Enough and too

Question 1

Enough goes af____ adjectives and adverbs.

Answer 1

Enough goes after adjectives and adverbs.

I can’t run wery fast. I’m not fit enough.

Let’s go. We’ve waited long enough.

Is Joe going to apply for the job? Is he experienced enough?

Compare too… and not… enough:

You never stop working. You work too hard. _{(= more than is necessary)}

You’re lazy. You don’t work hard enough. _{(= less than is necessary)}

Question 2

Enough normally goes be___ nouns.

Answer 2

Enough normally goes be___ nouns.

I can’t run very fast. I don’t have enough energy.

Is Joe going to apply for the job. Does he have enough experience?

You can use enough without noun:

We don’t need any more money. We’ve got enough.

Compare too much/many and enough:

There’s too much furniture in this room. There’s not enough space.

There were too many people and not enough chairs.

Note that we say:

We didn’t have enough time. _{(not the time wasn’t enough)}

There is enough money. _{(not the money is enough)}

Question 3

We say enough/too… for somebody / something.

Answer 3

We say enough/too… for somebody / something.

We don’t have enough money for a vacation.

Is Joe experienced enough for the job?

This shirt is too big for me.

But we say enough/too… to do something (not for doing):

We don’t have enough money to go on vacation. _{(not for going)}

Is Joe experienced enough to do the job?

They’re are too young to get married.

Question 4

We say “The food was so hot that we couldn’t eat it”, but “ The food was too hot to ___. “ (without _)

Answer 4

We say “The food was so hot that we couldn’t eat it”, but “ The food was too hot to eat. “ (without it)

Here are more examples like this:

These box are too heavy to carry. _{(<em>without </em>them)}

This chair isn’t strong enough to stand on. _{(<em>without</em> it)}

Thw wallet is too big to put in my pocket.

Question 5

Using enough properly. (Milk) Do you have ___ in your coffee, or would you like some more?

Answer 5

Using enough properly. (Milk) Do you have enough milk in your coffee, or would you like some more? _{(before a noun)}

Question 6

Using enough properly. (Warm) Are you ____? Or should I turn up the eat?

Answer 6

Using enough properly. (Warm) Are you warm enough? Or should I turn up the eat? _{(after an adjective)}

Question 7

Using enough properly. (Room) It’s only a small car. There isn’t ____ for all of us.

Answer 7

Using enough properly. (Room) It’s only a small car. There isn’t enough room for all of us. _{(before a noun)}

Question 8

Using enough properly. (Qualified) Do you think I am ____ to apply for the job.

Answer 8

Using enough properly. (Qualified) Do you think I am qualified enough to apply for the job. _{(after an adjective)}

Question 9

Using enough or too properly. (busy) I need to talk to you about something. We’ll I’m afraid I’m ___ to you now.

Answer 9

Using enough or too properly. (busy) I need to talk to you about something. We’ll I’m afraid I’m too busy to talk to you now.

Question 10

Using enough or too properly. Let’s go to the movies. (late) No, it’s ____ to the movies.

Answer 10

Using enough or too properly. Let’s go to the movies. (late) No, it’s too late to go to the movies.

Question 11

Using enough or too properly. Why don’t we sit outside? (warm) It’s not ____ outside.

Answer 11

Using enough or too properly. Why don’t we sit outside? (warm) It’s not warm enough to sit outside.

Question 12

Using enough or too properly. Would you like to be a teacher? (patience) No, I don’t have ____ a teacher.

Answer 12

Using enough or too properly. Would you like to be a teacher? (patience) No, I don’t have enough patience to be a teacher.

Question 13

Complete using too or enough. I can’t drink this coffee. It’s to hot. This coffee is ____.

Answer 13

Complete using too or enough. I can’t drink this coffee. It’s to hot. This coffee is too hot to drink. _{(without it})

Question 14

Complete using too or enough. Don’t eat thes apples. They’re not ripe enough. Theses apples ____.

Answer 14

Complete using too or enough. Don’t eat thes apples. They’re not ripe enough. Theses apples aren’t ripe enough to eat. (without them)

Question 15

Complete using too or enough. We couldn’t clive overt the wall. It was too high. The wall ____.

Answer 15

Complete using too or enough. We couldn’t clive overt the wall. It was too high. The wall was too high to climb over. (without it).

Question 16

Complete using too or enough. Three people can’t sit on this sofa. It isn’t big enough. This sofa ____.

Answer 16

Complete using too or enough. Three people can’t sit on this sofa. It isn’t big enough. This sofa isn’t big enough for three people (to sit on).