All questions of Intensifiers for EmSAT Achieve Exam
"It was so dark" correctly conveys the cause-effect relationship where the darkness prevented visibility. "Dark enough" implies sufficient darkness, and "too dark" would not fit naturally with the second clause.
"Much" is the correct word because it is used with uncountable nouns like "food." "Many" is used with countable nouns, and "enough" does not fit the sentence structure.
"So hard" is the correct choice because it emphasizes the effort Jake puts into his work. "Too hard" would imply a negative excess, and "hard enough" does not match the tone of the sentence.
Option B is incorrect because it lacks a specific object after "too many." For example, it should be "Clara eats too many sweets." Options A and C are grammatically correct.
Option B is correct because "such a" is properly used with an adjective and a singular countable noun. Options A and C have incorrect placements of "such."
"So" is the correct choice because it intensifies the adjective "funny" in a positive way. "Too" would suggest an excess with a negative outcome, and "much" is not used in this context.
Option B logically follows "so rich that," showing the result of his wealth. Options A and C do not align with the cause-effect structure suggested by "so rich that."
The word "too" is used incorrectly in Option C. "Too" implies an excess that leads to a negative outcome, but describing someone as "too beautiful" does not fit this context. The sentences in Options A and B correctly use "too" to describe excess with an implied negative connotation.
"Such a" is correct because it fits the grammatical structure to describe a singular countable noun ("house"). "Such" and "so" do not fit here without additional modification.
Option C is correct because "enough" is correctly placed before the noun "sleep" to indicate adequacy. In Options A and B, "enough" is incorrectly placed; it should be used before adjectives ("tall enough") and after nouns ("enough tea").