Complete the following sentences using so or such.

1. She is ………………………. A nice girl.

2. You are ……………………….. sweet.

3. It was …………………………….. a terrible experience.

4. There was ……………………………… much trouble that we had to call the police.

5. I have never seen …………………………… much violence in my life.

6. I have never seen …………………………. A lovely woman.

7. I have never been under …………………………….. much pressure.

8. The news was …………………………… distressing that I couldn’t sleep all night.

9. I didn’t buy the watch because it was …………………………… expensive.

10. I took ………………………… much time to finish the job.

Answers

1. She is such a nice girl.

2. You are so sweet.

3. It was such a terrible experience.

4. There was so much trouble that we had to call the police.

5. I have never seen so much violence in my life.

6. I have never seen such a lovely woman.

7. I have never been under so much pressure.

8. The news was so distressing that I couldn’t sleep all night.

9. I didn’t buy the watch because it was so expensive.

10. I took so much time to finish the job.

Notes

So and such are often confused. They can both be used to mean ‘to that extent’ or ‘that much’. So can be followed by an adjective (without a noun) or an adverb.

So can also be used before the quantifiers much, many, few and little.

We use such before adjective + noun.