Curso TOEFL TEST :: Evaluation # 2

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
PART A: STRUCTURE

LESSON # 58

More cause-and-result

S = Subject; V = Verb; ADJ = Adjective; NS = Noun Singular

S    V     such  a    ADJ    NS    that    S         V

It   was   such   a   lovely   day   that   we   went out

or ...

S = Subject; V = Verb; ADJ = Adjective; NS = Noun Singular

S     V    so    ADJ    a   NS   that     S          V

It   was   so   lovely   a   day   that    we    went out

Avoid using so instead of such before a.

Avoid omitting a from the patterns.

S = Subject; V = Verb; ADJ = Adjective;
NP
= Noun Plural; UN = Uncountable Noun

                                       NP
    S     V   such  ADJ    UN    that S         V

They  are  such   long  books  that  I  can't finish  them
This     is   such  good  news   that  I     will call    them

Avoid using so instead of such.

EXAMPLE:

Incorrect:

It was so interesting book that he couldn't put it down.

Correct:

It was such an interesting book that he couldn't put it down.

 

It was so interesting a book that he couldn't put it down.

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