Question

[Trần Khánh Huyền]

Conmbine these pairs of sentences using "so.........that" :
1. Tom was a tall man. He could almost touch the ceiling.
2. Mary is a good swimmer. She has won two gold medals.
3. He drank strong coffee. He couldn't go to sleep.
4. It was a long walk. The children got tired.
5. He told interesting stories. They all like him.
6. The boy made rapid progress. It surprised everybody.
7. He had a difficult exercise. He couldn't do it.
8. The speaker gave a long talk. Most of the audience felt sleepy.
9. We watched an exciting competition. We didn't want to go home.
10. It was an excellent show. We al enjoyed it.

Answer 1

[Hoàng Hạnh Nguyễn]

Conmbine these pairs of sentences using "so.........that" :
1. Tom was a tall man. He could almost touch the ceiling.

Tom was so tall a man that he could almost touch the ceiling.
2. Mary is a good swimmer. She has won two gold medals.

Mary is so good a swimmer that she has won two gold medals.
3. He drank strong coffee. He couldn't go to sleep.

The coffee he drank was so strong that he couldn't go to sleep.
4. It was a long walk. The children got tired.

It was so long a walk that the children got tired.
5. He told interesting stories. They all like him.

The stories he told were so interesting that they all like him.
6. The boy made rapid progress. It surprised everybody.

The progress the boy made was so rapid that it surprised everybody.
7. He had a difficult exercise. He couldn't do it.

He had so difficult an exercise that he couldn't do it.
8. The speaker gave a long talk. Most of the audience felt sleepy.

The speaker gave so long a talk that most of the audience felt sleepy.
9. We watched an exciting competition. We didn't want to go home.

We watched so exciting a competition that we didn't want to go home.
10. It was an excellent show. We all enjoyed it.

The show was so excellent that we all enjoyed it.