eg: so dangerous / badly / nerous

Such is followed by indefinite article + adjective + noun, where the noun is countable, or no article where it is uncountable.

eg: such an unhappy boy / a dangerous drug / loud music

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a. Make up sentences in different ways

　1. He is so young that he isn't fit for the job.

　2. You are running so quickly that I can't catch up with you.

Suggested answers:

　1.1 He is such a young man that he isn't fit for the job.

　1.2 He is so young a man that he isn't fit for the job.

1.1 You are running quickly, so that I can't catch up with you.

b. Join the two sentences together using so or such.

1. It was a rainy morning. I couldn't do morning exercises.

2. He is a clever boy. He learnt to play the piano at the age of five.

3. It was stormy last night. The meeting was canceled.

4. The cost of treatment is very dear. Few addicts can get help.

Suggested answers:

1. It was such a rainy morning that such a rainy morning that I couldn't do morning exercises.

2. He is such a clever boy that he learnt to play the piano at the age of five.

3. It was so stormy last night that the meeting was canceled.

4. The cost of treatment is so dear that few addicts can get help.

【Homework】

Finish the grammar exercise on page 73.