lnfinitives

with Too and Еnough

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Сirclе T (Truе)or F (Fаlsе).
т F The man's parents
want the man to get
them a drink of water.
(сSan, т F Thе man wants his
уour rnothеr вnd I think that уou arе now old, еrlough parents to gеt him a
to gеt уaur own d,rink of aпtеr.''
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Whiсh word сomеs Wе,rе (not) young (for peop|е) to trust.
before the adjeсtive
or advеrb? Тhe tеaсhегtalked too quiсkly (foгmе) to takе notеs.
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LJ too It's(not) hard (for us) to dесidе.
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Thеy,re(not) ol d (for peop|е) to trust.

Sh е h a s n ,tс o m e often enough (for mе) to rесognize her.

It's(not) еasy (foгus) to deсide.

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EхPREssж
Unscromblethеsе words to form two sеntеncеs.

vote r She's . to . young o too She's too young to vote.

to о enоu$h о old . We,re о work
We're old enough to work.

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l. Usе too + adjесtivе/advеrb + infinitivе to l |,m too young to drive.
give a reason. (l,m not siхtееnуеt, so l сon,t drivе.)

r She isn't too young to drive.

(Shе,sovеr siхtееn,so shе сon drivе.)

r She aггivedtoo late to toke the test'

(Shе arrivedtwеntуminutеsoftеr thе tеststortеd,
so she сouldn,ttake the tеst.)

l Shе didn,t aггivеtoo late to toke thе test.

(Shе arrivedonly two minutesofter thе test
stortеd,so she сould tokе thе tеst,)

2. You сan also usе adiесtivе/advеrb + l l,m old enough to go into the aгmy.
enough + inflnltivе to givе a гeason. (l,m over еightееn,so l сon go into thе ormу.)

l Hе isn,t o|d enough to go into thе army.

(Hе isn,t eightееnуet, so hе con,tgo into the ormу.)

r | гan fast enough to poss thе physiсa|.

(l ron vеrу fost,so l possedthе phуsiсal')

l Shе didn,t run fast enough to Possthе physiсa|.

(Shе didn,t run vеry fast,so shе didn,t poss
thе physiсol')

3. Notiсe that you don,t neеd to use thе infinitive l |,m seventеenyeaгsold, and | сan,tvote yet.
when ttiе meaningis сlеarfrom thе сontext. |,mtoo young. |,m not old enough.

and enough.
Тoo сomes bеforethе adjесtivеor advеrb. l Shе,stoo old.
Enough сomes aftегthе adjесtiveor advеrb. l |,m not old enough. Noт l,m not сnetgh-оl*

4. SomеtimesWe usе for + noun or l Wе arе too young for people to trust us.
far + objeсt Pronoun bеfore thе infinitivе. (Pеoplеdon,t trust us,)

r We arе too young for thеm to trиst us.

(Thеydon,t trust us,)
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сlt00sEo Peoplе hаvе diffеrentopinions obout publiс issues.Reod еoch numbered

stаtеmentof opinion, Then circle thе lеttеrof the sentencе(a) or (b) thot bеst
summorizеsthot opinion,

1. Teenagers are rеsponsible еnough to stay out past 10:00 p.м.

permission tо stay out past 10:00 p.м.
@ Teenagers should have
b. Teenagers shouldn,t have permission to stay out past 10:00 p.м.
2. Teenagеrs are too immature to vote.
a. Teenagers should be able to votе.
b. Teenagers shouldn't be able to vote.

3. Teenagers are responsible enough to use the Internet without сensorship.

a. Teenagеrs сan use the Internеt without сensоrship.
b. Teenagers сan,t use the Internеt without сensorship.
4. Adults are toо afraid of сhange to listen to сhildren,s ideas.
a. Adults listеn to сhildren's idеas.
b. Adults don,t listen to сhildren,s idеas.

5. At age seventy, people are not too old to work.

a. At age sevеnty, people сan work.
b. At age seventy, pеople сan't wоrk.

6. Siхtееn-year-olds are not experiеnсed enough to drive at night.

a. Sixtеen-year-olds сan drive at night.
b. Sixteen-year-olds сan,t drivе at night.

UNiсRAI|BLE.Gino wonts to drivе to onothеr сitу for o concert, but hеr mother thinks
she,stoo young. Moke sеntencеswith thе words in porenthеsеs,Then writе G (Gina)
or M (Mothеr) to show whoseopinion eаch sentenсerеpresеnts.

1. You're t,oo уoung t,o be out, эo lat,e. M

( t o o / Y o u , r el y o u n g l t o / o u t / b е / s o / | a t е )

2. It's too far for us to get home by ten. M

( g e t / | t , sl | o l b у t e n / u s l t o o l h o m е / f a r l t o r )

3. I'm mature enough to take cre of myself. G

( t a k eс a r е o f / m a t u г е/ m y s е | fl | , m l t o / е n o u g h )

4. It's too dangerous to drive at night. M

( d a n g e r o u sl t o o l n i g h t / l t , s/ t o / d r i v е / a t )

5. I worry too much to give you permission. M

( t o o i g i v е l w o r r у i | / m u с h / t o / p e r m i s s i o n/ y o u )

6. You aren't experienced enough to drive that far. M

1trrаt/ еxperienсеd / drivе / arеn,t l far l enough / to / You)
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с0ПiIPIEтE
words in porеntheseswith the infinitivеond too or enough.

1. I сouldn't hear that last song. The guitar у7gg too |o-udfor me |o hear thе words.
(|oud/me/heаr)

2. Let's get tiсkets for the сonсert in Hampton. They,re cheap enough for us to afford
(сhеаp/us/аfford)

3. I hope the сonсert hall is large enough to hold all the fans!
(lаrgе / hold)

4, I hopе my mother lets mе go. This сonсert is going to be too good to miss
(good/mе/miss)

5. Let's get a pizza at Sal's. The large ones are big enough to share
(big/ sharе)

6. It,s 9:30 alrеadv. It's too late to stop for pizza.

( | а t e/ s t o p )

7, I hatе this сurfew! I think we,re old enough to stay out past 10:00!
( o | с l/ s t а y )

8. Kyle didn't get out of work early enough to come tonight.

(еar|уl сomе)

too slow to beat

9. Van, I'm playing basketball tomorrow. Are you still mе?
( s | o w/ b е a t )

10. Lеt,s find out. But I want to walk. Your сar isn't safe enough to drive
( s а f е/ d r i v е )

EDIIo Reod this student,sjournol entrу.Find ond correсteight mistokesin thе usе of
infinitivеswith too or enough. Thе first mistokеis olrеody corrеctеd.

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