The Usage of Such ... That
English Grammar Such ... that Usage
“Such … That”
Such…that… is a correlative
conjunction.
Rule: 1
We can use “Such … That” to expresses a cause and effect. And also, it is used to express
extreme feelings or an opinion about something.
Grammar Usage: “Such + Adjective + Noun + That + Result”
We can use “such” with “adjective + noun+ that”
to explain a Cause and Effect.
Cause:
Pavani is a very charming girl.
Effect:
Everybody stares at her.
Note: such a very charming... "very" is dropped.
Eg. Pavani is such a
charming girl that everybody stares at
her.
(charming-adjective, girl-noun)
Cause: Rahul
has beautiful eyes.
Effect: I
can’t take my eyes off him.
Rahul has such
beautiful eyes that I can’t take my eyes
off him.
(beautiful-adjective, eyes-noun)
Cause:
Bahubali was a good movie.
Effect: Many
people watched it.
Bahubali was such a
good movie that many people watched it.
(good-adjective, movie-noun)
Cause: It was
an expensive shoe.
Effect: I
decided to buy it.
It was such an expensive shoe that I decided to buy it.
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Rule: 2
We can use “Such … That” to express to give a reason.
It was a very hot day. We stopped playing.
Now we can combine these two sentences using
such…that
It was such a hot day that we stopped playing.
Note: such a very hot day... "very" is dropped.
Ø Because very cannot be followed directly by that-clauses.
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Combine the following sentences using such…that
1. My friend asked a
very foolish question. Everybody laughed at him.
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2. My uncle spoke with great passion. All listeners were
moved to tears.
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3. It was a hot whole day. Nobody could do any work.
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4. It was a very interesting novel. I read it in one
sitting.
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5. Mohan used very bad words. I couldn’t help but slap him.
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6. The boy has very fine manners. Everyone likes him.
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7. Russia is a big country. It has eleven time zones.
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Answers
1. My friend asked such a foolish question that everybody
laughed at him.
2. My uncle spoke with such passion that all listeners were
moved to tears.
3. It was such a hot whole day that nobody could do any
work.
4. It was such an interesting novel that I read it in one
sitting.
5. Mohan used such bad words that I couldn’t help but slap
him.
6. The boy has such fine manners that everyone likes him.
7. Russia is such a big country that it has eleven time
zones.
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