Hello and welcome to another lesson here
at mmmEnglish! I'm Emma, your English
Confidence Coach and today I'm going to
be talking about two small but very
important and very common English words:
Now, these two words can be
used in a few different ways in English
sentences but in this lesson we're going
to focus on how they can add emphasis to
your sentences. So, how we can make the
meaning stronger.
... You should really get out there! Often these
words have a meaning that is similar to
words like 'very' and 'really' in English
sentences. So, they help you to to make
the meaning of your sentence stronger.
So, how do you use these words effectively
in English sentences? The word 'so' is
used with an adjective or an adverb.
The word 'such' can be used
with a noun or a noun phrase, for example:
So, we're using 'such' with the noun. But, be
careful because a noun phrase can
actually include adjectives and adverbs
in it, so you need to look carefully for
the noun. If you simply look at the word
that is following 'so' or 'such' you might
make a mistake so be careful! I went to a
wedding last weekend and the bride wore
such a beautiful dress. The dress was so
beautiful now i'm going to give you some
examples to practice with. The next
sentence that i read out i'm going to
use the word 'so' and i want you to think
about how you can change that word
slightly, (change) the sentence slightly, so that
you can use the word such instead. Ready?
He's so generous. He's so generous. How
can you change it to use 'such'? You need a noun!
He's such a generous man, or guy! He's
such a generous guy. Another one! New
York is such a big city. Got to swap it
back now! New York is such a big city. How
can you say that sentence using 'so'? You
need to change it. New York is so big.
Another one! That's so unlucky. That's so
unlucky. What's the noun? That's such bad luck!
'Luck' is our noun. That's such bad luck!
Because I love you and because I want
you to practice what you've learned here
today, I've made a worksheet for you to
download and practice with. You can get
it from this link, up here. I want you to
actually use what you've been practicing
today. But don't go get it yet! There is
one more thing that I want to explain to
you about 'so'. Now the word 'so' but not
'such' can be used in front of these words
Now, all of these words are quantifiers and
they're used with nouns in English
sentences. So, they help to tell us how
much of a noun there is, the amount or
the quantity of that noun. But I've just
taught you that you need to use 'such'
with nouns. So, this is a bit of an
exception that you need to keep in mind.
For example, there are so many people here today!
You've had so much to drink!
It's incredible but there's been so
little damage after the storm!
I'm surprised that so few children turned up today!
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