ENOUGH and TOO

I’m lucky enough to have a lot of friends.

My mother is too tired to cook.
I. Combine these sentences using “too+ adj. + to –verb” or “adj. + enough + to verb”
1. These oranges are ripe. You can eat them.
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2. He is strong. He can carry this table.
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3. The house is large. My family can live in it.
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4. It was very late. They didn’t go to the movies.
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5. The dress is so dirty. She can’t wear it.
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6. She is not tall. She can’t reach the stop shelf.
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7. Mr. isn’t rich. He can’t buy a car.
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8. My grand mother is very weak. She can’t lift the book.
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9. The film is very good. The children won’t miss it.
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10. Those shoes are large. You can wear them.
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II. Combine each of the following sentences into one sentences, using (not) + adj. + enough.
1. He is very strong. He can’t carry the box.
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2. The weather wasn’t very warm. We couldn’t go swimming.
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3. He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job.
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4. The ladder wasn’t very long. It didn’t reach the window.
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5. The tea isn’t strong. It won’t keep us awake.
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6. The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil the kettle.
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7. The ice is quiet thick. We can walk on it.
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8. It wasn’t very warm. We couldn’t sit in the garden.
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III. Combine each of the following sentences into one sentences, using (not) + adj. + enough.
1. The weather isn’t very warm. We couldn’t go swimming.
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2. He is tall. He can play volleyball.
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3. She is very experienced. She can do the job.
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4. My father isn’t reach. He can’t buy a motorbike.
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5. The coffee wasn’t strong. It didn’t keep us awake.
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6. This mango isn’t ripe. He can’t eat it.
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7. The ice wasn’t quite thick. We couldn’t walk on it.
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8. The weather is fine. We can go fishing.
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9. The boy is tall. He can reach the ceiling.
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10. My brother is clever. He can make things from wood.
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11. My sister is old. She can drive a car.
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12. The radio isn’t small. You can’t put it in your pocket.
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13. This coat isn’t very warm. You can’t wear it in winter.
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14. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World.
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15. The weather is fine. We can go camping.
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16. Those grapes aren’t ripe. We can’t eat them.
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17. Mr. Pike isn’t rich. He can’t buy a villa.
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18. Jim is clever. He can make a lot of toys from paper.
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19. She isn’t old. She can’t get married.
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20. Jane isn’t old. She can’t ride his bike to school.
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IV. Combine the following sentences into one sentences, using (not) + adj. + enough
1. He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job.
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2. She can’t ride a motorbike because she is still young.
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3. The boy is too young. He doesn’t understand this.
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4. You can’t put this book in your pocket because it is too big.
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5. The weather isn’t very warm. We can’t go swimming.
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6. I am very lucky because I have many good friends.
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7. This exercise is too difficult for me to do.
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8. He is too young to drive a car.
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9. The book was so interesting that I read it twice.
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10. It is such cold water that you can’t go swimming today.
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V. Rewrite the sentences using: adj.+ enough + to infinitive and the adjective in the brackets.
1. She can drive a car. She is young.(old)
She ………………………………………………………………………………..
2. We shouldn’t go to the beach. It’s cold. (warm)
It’s ………………………………………………………………………………..
3. I can’t do any more work. I’m very tired. (well)
I’m ……………………………………………………………………………….
4. I like watching film. It is very interesting. (interesting)
This film …………………………………………………………………………
5. We didn’t buy the flat because it was small. (large)
The flat …………………………………………………………………………..
6. He is fit. He can run 10 kilometers.
He’s
7. He is unfit. He can’t run 10 kilometers
He isn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………….
8. My brother is young. He can’t ride a bicycle.
My brother ……………………………………………………………………………………..
9. My elder brother is strong. He can lift the piano.
My elder brother is ……………………………………………………………………………...
VI. Combine the two sentences, using (not) adjective = enough + to infinitive or (not)
adjective + enough + for + object + to infinitive.
