How To Use SO & SUCH

How To Use SO & SUCH

Hello and welcome to another lesson here at mmmEnglish! I’m Emma, your English Confidence Coach and today I’m going to be talking about two small but very important and very common English words: Now, these two words can be used in a few different ways in English sentences but in this lesson we’re going to focus on how they can add emphasis to your sentences.

So, how we can make the meaning stronger. … You should really get out there! Often these words have a meaning that is similar to words like ‘very’ and ‘really’ in English sentences. So, they help you to to make the meaning of your sentence stronger. So, how do you use these words effectively in English sentences? The word ‘so’ is used with an adjective or an adverb.

The word ‘such’ can be used with a noun or a noun phrase, for example: So, we’re using ‘such’ with the noun. But, be careful because a noun phrase can actually include adjectives and adverbs in it, so you need to look carefully for the noun. If you simply look at the word that is following ‘so’ or ‘such’ you might make a mistake so be careful! I went to a wedding last weekend and the bride wore such a beautiful dress. The dress was so beautiful now i’m going to give you some examples to practice with.

The next sentence that i read out i’m going to use the word ‘so’ and i want you to think about how you can change that word slightly, (change) the sentence slightly, so that you can use the word such instead. Ready? He’s so generous. He’s so generous. How can you change it to use ‘such’? You need a noun! He’s such a generous man, or guy! He’s such a generous guy. Another one! New York is such a big city.

Got to swap it back now! New York is such a big city. How can you say that sentence using ‘so’? You need to change it. New York is so big. Another one! That’s so unlucky. That’s so unlucky. What’s the noun? That’s such bad luck! ‘Luck’ is our noun. That’s such bad luck! Because I love you and because I want you to practice what you’ve learned here today, I’ve made a worksheet for you to download and practice with.

You can get it from this link, up here. I want you to actually use what you’ve been practicing today. But don’t go get it yet! There is one more thing that I want to explain to you about ‘so’. Now the word ‘so’ but not ‘such’ can be used in front of these words Now, all of these words are quantifiers and they’re used with nouns in English sentences. So, they help to tell us how much of a noun there is, the amount or the quantity of that noun.

But I’ve just taught you that you need to use ‘such’ with nouns. So, this is a bit of an exception that you need to keep in mind. For example, there are so many people here today! You’ve had so much to drink! It’s incredible but there’s been so little damage after the storm! I’m surprised that so few children turned up today!