1. It was difficult to deliver the letter because the sender had written the wrong address on the envelope.
2. We decided to leave early because the party was boring.
3. Rescue attempts were temporarily halted because of the bad weather.
4. They visited their friends often because they enjoyed their company.
5. Paul cannot go to the football game because of his grades.
6. Marcella was awarded a scholarship because of her superior scholastic ability.
7. Nobody ventured outdoors because of the hurricane warnings.
8. We plan to spend our vacation in the mountains because the air is purer there.
9. We have to drive around the bay because the bridge was destroyed in the storm.
10. The chickens have died because of the intense heat.
Exercise 34 : So / Such
1. The sun shone so brightly that Maria had to put on her sunglasses.
2. Dean was such a powerful swimmer that he always won the races.
3. There were such few students registered that the class was cancelled.
4. We had such wonderful memories of that place that we decided to return.
5. We had so good a time at the party that we hated to leave.
6. The benefit was so great a success that the promoters decided to repeat it.
7. It was such a nice day that we decided to go to the beach.
8. Jane looked so sick that the nurse told her to go home.
9. Those were so difficult assignments that we spent two weeks finishing them.
10. Ray called such an early hour that we weren’t awake yet.
11. The book looked so interesting that he decided to read it.
12. He worked so carefully that it took him a long time to complete the project.
13. We stayed in the sun for such a long time that we became sunburned.
14. There were so many people on the bus that we decided to walk.
15. The program was such entertaining that nobody wanted to miss it.
Connection (Conjunction)
Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word that "joins". A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence.Here are some example conjunctions:
| Coordinating Conjunctions | Subordinating Conjunctions |
| and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so | although, because, since, unless |
Form
Conjunctions have three basic forms:- Single Word
for example: and, but, because, although - Compound (often ending with as or that)
for example: provided that, as long as, in order that - Correlative (surrounding an adverb or adjective)
for example: so...that
Function
Conjunctions have two basic functions or "jobs":- Coordinating conjunctions
are used to join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal.
The two parts may be single words or clauses, for example:
- Jack and Jill went up the hill.
- The water was warm, but I didn't go swimming. - Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example:
- I went swimming although it was cold.
Position
- Coordinating conjunctions always come between the words or clauses that they join.
- Subordinating conjunctions usually come at the beginning of the subordinate clause.
