1.Adverb clause with “ so”: ( vì vậy, do đó, cho nên ): là một liên từ (conjuntion) dùng để diễn đạt kết quả của một sự việc hoặc hành động
So + result ( vì + kết quả/ hậu quả)
Ex: Hoa worked hard, so she passed her exam [result].
(she passed the exam because she worked hard.[reason])
2.Adverb clause with “ so / such ……that” ( đến nỗi mà )
a. so + adjective / adverb + that
Jim is so intelligent that he always understands what I say.
She is so lazy that she doesn’t want to study at all.
b. such + noun + that
She is such a good student that all her teachers like her.
They are such beautiful pictures that I want to buy them all.
3.Adverb clause with “ so much / many / few / little + noun + that”
a. so much + uncountable noun + that: nhiều … đến nổi
I have so much money that I don’t know what to do with it.
b. so little + uncountable noun + that: it … đến nổi
She eats so little food that she weighs only 40 kilos
c. so many + countable noun + that: nhiều … đến nổi
I have so many friends that I can remember all their names.
d. so few + countable noun + that : ít …..đến nổi
There were so few people that we couldn’t lift the box.
Hãy so sánh với: Because + reason (bởi vì + nguyên nhân)
Ex:
We missed the beginning of the film because we arrived late. (Chúng tôi đã bỏ lỡ phần đầu của bộ phim vì chúng tôi đến trễ.)
The flight was delayed because there was fog. (Chuyến bay bị hoãn lại bởi vì có sương mù)