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Home > Articles > English lessons > Giving examples in English with “SUCH AS”

Giving examples in English with “SUCH AS”

27th January 2018 by Andrew 1 Comment

We use “such as” to give a list of examples of something we say.

Example:

Rock group
Mark: What kind of music do you like?
Andrew: I like groups such as Radiohead, New order, Placebo and REM.

The words after “such as” are the examples of groups that I like. If there are several examples, we separate them with commas. We separate the last example with “and”.


More examples:

Hard drive
The shop sells computer parts such as keyboards, screens and disk drives.

Brad Pitt

Actors such as Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have made lots of films.

Twitter logo

Websites such as facebook and twitter are very popular.

Tokyo

In big cities such as London and Tokyo, accommodation is very expensive.

Online English lessons and conversation

“such as?” – Short questions

We can ask the short question “Such as?” to ask someone to give us some examples. This is common in spoken English. The person answering the question will often start the sentence with “Such as” and then give the list of examples.

Examples:

Egypt
Mark: “There are many countries I would like to visit.”
Jane: “Such as?”
Mark: “Such as Spain, Italy and Egypt.”
(Jane is asking Mark to give examples of countries that he would like to visit.)

Doctor
Image by photostock | FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Doctor: Drinking alcohol can cause many health problems.
Jane: Such as?
Doctor: Such as cancer and liver disease.

(When Jane asks “Such as?”, she is asking the doctor to give her examples of health problems cause by alcohol.)

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