1. I’m not very well. I can’t go to the cinema with you this evening.
2. The table was very heavy. I couldn’t move it.
3. The children aren’t tall but the shelf is very high. They can’t reach that shelf .
4. Our flat is small. We can live in it.
5. They arrived at &.30 but the film began at7.00. They couldn’t see the beginning of the film.
6. He spoke too quiet. The people at the back rows couldn’t hear anything.
7. Mai is ill today. She can go to school.
8. The room is too dark. I couldn’t see anything.
9. It was rainy yesterday. We couldn’t go on the picnic.
10. This soup is tasteless. I can’t eat it.
11. The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil a kettle.
12. You are not old. You can’t have a front-door key.
13. It was very hot. You can fry an egg on the pavement.
14. John was very foolish. He told lies to the police.
15. The buffalo isn’t big. It can’t harm you.
VII. Fill in the gaps with: “enough” or “too” to complete the sentences.
1. He hasn’t got ____________ money to buy this car.
2. It is cool ____________ for you to drink.
3. There is ____________ much pollution in big cities.
4. It is ____________ high for me to jump over.
5. There are ____________ many people on the road.
6. There aren’t chairs ____________ chairs foe these people to sit.
7. He isn’t strong ____________ to lift this bag.
8. This coffee is ____________ heavy for me to drink.
VIII. Rewrite the sentences in the other way with the suggestions so that the meaning is
kept unchanged. Use “enough” or “too”.
1. This mountain is very high. We can’t climb it.
This mountain is ……………………………………………………………………….
2. Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?
Are you tall ………………………………………………………………………………..
3. There are ten people in the room but there are only eight chairs.
There aren’t ……………………………………………………………………………….
4. The tea is very hot. I can’t drink it.
The tea is ………………………………………………………………………………….
5. This picture is $10.50. I have only $ 9. 50 so I can’t buy it.
I haven’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
6. She is six years old, she can start school?
She is old ………………………………………………………………………………….
IX. Match each half a sentence in column A with its suitable half in column B.
A B
1. The weather is not warm enough a. to go to school.
2. He is not old enough b. to take part in those activities.
3. The train was not fast enough c. for him to get the scholarship.
4. Tom’s grade was not good enough d. To realize the trick.
5. Mr. Hung is not qualified enough e. To lift the weights.
6. He is not clever enough f. To be accepted to the company.
7. She is old enough g. For me to go swimming
8. Tom is strong enough h. For him to arrive on time.
1+ 2+ 3+ 4+
5+ 6+ 7+ 8+
X. Make sentences with “enough” to describe the following situations
1. The car is 150,000 USD and he has only 60,000USD.
He is……………………………………………………………………………………………
 The car ……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. The bookshelf is 1, 2 meter high and the child is only 1 meter tall.
He is……………………………………………………………………………………………
 The bookshelf ……………………………………………………………………………….
3. Trung is 6 years old now. He wants to go to school.
 Trung is ………………………………………………………………………………………
4. The car has 4 seats, but there are 7 people.
 The car doesn’t has ………………………………………………………………………….
 The car isn’t big …………………………………………………………………………….
5. She can not wear the dress any more because she has gained 5 kilos.
 The dress is not ………………………………………………………………………….
XI. Combine the two sentences, using (not) adjective = enough + to infinitive or (not)
adjective + enough + for + object + to infinitive
1. Lan is young. She can’t see the horror film.
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2. My brother is short. He can’t reach the top shelf.
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3. Chi is unwell. She can’t go on the picnic with her classmates.
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4. The water here is unsafe. We can’t drink it.
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5. The candlelight is dim. We can’t read with it.
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6. We are young. We can’t vote in the coming election.
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7. My uncle’s eyesight is bad. He can’t join the army.
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8. My granddad’s eyes are good. He can read the small print without glasses.
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9. These paintings are good. They can enter for the competition.
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10. The room is large. It can hold 80 people.
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11. The plane is fast. It can reach the island in two hours.
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12. The laptop is light. We can bring it along on long journeys.
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XII. Complete the sentences using TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH.
1. We’ve been so busy today so we didn’t even have ____ time for lunch.
2. I’d like to go to the cinema, but I haven’t got ____ money.
3. I can’t drink this soup. It’s got ____ salt in it .
4. We didn’t really enjoy the party; These were far ____ people there.
5. We couldn’t make an omelet because we didn’t have ____ eggs.
XIII. Join these ideas using TOO/ENOUGH + to – infinitive or TOO/ENOUGH + for +
object + to – infinitive.
