TENSE TUESDAY: 'SO' A 'THAT' CLAUSE
31 / 01 / 2017
Relative Clauses
TENSE TUESDAY: 'SO' A 'THAT' CLAUSE: meaning and examples
Good morning, everyone!
Last week for Tense Tuesday we looked at SO ADVERB for extreme actions. An example is sentence 2 below:
Example 1: He runs quickly.
Example 2: He runs so quickly!
The addition of SO is for emphasis: in Example 2, the speaker is much more surprised by the runner's speed.
We can also use a SO ADJECTIVE combination. With this, SO ADJECTIVE is followed by a relative clause that begins with THAT.
Example 1: He was so tired that he fell asleep while eating his dinner.
Example 2: I was so nervous that I couldn't eat.
Example 3: My Mom is so concerned that I'm working too hard.
If you don't remember what a RELATIVE CLAUSE is, check out our post on this subject:
https://www.ziggurat.es/leccion_ingles/2689
That's all for today. I hope you are so inspired that you will continue learning English for the rest of the day! Or perhaps you have to work...
