2. as though

1. S + be + such (+ N) that-clause. → Such + be + S + that-clause. S + be + so + Adj + that-clause. → So Adj + be + S + that-clause.

Example:

1. His anguish was such that he resolved to

do the thing he did best: make music.→ Such was his anguish that he resolved to do the thing he did best: make music.

1. S + be + such (+ N) that-clause. → Such + be + S + that-clause. S + be + so + Adj + that-clause. → So Adj + be + S + that-clause.

Example:

2. He is so brave that we all admire him a lot.→ So brave is he that we all admire him a lot.

1. S + be + such (+ N) that-clause. → Such + be + S + that-clause. S + be + so + Adj + that-clause. → So Adj + be + S + that-clause.

Rewrite the following sentences by using one of the above patterns. Follow the examples.

Exercise A

1. Her shock was such that she dropped her bag.

→Such was her shock that she dropped her bag.

2. Mother Teresa’s unselfish love for the poor is such that we admire her a lot.

→ Such is Mother Teresa’s unselfish love for the poor that we admire her a lot.

3. The extent of the disaster was such that the local authorities were quite unable to handle it.

→ Such was the extent of the disaster that the local authorities were quite unable to handle it.

4. The performance was so great that the audience cheered.

→ So great was the performance that the audience cheered.

5. The room was so tiny that they couldn’t get a piano into it.

→ So tiny was the room that they couldn’t get a piano into it.

→ So violent was the typhoon that many trees were pulled up by the roots.

6. The typhoon was so violent that many trees were pulled up by the roots.

Look at the pictures below first. Then, match the phrases in the left box with the sentences in the right and rewrite them according to the patterns above. The first one has been done for you.

Exercise B

1. Helen’s beauty

2. Bill’s surprise

3. Bill’s joy

4. Bill/hurried

5. Bill/embarrassed

•He refused to leave the dressing room.•He packed the wrong boots into his bag.•Bill’s face blushed whenever she talked to him.•He rushed back home and packed immediately.•He could hardly believe his ears as Helen asked him to ski with her.

Such was Helen’s beauty that Bill’s face blushed whenever she talked to him.

1.

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2.Such was Bill’s surprise that he could hardly believe his ears as Helen asked him to ski with her.

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3.Such was Bill’s joy that he rushed back home and packed immediately.

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4.So hurried was Bill that he packed the wrong boots into his bag.

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5.So embarrassed was Bill that he refused to leave the dressing room.

Example:

1. It was as though we had witnessed that horrifying massacre ourselves. (But, in fact, we didn’t.)

2. as though

2. The man speaks to the girl as though he was/were her friend. (But, in fact, he is not.)

Complete the following sentences with the given words and the above pattern. The first one has been done for you.

Exercise A

The young man felt as though he was/were the king of the world. (he/the king of the world). But, in fact, he is not.

1.

Bob acts _________________________________ (it/not his fault). But, in fact, it is.

2. as though it was/were not his fault

The student talks ___________________________________________ (he/as smart as/Einstein). But, in fact, he is not.

3. as though he was/were as smart as Einstein

He ate ____________________________________ (he/not eat for days). But, in fact, he did.

4. as though he hadn’t eaten for days

He ran very fast ________________________________________ (he/be chased by/lion). But, in fact, he wasn’t.

5. as though he had been chased by a lion

Complete the following passage with the given sentences and the above pattern. The first one has been done for you.

Exercise B

* They were nothing but passing wind.* He had been protected by a divine shield.* It was the most precious thing in the world.* He was going to give a performance in the opera house.* He was one of the people who lost his beloved

in the shelling.

It was May 27th, 1992 in Sarajevo. A group of people was standing in a breadline, waiting for their share of a food supply. They looked at the bread attentively 1as though it was/were the most precious thing in the world. Suddenly, a mortar shell fell from the sky. Twenty-two innocent people, including children, were killed.

Witnessing the terrible sight, Vedran Smailovic, chief cellist of the Sarajevo Opera Orchestra, got a feeling of sadness and outrage 2 . On the next day, at 4P.M., Smailovic put on his full, formal concert dress 3

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as though he was/were one of the people who lost his beloved in the shelling

as though he was/were going to give a performance in the opera house

He took his cello to the crater and started playing a concert to the abandoned streets. Bullets flew all around him. Smailovic neglected those bullets 4

. He was never hurt 5

. Day after day, he made his unimaginably courageous stand for those lost to war, for civilization, for human dignity, and for peace.

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