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Unit
Exercises 102

102.1 Put in so, such or such a.
1 It was a great holiday. We had such a good time.
2 Everything is expensive these days, isn’t it?
3 He always looks good. He wears nice clothes.
4 I couldn’t believe the news. It was shock.
5 What a nice garden! These are lovely flowers.
6 The party was great. It was shame you couldn’t come.
7 I was glad to see that he looked well after his recent illness.
8 I have to go. I didn’t realise it was late.
9 Why does it always take you long time to get ready?
10 Everything went wrong. We had bad luck.

102.2 Make one sentence from two. Choose from the box, and then complete the sentences using
so or such.
The music was loud. It was horrible weather. I’ve got a lot to do.
I had a big breakfast. It was a beautiful day. Her English is good.
The bag was heavy. I was surprised. The hotel was a long way.

1 It was such a beautiful day , we decided to go to the beach.
2 , she couldn’t lift it.
3 , I don’t know where to begin.
4 , I didn’t know what to say.
5 , it could be heard from miles away.
6 , we spent the whole day indoors.
7 , you would think it was her native language.
8 , it took us ages to get there.
9 , I didn’t eat anything for the rest of the day.
102.3 Put the words in the right order.
1 I got up at six this morning. I don’t usually get up so early .
(get up / early / usually / so / don’t)
2 Why ? There’s plenty of time.
(a / such / hurry / you / in / are)
3 It took us an hour to get here. I’m .
(long / it / surprised / so / took)
4 He said he worked for a company called Elcron, but .
(such / there’s / company / no)
5 I regret what I did. I don’t know why .
(such / thing / I / did / a / stupid)
6 Why ? Can’t you drive faster?
(driving / so / you / slowly / are)
7 Two months? How did you ?
(English / time / learn / short / a / such / in)
8 Why ? You could have got a cheaper one.
(expensive / you / an / phone / did / such / buy)
102.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
1 We enjoyed our holiday. We had such a good time .
2 I like Kate. She’s so .
3 I like Kate. She’s such .
4 It’s good to see you again! I haven’t seen you for so .
5 I thought the airport was near the city. I didn’t realise it was such .
6 The streets were crowded. There were so .

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