2.1.- Clauses of Result.

These clauses are used when we want to express the result or consequence of an action. These sentences start explaining the reason and they give the result in the end.

Result clauses are normally introduced with: so, consequently, for this reason, as a result, therefore.

• We use “so and consequently” to join two clauses. We also use “and therefore” and “and as a result” to join two clauses.
  • Shakira was ill, so she could not sing.
  • We all heard of his accident and as a result we didn’t go out.
• We use therefore and as a result at the beginning of a new sentence.
  • We are not interested in those articles. Therefore, we are not going to order any of them.
  • She fell off her bike. As a result, she had to go to hospital.
• We also use so + adjective + that or such + (adj) (a) noun + that, when we speak about the result of something.
  • So + adjective + that:
    • The exam was so easy that everybody passed it.
    • It was so cold that nobody went out.
  • Such + (adj) (a) noun + that:
    • It was such a difficult exam that nobody passed it.
    • He is such a good teacher that all his students want to go to his classes.

When the noun is plural or uncountable, we don’t use the article “a”.

• They were such beautiful flowers that I couldn’t cut them.
• They were carrying such heavy luggage that they had to hire two taxis.