Question

EXERCISE S : Rewrite each of these sentences twice, using (a) too... to and (b) so
shown below:
that
This tree is very high. I cannot climb it.
This tree is too high for me to climb.
This tree is so high that I cannot climb it.
He is very foolish. He cannot understand you.
2 He is very bad. He does not deserve any sympathy.
& The girl was very timid. She could not go alone.
Your writing is quite illegible. I cannot read it.
5 He speaks very fast. He cannot be followed.
6 He is very innocent. He should not be deceived.
7. The pan is very hot. It cannot be touched.
& She is very beautiful. Her beauty cannot be expressed in words.
9 The river is very wide. He cannot swim across
10. She was very excited. She could not speak.​

Answer 1

$\footnotesize\text{1. He is very foolish. He cannot understand you. \: \: \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{He is too foolish to understand you. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \:}} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{He is so foolish that he cannot understand you.}}$

$\footnotesize\text{2. He is very bad. He does not deserve any sympathy. } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{He is too bad to deserve any sympathy. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{He is so bad that he doesn't deserve any sympathy.}}$

$\footnotesize\text{3. The girl was very timid. She could not go alone. \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{The girl was too timid to go alone. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{The girl was so timid that she could not go alone.}}$

$\footnotesize\text{4. Your writing is quite illegible. I cannot read it.} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{Your writing is not too illegible to be read by \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text \green{me. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: } \\\footnotesize\text{= \orange{Your writing is not so illegible that it cannot \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text\orange{be read by me. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }$

$\footnotesize\text{5. He speaks very fast. He cannot be followed. \: \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{He speaks too fast to be followed. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{He speaks so fast that he cannot be followed.}}$

$\footnotesize\text{6. He is very innocent. He should not be deceived. \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{He is too innocent to be decided. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{He is so innocent that he should not be decided.}}$

$\footnotesize\text{7. The pan is very hot. It cannot be touched. \: \: \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{The pan is too hot to be touched. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{The pan is so hot that it cannot be touched.}}$

$\footnotesize\text{8. She is very beautiful. Her beauty cannot be \: \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{expressed in words. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{She is too beautiful to express her beauty in \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text \green{words. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{She is so beautiful that her beauty cannot be}} \\ \footnotesize\text \orange{expressed in words. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }$

$\footnotesize\text{9. The river is very wide. He cannot swim across it. \: \: \: \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{The river is too wide to be swam accross by him. \: \: \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{The river is so wide that he cannot swim accross it.}}$

$\footnotesize\text{10. She was very excited. She could not speak. \: } \\ \footnotesize\text{= \green{She was too excited to be spoken. \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: }} \\ \footnotesize\text{= \orange{She was so excited that she could not speak.}}$