Chapter 6

“TOO & ENOUGH “

A piano is too heavy to lift

Task 1 Study the following material

How to use ‘enough’ with adjectives and nouns

I have Rp. 4.000.000 and I want to buy this car:

Unfortunately this car costs Rp 25.100.000

I don’t have enough money. The car is very expensive and I will never be rich enough to buy it.
Look at the sentence above, it uses enough in two different ways. Can you see them? What is different
about the way we use enough?

There are two examples in the sentence. Let’s look at them separately:
1. "I don’t have enough money."
Money is a noun, so it comes after enough.
2. "I will never be rich enough."
Rich is an adjective so it comes before enough.
Let’s look at the two rules:
1. Enough + noun e.g. "There is not enough food for everybody, go and buy some more."
2. Adjective + enough e.g. "He is not tall enough to play basketball."
Remember! Adjective before, noun after.

Task 2 Complete the sentences with enough/not enough or not ___ enough and words from the box.

Fast – big – time – hot – beds – water

1. He wants to be a sumo wrestler but he's .

2. I am so busy! I want to sit and watch T.V but I just don't have .

3. He tried to win the race but he came third, he wasn't

4. This bath is freezing! The water is

 5. You will have to sleep on the floor there are

6. There is to make a cup of tea! What is wrong with the pipes?

Task 3 Study the following material

Very and Too + adjective

1. The exam is very difficult, but Jim can complete it.
2. The exam is too difficult. Jim can't complete it.
Very difficult = it is difficult but possible for Jim to complete the exam.
Too difficult = It is impossible for Jim to complete the exam.
Remember that Too implies a negative result.

Too + adjective + infinitive

• Alex couldn't play basketball because he was too short.
• Alex was too short to play basketball.
• We are too tired to go to the gysm.
• Mary was too ill to finish her food.

Too + adjective + for (someone) + infinitive

• I can't walk to Valparaiso because it is too far.
• Valparaiso is too far for me to walk.
• It is too late for me to go out.
• The soup is too cold for Tim to eat.
• The price of the ticket is too expensive for Mike to fly to Europe.

Enough + noun
There was sufficient food for everybody at the party.
• There was enough food for everybody at the party.
• I had enough money to pay for dinner with my girlfriend.
• Is there enough time to finish the test?

Adjective + Enough
Everybody notices her because she is very pretty.
• She is pretty enough for everybody to notice her.
• My friend lives close enough to my house to walk.
• Last summer it was hot enough to go swimming every day.

Enough + infinitive
• When she lost her dog, it was enough to make her cry.
• He was sick enough to stay home from work today.
• I arrived at the airport early enough to make my flight to New York.
Task 4 Fill in the correct word (too or enough).

1. I left the coffee for a minute to cool because it was.......... hot to drink.
2. He wasn't strong.......... to lift that heavy box.
3. There aren't ..........policemen in our town.
4. Do you have ..........information to help me with this problem?
5. It is.......... difficult to do for a little child.
6. I do not have ..........much time to prepare dinner.
7. I didn't buy the car because it was ..........expensive.
8. He didn't work hard ............to pass the exam.
9. My mum can't sleep because she drinks ..........much coffee.
10. She isn't old ..........to start driving.

Task 5 Choose the correct answer.

1. There were ....... many questions to answer so I only did three. (too / enough)
2. The coffee was .... to drink so I left it for a minute to cool. (hot enough / too hot)
3. The room wasn't ....... so I turned the heating on ( hot enough / too hot)
4. I didn't buy the jacket because it was ........(big enough / too big)
5. The shoes were ..... so I didn't buy them (small enough / too big)
6. It's far ....... to fit inside the bag (too big / small enough)
7. It was far ....... to pick up (too heavy / heavy enough)
8. I didn't get it because it was ....... (too expensive / expensive enough)
9. I haven't got ....... to take a holiday this year (too much time / enough time)
10. It was ...... to carry (heavy enough / too heavy)

Task 6 Common Mistakes

Error and Solution

ERROR
*Your wife is too beautiful.
("too" alone means excessive; too beautiful = unnatural)
*Your baby is beautiful enough.
("enough" alone means barely acceptable; tolerable)
People drive too much fast on the streets.
 SOLUTION

Your wife is very beautiful.

(BUT: This clothing is too beautiful to wear while working.)
Your baby is very beautiful.
Your baby is beautiful enough to be in a commercial. (It requires explanation.)
People drive too fast (adjective)
People drive much too fast on the streets.

Task 7 make a sentence by arranging the following order into a good one.

1. Time / to go to the park tomorrow / i don’t have / enough.

I don’t have enough time to go to the park tomorrow.
2. To touch the ceiling / too / i’m / short.
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3. To pay his bills / money / Tom doesn’t have / enough.
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4. For me / this tea is / hot / to drinkk / too.
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5. To eat breakfast this morning / time / I didn’t have / enough.
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6. Enough / to stay home alone / old / Susie isn’t.
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Task 8 Combine the following sentence using too.

1. We can’t go swimming today. It’s very cold.

It’s too cold (for us) to go swimming today.
2. I couldn’t finish my homework last night. I was very sleepy.
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3. This jacket is very small. I can’t wear it.
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4. Mike couldn’t go to his aunt’s housewarming party. He was very busy.
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 5. I live far from school. I can’t walk there.
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6. Some movies are very violent. Children shouldn’t watch them.
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Task 9 Combine using enough

1. I can’t reach the top shelf. I’m not that tall.

I’m not tall enough to reach the topshelf.
2. I can’t lift a horse. I’m not that strong.
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3. It’s not warm today. We can’t go outside in shorts and sandals.
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4. I didn’t stay home and miss work. I wasn’t really sick, but I didn’t feel good all day.
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Task 10 analyze the following sentence and rewrite the correct one.

1. Last night too tired no do my homework.

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2. Is easy this exercise to do.
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3. I was to sleepy to finish my homework last night.
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4. Timmy isn’t enough old to get married.
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5. Is difficult to learn a second language.
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