1.1. Reason clauses 

An adverb reason clause answers the question “Why?” A reason clause can come before or after the independent clause in a sentence. 

Reason Subordinators 

1.2. Result clauses 

An adverb result clause expresses the effect or consequence of the information in the independent clause. A result clause follows the independent clause in a sentence. 

LANGUAGE PRACTICE


Complete the sentences with “so/such” 

1. She is ...........funny! She always makes me laugh.
2. Sarah and Ed are .........crazy people! I never know what they are going to do next.
3. James has .........much money that he could actually buy that Ferrari.
4. Martha is........ a good cook that she is writing her own book of family recipes. 5. The movie was......... good that I saw it five times.
6. Terry speaks English........ fluently that I thought he was American.
7. There was .........little interest in his talk that the room was half empty by the time he stopped speaking.
8. That new song is ........cool that it hit the top ten within a week of being released. 9. She has ........many hats that she needs two closets to store them all.
10. That takes.......... little time and effort that you might as well do it yourself. 

Read each clause below. Then write another clause to complete the sentence using the words in parentheses. 

1. The woman has taken off her shoes (because/ tight) .............................................................................. 

2. The weather is so cold that.........................................(children/ swim) 

3. She can’t print her document (as/ out of paper) 
............................................................................... 

4. (Now that/ spring) ................................., most of the snow has melted. 

5. We ate in the garden (because/ nice day) 
....................................................