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So…that and Too….to Notes

So…that

It shows cause and effect — one thing happens because of another.
(किसी कारण से परिणाम दिखाने के लिए प्रयोग होता है।)

🔹 Structure:

Subject + verb + so + adjective/adverb + that + clause.

or

so + adjective/adverb + that + result

🔹 Examples:

  1. He is so tired that he cannot walk.
    → वह इतना थका हुआ है कि चल नहीं सकता।
  2. The box is so heavy that I cannot lift it.
    → डिब्बा इतना भारी है कि मैं इसे उठा नहीं सकता।
  3. She spoke so fast that no one understood her.
    → उसने इतनी तेज़ी से बोला कि कोई उसे समझ नहीं सका।

✅ Rule:
“so…that” का प्रयोग तब करते हैं जब हम किसी कार्य के कारण और परिणाम दोनों को बताना चाहते हैं।

Too….to

🔹 Meaning:

It shows excess — something is more than enough, making it impossible to do something.
(किसी चीज़ की अधिकता के कारण कुछ संभव नहीं होता है।)

🔹 Structure:

too + adjective/adverb + to + verb (base form of verb)

🔹 Examples:

  1. He is too tired to walk.
    → वह चलने के लिए बहुत थका हुआ है।
  2. The box is too heavy to lift.
    → डिब्बा उठाने के लिए बहुत भारी है।
  3. She spoke too fast to understand.
    → उसने समझने के लिए बहुत तेज़ बोला।

✅ Rule:
“too…to” का अर्थ होता है — “इतना…कि नहीं कर सकता” या “बहुत ज़्यादा”
इसमें नकारात्मक अर्थ (impossibility) होता है।

Conversion:

🟢 (A) so…that → too…to

  1. He is so weak that he cannot walk.
    ➡️ He is too weak to walk.
    👉 वह चलने के लिए बहुत कमजोर है।
  2. The tea is so hot that I cannot drink it.
    ➡️ The tea is too hot to drink.
    👉 चाय पीने के लिए बहुत गरम है।
  3. She was so tired that she could not study.
    ➡️ She was too tired to study.
    👉 वह पढ़ने के लिए बहुत थकी हुई थी।
  4. It is so dark that we cannot see anything.
    ➡️ It is too dark to see anything.
    👉 इतना अंधेरा है कि कुछ दिखाई नहीं देता।
  5. He spoke so fast that I couldn’t understand him.
    ➡️ He spoke too fast to understand.
    👉 उसने समझने के लिए बहुत तेज़ बोला।

🔵 (B) too…to → so…that

  1. He is too young to drive a car.
    ➡️ He is so young that he cannot drive a car.
    👉 वह इतना छोटा है कि गाड़ी नहीं चला सकता।
  2. The box is too heavy to lift.
    ➡️ The box is so heavy that I cannot lift it.
    👉 डिब्बा इतना भारी है कि मैं इसे उठा नहीं सकता।
  3. She is too lazy to do her homework.
    ➡️ She is so lazy that she does not do her homework.
    👉 वह इतनी आलसी है कि होमवर्क नहीं करती।
  4. The question is too difficult to answer.
    ➡️ The question is so difficult that I cannot answer it.
    👉 प्रश्न इतना कठिन है कि मैं इसका उत्तर नहीं दे सकता।
  5. He was too sick to go to school.
    ➡️ He was so sick that he could not go to school.
    👉 वह इतना बीमार था कि स्कूल नहीं जा सका।

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