Cause and Effect (So/Such...That) - Writing Exercise 3

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

The box is very heavy.

I cannot lift it.

• The box is so heavy that I cannot lift it.

• The box is such heavy that I cannot lift it.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

My brother worked hard.

He passed the test.

• My brother worked so hard that he passed the test.

• My brother worked such hard that he passed the test.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

He is very ill.

The doctors don’t expect him to survive.

• He is so ill that the doctors don’t expect him to survive.

• He is such ill that the doctors don’t expect him to survive.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

My grandfather is very weak.

He cannot survive.

• My grandfather is so weak that he cannot survive.

• My grandfather is such weak that he cannot survive.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

She is very short.

She cannot touch the ceiling.

• She is so short that she cannot touch the ceiling.

• She is such short that she cannot touch the ceiling.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

William played cleverly.

John couldn’t beat him.

• William was such a clever player that John couldn’t beat him.

• William was so a clever player that John couldn’t beat him.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

The necklace was very expensive.

I couldn’t buy it.

• It was such an expensive necklace that I couldn’t buy it.

• It was so an expensive necklace that I couldn’t buy it.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

The famine was very severe.

Several people perished.

• It was such severe famine that several people perished.

• It was so severe famine that several people perished.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

The milk was very good.

We couldn’t help drinking it.

• It was such good milk that we couldn’t help drinking it.

• It was so good milk that we couldn’t help drinking it.

What is the correct combination of the sentences below?

He is very proud.

He will not ask for help.

• He is such a proud man that he will not ask for help.

• He so such a proud man that he will not ask for help.