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TOO and ENOUGH

a. That box is too heavy for Bob to lift Dalam pikiran si pembicara, penggunaan too untuk menjelaskan
bandingkan suatu hasil yang negatif.
b. That box is very heavy, but Bob can lift it Dalam (a) : too heavy = It is impossible for Bob to lift that box.
Dalam (b) : very heavy = It is possible but difficult for Bob to lift that
box.
c. I am strong enough to lift that box. I can Enough ditempatkan sebelum adjective
lift it.

ADVERB + ENOUGH
1. She speaks English well enough
adverb

2. He drove a car fast enough

adverb

3. He flies to New York frequently enough

adverb

ENOUGH + NOUN
1. Do you have enough sugar for the cake ?
2. He doesn’t enough money to attend the concert
3. My mother didn’t bring enough candies

Pola kalimat :
A. It + to be + [not] + too + adjective + [for + pronoun] + infinitive + object (Bentuk positive dan negative)

B. It + to be + [not] + adjective + enough + [for + pronoun] + infinitive + object (Bentuk positive dan negative)

C. To be + It + too + adjective + [for + pronoun] + infinitive + object ? (Bentuk Tanya)

D. To be + It + adjective + enough + [for + pronoun] + infinitive + object ? (Bentuk Tanya)

Catatan :
Subjectnya menggunakan ‘it’ namun boleh juga menggunakan subject Pronouns, seperti :
a. She is happy enough to receive a letter = It is happy enough for her to receiver a letter
b. He is too young to play football = it is too young for him to play football

TOO + ADJECTIVE

ADJECTIVE + enough

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 Exercises
Exercises ::

A. Complete these sentences using enough with one of the following words
big old warm well cups money qualification room time

1. She can’t get married yet. She’s not ENOUGH

2. Tom would like to buy a car but he hasn’t got ENOUGH MONEY
3. I couldn’t make coffee for everybody. There weren’t ENOUGH CUPS
4. Are you WARM ENOUGH? Or shall I switch on the heating?
5. It’s only a small car. There isn’t ENOUGH ROOM for all of you
6. George didn’t feel WELL ENOUGH to go to work this morning
7. I didn’t finish the examination. I didn’t have ENOUGH TIME
8. Do you think I’ve got ENOUGH QUALITIFICATION to apply for the job?
9. Try this jacket on and see if it’s BIG ENOUGH for you

B. Answer these questions using the words in brackets

Example : ‘Is she getting married?’ (not old enough)
‘No, she isn’t old enough to get married
1. ‘Why can’t you talk to me now?’ (too busy) ‘I’m too busy to talk to you now’
2. ‘Let’s go to the cinema/’ (too late) ‘No, it’s too late for cinema’
3. ‘Why don’t we sit in the garden?’ (not warm enough) ‘It’s not warm enough for as to sit in the garden’
4. ‘Would you like to be a politician?’ (too nice) ‘No, I’m not too nice at being a pollitician’
5. ‘Are you going on holiday this year?’ (not enough money) ‘No, I haven’t got enough money to going on holiday this year’
6. ‘Shall we take a photograph?’ (too dark) ‘No, This place is too dark to photograph’
7. ‘Did you hear what he was saying?’ (too far away) ‘No, we were too far away’
8. ‘Can he make himself understood (in English)? (not enough English)
‘No, he doesn’t speak not enough english
9. ‘Does Harry work?’ (too lazy) ‘No, he’s too lazy to work’

C. In this exercise you have to make one sentence (using too or enough) from the two sentences given.
Example : We couldn’t eat the food. It was too hot. ‘The food was too hot (for us) to eat
1. I can’t drink this coffee. It’s too hot. This coffee is too hot for me to drink
2. Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy. The piano was too heavy for us to move
3. I can’t wear this coat in winter. It’s not warm enough. This coat is not warm to use in winter
4. Don’t stand on that chair. It’s not strong enough. That chair is not strong enough to stand on that
5. Two people can’t sleep in this hotel. It’s not wide enough for two people. This bed is not wide enough for two people to slee in the hotel
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