Exercise 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. The furniture was too old to keep. → It was ________________________________________. 2. He can't afford to buy the car. → The car ______________________________________. 3. The play is so popular that the theatre is likely to be full every night. → Such is ________________________________________. 3. Alice lost all her hope; she decided to stop her business. → Such was ______________________________________. 4. He is very strong. He can lift the box. → He is __________________________________________. 5. He ate a lot of food. He became ill. → He ate ________________________________________. 6. He bought lots of books. He didn't know where to put them. → He bought ____________________________________. 7. He is a very lazy boy. No one likes him. → He is such ____________________________________. 8. The coffee is too hot . I can't drink it. → The coffee is too _____________________________. 9. Her voice is very soft. Everyone likes her. → Her voice is so _______________________________. 10. He is so weak. He can’t run. → He is too _____________________________________. 11. The tea was very hot. He couldn’t drink it. → The tea was so ______________________________. 12. The weather is so bad that we can’t go out. → The weather is too _________________________. 13. The film was so boring that we couldn’t go on seeing it. → It was such _________________________________. 14. He was so old that he couldn’t run fast. → He was such ________________________________. 15. He spoke so fast that we couldn’t understand him. → So fast ______________________________________. 16. The fair was so noisy that we couldn’t hear each other. → The fair was too ____________________________. 17. You speak so fast that I can’t catch up with your words. → You are such ________________________________. 18. It is so early that we can’t go out. → It is too ______________________________________. 19. The water is too hot for me to drink. → The water is so _____________________________. 20. The restaurant is expensive so we can’t eat in that restaurant. → The restaurant is so _______________________. Exercise 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. He studied badly and he couldn’t pass the exam. → He studied so ______________________________________. 2. He isn’t very intelligent. He can do it. → He isn’t _____________________________________________. 3. He has a lot of money. He can buy a car. → He has so __________________________________________. 4. The room is so untidy that it took us one hour to clean it. → It is _________________________________________________. 5. The man is so fool that no one took any notice of him. → He is________________________________________________. 6. The film is so long that they can’t broadcast it on one night. → It is _________________________________________________. 7. The books are so interesting that we have read them many times. → They are____________________________________________. 8. The news was so bad that she burst into tears on hearing it. → It was_______________________________________________. 9. The food was so hot that it burned my tongue. → It was_______________________________________________. 10. There is so much rain that we can’t go out. → It____________________________________________________. 11. The boy is so fat that every calls him Stuffy. → He is________________________________________________. 12. The milk is so excellent that all the children want some more. → It is_________________________________________________. 13. The weather was so warm that they had a walk in the garden. → It was_______________________________________________. 14. There were so many people in the hall that we couldn't see him. → So many people ___________________________________. 15. The match was so exciting that all the fans shouted loudly. → It was_______________________________________________. 16. They drank so much coffee that they couldn't sleep all night. → So much____________________________________________. 17. Alice had so many exercises to do that she couldn't go out. → Alice had such______________________________________. 18. The woman was so poor that she needed everyone's help. → She was_____________________________________________. 19. The boy is too young to walk to school alone. → He was so young___________________________________. 20. The car was very rusty and they could travel far in that car. → The car was too_____________________________________.