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nent behaves as if the others were absent. 7. Further flights by unmanned spaceships
to Venus and Mars will be tried in order that these planets should be thoroughly stud-
ied. 8. Not a few scientists and medical men lost their lives before it was found out
how protection could be given against radioactive rays.
XI. Look at these pairs of sentences. Complete one sentence with so and the
other with such a.
Note! You only use ‘such’ before a noun, with or without an adjective. If a noun
is a singular countable noun, put ‘a’ (‘an’) in front of it.
You only use ‘so’ before an adjective or an adverb.
1. He was …such a… fool that no one took any notice of him.
He was ……so…... silly that no one took any notice of him.
2. The room was in ………. mess it took two hours to tidy.
The room was ………. untidy it took three hours to sort out.
3. We were ………. tired we went straight to bed when we got home.
We had had ………. tiring day that we went straight to bed.
4. It took us ………. long to get home that we missed our supper.
It took us ………. long time to get home that we missed our supper.
5. Her throat was ………. sore that she could hardly speak.
She had ………. sore throat she could hardly speak.
6. He spoke in ………. soft voice we could hardly hear him.
His voice was ………. soft we could hardly hear him.
7. I got ………. shock when I heard the news I didn’t know what to say.
I was ………. shocked when I got the news I didn’t know what to say.
8. He lived ………. long way off that we hardly ever saw him.
He lived ………. far away that we hardly ever saw him.
9. He was ………. badly injured that they took him straight to hospital.
He had suffered ………. serious injury that they took him straight to hos-
pital.
10. The children made ………. noise we could hardly hear ourselves speak.
The kids were ………. noisy we could hardly hear ourselves speak.
XII. A. Rewrite these sentences with so…that.
1. The hill was very steep. I had to get off my bike and walk.
The hill was so steep that I had to get off my bike and walk.
2. Her writing was very small. I could hardly read it.
3. The winter was bitterly cold. All the streams were frozen.
4. His favourite shoes were very badly worn. He had to throw them away.
5. He looked very young. Everyone took him for a student.
6. Ken got very excited. He kept jumping up and down.

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