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SUPERINIS

I’ll go by car so that I can take more luggage.

We left a message with his neighbour so that he would know we’d called.

We often leave out that after so in informal situations:

I’ve made some sandwiches so (that) we can have a snack on the way.

I’ll post the CD today so that you get it by the weekend. (or … so that you will get it …)

We will send you a reminder so that you arrive on time for your appointment. … so that you’ll
arrive on time …

I talked to the shy girl so that she would not feel left out.

I warned hi so tht he would not repeat the same mistake.

We started early so that. we would not be late.

We eat so that we may live.

She has moved to England so that she can perfect her English.

We send monthly reportsso that parents can assess the progress of their children.

Send the parcel express they will get it before Saturday.

We left early so that we wouldn’t get stuck in the traffic.

I worked hard so that I might pass the test.

We started early so that we wouldn't be late.

I am putting the meat in the oven now,so that it will be ready by eight o'clock.
"She hurried so that she would not be late to the party"
"I moved to Germany so that I could improve my language skills
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Combining two sentences using so…that…

So…that… is a subordinating conjunction. (prijungiamasis jungtukas)

Using so…that… we can combine clauses that show a cause and effect relationship.

Exercise 11

Combine the following sentences using so… that…

1. The box is very heavy. I cannot lift it.

2. My brother worked hard. He passed the test.

3. He is very ill. The doctors don’t expect him to survive.

4. My grandfather is very weak. He cannot walk.

5. She is very short. She cannot touch the ceiling.

6. William played cleverly. John couldn’t beat him.

7. The necklace was very expensive. I couldn’t buy it.

8. The famine was very severe. Several people perished.

9. The milk was very good. We couldn’t help drinking it.

10. He is very proud. He will not ask for help.

IN ORDER TO

I went to his office in order to meet him.

In order to reach him, I had to wait for five minutes on the line.

In order not to miss the train, I started early. (More natural than ‘Not to miss the train, I started
early.’)

Note the position of ‘not’ in the structure. It goes before to.

In order not to wake up the baby, I tiptoed into the room.

I asked her out in order to know whether she had any interest in me.
I am planning to move house in order to be closer to my place of work.

We use in order to with an infinitive form of a verb to express the purpose of something. It
introduces a subordinate clause (priklausoma, valdoma sakini). It is more common in writing than
in speaking:

Mrs Weaver had to work full-time [subordinate clause]in order to earn a living for herself and her
family of five children.

We all need stress in order to achieve and do our best work.

They never parked the big van in front of the house in order not to upset the neighbours.

These flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract butterflies.

We should plant more and more trees in order to live better and more healthy in the future.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Both sides met in order to try to resolve their differences.

EXERCISE 11 Answers

1. The box is so heavy that I cannot lift it.

2. My brother worked so hard that he passed the test.

3. He is so ill that the doctors don’t expect him to survive.

4. My grandfather is so weak that he cannot survive.

5. She is so short that she cannot touch the ceiling.

6. William played so cleverly that John couldn’t beat him.

7. The necklace was so expensive that I couldn’t buy it.

8. The famine was so severe that several people perished.

9. The milk was so good that we couldn’t help drinking it.

10. He is so proud that he will not ask for help.

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When referring to the future, we can use the present simple or will/’ll after so that. We usually use
the present simple after in order that to talk about the future:

So that (but not in order that) can also mean ‘with the result that’:

The birds return every year around March, so that April is a good time to see them.

To, in order to, so as to

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Compare the two sentences given below.

I went to his office to meet him.

I went to his office in order to meet him.

Although the second sentence is technically correct, it sounds too formal and is usually avoided.

Both to + infinitive and in order to + infinitive express the same meaning when expressing
purpose.

She worked hard to pass.

She worked hard in order to pass.

To reach him, I had to wait for five minutes on the line.

In order to reach him, I had to wait for five minutes on the line.

Before a negative infinitive, we usually prefer in order to.

In order not to miss the train, I started early. (More natural than ‘Not to miss the train, I started
early.’)

Note the position of ‘not’ in the structure. It goes before to.

In order not to wake up the baby, I tiptoed into the room.

The expression so as to can also be used to express purpose. It carries the same degree of formality
as in order to.

I am planning to move house so as to be closer to my place of work.

OR

I am planning to move house in order to be closer to my place of work.

Before stative verbs (e.g. seem, appear, know, understand, have), we normally use so as to or in
order to.

I talked to him so as to have a better understanding of the situation.

I asked her out in order to know whether she had any interest in me.