SO/SOTHAT/SO__ THAT SO —RESULT/EFFECT POR ESO “So” is used as a coordinating conjunction to show a response or a reaction. Inthe format: SENTENCE | , SO + SENTENCE 2 The first sentence is the action and the second is the response/counter action. Examples : > We stayed up late, so we were able to see the meteor storm pass. » He didn't give me his telephone number, so T couldn't call him. > My knee started hurting , so | stopped running, SO THAT — PURPOSE PARA A statement of action or intended action is followed by the preposition so and that + clause expressing purpose or goal. The subordinate clause usually includes can or could. The subordinator that may be omitted in speech but not in writing. SENTENCE | + SO THAT + SENTENCE 2 Examples : » We stayed out all night so (that)’ we could watch a meteor storm. > We took some blankets so (that) ” we could keep warm. > He didn't give me his telephone number so (that) * I couldn't call him. “that can be taken out because we have the subject and the sentence is also understood without it, O THAT TAN__ QUE So modifies or intensifies an adjective or adverb in the cause-clause. And that follows in the effect-clause with a remarkable or extraordinary comment. SENTENCE | SO + adverb / adjective + SENTENCE 2 Examples > I'm so tired that I might pass out. > He got so drunk that he forgot that his family was waiting for him with a cake. She was so happy that she broke into song. Note the difference between the sentences below: > Te trained hard so that he would win the marathon. Para ganar He trained hard with the purpose of winning the marathon. > Hetrained hard, so he won the marathon. Por eso gand He won the marathon as a result of having trained hard. > He trained so hard that he had to win the marathon. Que tuvo que ganar Because he had trained hard , his winning the marathon was inevitable. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY www.aprendeinglesenleganes.comliquidate Pulverise Devastate Take to bits Break Smash Undo Disassemble Doawaywith Separate Vaporise Knock down Take to pieces — Unbuild Pull down Stop Abolish Strike Blow up Damage Efface Dispatch Deconstruct Strip Forget Pulverize Trash Leave Dismember Decimate End Disarrange Break up Kill Quash Annihilate Topple Eliminate Pull to pieces Dispatch of Finish Deface Total Take out Extinguish Wipe off map _ Blow to bits Demolish Pull apart Unrig Ravage Take apart Ruin Fell Blow to pieces Wipe out Doin Level Bringdown Shatter Erase Dismantle Remove Crush You have to build your trust. | will builda good community for this project. She paused to build the suspense. | will build this structures within 15 days. We can build a room with upstairs. ing parts or Take down Expunge Destroy Reduce Divide Tear down Move Wreck Obliterate Drop Flatten Undermine Vaporize impair Exterminate Strip downaprendeinglesenleganes.com ‘Are you looking for material ‘to prepare for your Cambridge English Exam? somuch + sO much for (informal) If you say so much for sth, you mean that it has not been successful or helpful. * It's just started to rain! So much for our day on the beach! « He arrived half an hour late—so much for his punctuality! used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject. * So much for that — let's talk about something else. * Well, so much for the producers. But what of the consumers? only so much/many/for so long, etc. used to say that a number or amount of something is limited. * There is only so much pressure you can take before itaffects your health. « There are only so many (= only a limited number of) hours in a day. * | can only read for so long before my eyes start to get tired. so much so (that)... to such an extent that / to such a great degree + [twas a great project, so much so that it won first prize. * ‘Twas fascinated by the company, so much so that | wrote a book about it’ so MUCH uw an amount that you do not know or state exactly * By the time you've paid so much for the ferry and so much for the train fare, it would be cheaper to go by plane. so much the better {also all the better) used for saying that if something is true or possible, it will be even nicer « If you can go there this afternoon, so much the better, « |fthey can do them both at the same time, then so much the better. aprendeinglesenleganes.comHARDLY/SCARCELY/BARELY...WHEN NO SOONER...THAN Hardly had I arrived home when my phone rang. (I had hardly arrived home when my phone rang.) Scarcely had she finished reading when she fell asleep. (She had scarcely finished reading when she fell asleep.) Barely had they won the match when the coach had a heart attack. (They had barely won the match when the coach had a heart attack.) No sooner had the company launched its new product than it went bankrupt. (The company had no sooner launched its new product than it went bankrupt.) YDSFOREVER www.facebook.com/groups/ydsgrubu Se eee aa