THAT’S ENGLISH! – MODULE 11 – UNIT 8 (I NEED A HERO) •
GRAMMAR •
INVERSION WITH SO AND SUCH
Remember we use so + adjective / adverb (that…) or such (a/an) + adjective + noun (that…) to emphasise qualities. He’s become so famous that he seems to have lost his right to privacy. She's such an enthusiastic person! They’re such great artists that their works are priceless. • In written or more literary language, we can start a sentence with so or such. In this case, the rest of the sentence takes the structure of a question (i.e. auxiliary verb before the subject). So quickly did the fire spread that it seemed impossible to put it out. Such was the force of the wind that all ships had to return to port.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammarchallenge/pdfs/11_sosuch_ practice.pdf
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/inversion-with-so-such-and-asexercises.html
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WHAT CLAUSE + BE
• We can use this structure to emphasise one part of the sentence (the part underlined in the examples below). The way he dealt with the press was amazing. What was amazing was the way he dealt with the press. You need a good opportunity. What you need is a good opportunity. The encouragement from his friends gave him strength. What gave him strength was the encouragement from his friends. • If what we want to emphasise is a clause, we need to introduce it with the fact that. He sold a million copies of his book and that was amazing. What was amazing was the fact that he sold a million copies of his book. • If we want to emphasise an action, we need to use the verb do. They were trying to fool you. What they were trying to do was fool you. I can give you advice. What I can do is give you advice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-80zSEMCrgw
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-14/session-1
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-clause-1692605 Rewrite the sentences to begin with what.