1. I’m too tired. I can’t go to the cinema this evening.
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2. The table was too heavy. I couldn’t move it.
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3. The children aren’t tall enough. They can’t reach that shelf
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4. They arrived too late. They didn’t see the beginning of the film.
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5. Our old flat was much too small. We couldn’t live in it.
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6. He spoke too quietly. The people at the back of the room couldn’t hear.
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7. Young adults aren’t informed about politics. They shouldn’t vote.
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8. The company felt confident about its new product. It took on over 100 new employees.
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9. The gas leak was serious. The police evacuated the building.
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10. The problem isn’t important. It won’t cause us concern.
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XIV. Add a sentence with TOO or ENOUGH and: difficult, funny, heavy, high, hot, and
loud.
1. Mike and Harriet couldn’t lift the piano. It was ____ .
2. Tom won’t repeat the joke. It isn’t ____ .
3. Emma can’t reach the top shelf. It’s ____
4. We can’t understand the poem. It’s ____
5. Not everyone could hear the music. It wasn’t ____
6. The tea had got cold. John couldn’t drink it. It wasn’t ____
XV. Complete the sentences. Use too + adjective + to infinitive.
1. I’m not going out. (cold)
 It is too cold to go out.…………………………………………………………………
2. I’m not going to bed. (early)
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3. Don’t wear a coat. (warm)
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4. They are not getting married. (young)
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5. Nobody goes out at night. (dangerous)
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6. Don’t phone Ann now. (late)
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7. They didn’t say anything. (surprised)
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8. I can’t work. (tired)
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XVI. Complete the sentences. Use enough +one of the words in the box.
Enjoyable good fit plates
sweet information hard
1. Have you got enough money to pay for all these things?
2. My English is not _________________ for an interpreter’s.
3. We had 12 people for dinner last night but we didn’t have _________________.
4. Jane didn’t pass her examination because she didn’t study _________________
5. The party on Saturday was very quite. It wasn’t _________________.
6. Is your coffee _________________ , or would you like some more sugar?
7. I can’t give you an answer because I haven’t got _________________
8. William couldn’t run more than 200 meters because he wasn’t _________________
XVII. Complete the sentences. Use too or enough + one of these words.
Big busy expensive loud
sharp warm far
Example: Please turn down the radio. It is too loud.
1. Can you turn up the radio, please?
It ……………………………………………………………………………………..
2. I don’t want to walk home.
It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………
3. Don’t buy anything in that shop.
Everything …………………………………………………………………… there.
4. You can put all your things in this bag.
It isn’t ………………………………………………………………………………
5. We didn’t go to the beach.
It ……………………………………………………………………………………
6. I can’t talk to you now.
I …………………………………………………………………………………….
7. I can’t cut anything with this knife.
It is not ………………………………………………………………………………..
XVIII. Combine each pair of sentences, using TOO or ENOUGH
1. It very cold. We can’t go out.
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2. I’m very tired. I can sleep all night.
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3. It’s very far he can’t walk.
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4. This dress is very old. She can’t wear it any more.
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5. The story is short. We can read it in one lesson.
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6. Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?
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7. It’s very dark. I can’t see anything.
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8. The music very soft. We can’t hear it.
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9. The moon is very bright. I can read a book by it.
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10. This book is small. I can put it in my pocket.
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11. This mountain is very high. We can’t climb it.
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12. The house is very large. My family can live in it.
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13. He doesn’t have much money. He can’t buy the book.
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14. The film was boring. She didn’t watch it.
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15. I wasn’t interested.. I didn’t watch the film.
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XIX. Rewrite these sentences in such a way that it means nearly the same as the one above
it.
1. I live very far from school, so I can’t walk there. (too…to)
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2. This tea is very hot, so I can’t drink it.(too…to)
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3. He can’t reach the top shelf because he’s not very tall.(enough to)
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4. We can’t go swimming today because it very cold. (too…for…to)
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5. I’m so poor that I can’t afford a motorbike. (too…to)
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6. The trunk was very heavy, so I couldn’t lift it. (too… for… to)
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7. She isn’t old. She can’t drive a car. (enough to)
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8. The pie is very hot. I can’t eat it. (hot  cool) ( enough…for…to)
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