) I hardly recognize her! We got to the station so late we missed the train!*Adverbs can also be used in this sentence structure: She ran so fast she won the race!*Such, so many andso much can all be used in this sentence structure: It was such a good book (that) I couldn’t put it down. I read so many books last year (that) I can’t remember them all! I have so much studying to do (that) I won’t be able to go to the party tonight!~Too. Too can be used the same way as so, but it has a completely different meaning. Too is an intensifier that is used to mean more than needed, more than necessary, or more than enough. It is a negative expression. Like so, too is used BEFORE an adjective or adverb with NO noun. Too + adjective / adverb(no noun)We don’t see her very often. She lives too far away. Turn the music down. It’s too loud! She drives too fast. Don’t work too hard! Don’t stay out too late. You have to get up early tomorrow! She tried memorizing the textbook the night before the exam, but it was too little, too late. However, in two circumstances, too can be used in a positive statement: You are too funny! Sometimes another intensifier can be added in front of too: These pants are way too big on me. She is way too skinny! She isfar too young to be wearing that kind of outfit! It’s much too late to do anything about global warming.(*not to be confused with too much!)4. Too CANNOT be used before an adjective + noun. X: She is too a fat woman. X: She is a too fat woman. There is no similar word as such to use before adjective + noun. Too much and too many have a similar meaning as too. With an uncountable noun, use too much: too much + uncountable noun. I feel sick. I drank too much (alcohol) last night! I ate too much chocolate. It takes up too much time. If he has that much time to play video games, then he has way too much time on his hands! She was a famous singer by the time she was 1. The fame was too much, too soon.*Sometimes students say to me, “Teacher, I love your class too much!” This is NOT a good thing to say! Too much is a negative expression. It’s better to say, “I like your class a lot” or “I really like your class!”With a plural noun, use too many: too many + plural noun. Is it possible to have too many friends? She’s fooled me one too many times. How many TVs are too many? There are way too many cars on the road. My son is so spoiled. He has far too many toys! I’m being pulled in too many directions! Special sentence structure with too: too + adjective + infintive (to do something)This structure is used to explain why someone can’t do something. I’m too tired to go out tonight. This soup is too hot to eat. She is too young to drive a car! This box is too heavy to carry. I don’t want to go to bed yet! It’s too early (to go to bed). We’re far too young to get married. It’s too dangerous to walk around this neighbourhood at night. There’s no use getting upset. It’s too late to do anything about it now. It’s too good to be true! I can’t go to her party tonight, I have too much work to do! The house was too expensive to buy. Her offer was too good to refuse.*Adverbs can also be used: She drove too slowly to arrive on time. We got home too late to see the beginning of the TV show.*Too many and too much can also be used: There were too many people at the picnic to count. I had too much work to do yesterday. Another special sentence structure with too: too + adjective + for someone/something (+ infinitive)This sweater is too big for me to wear. We can’t go on this roller coaster. Alice is too short for this ride! I’m too old for dolls! Susan Boyle’s CD was . I can’t stand spending time with her .
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