TOO + ADJECTIVE

(NOT) ENOUGH +
(NOT) ENOUGH +
ADJECTIVE
NOUN
We use TOO before
ENOUGH is used after ENOUGH is used in
ADJECTIVES to express that ADJECTIVES to express front of a NOUN to
the amount or degree of
that a quantity is as
express that a quantity
something is more than
much as you need to is as much as you need
desirable, necessary,
achieve a particular
in order to achieve a
acceptable or sensible:
purpose
particular purpose.
EXAMPLES:
EXAMPLES:
EXAMPLES:
That skirt is too long for you! He isn't tall enough to I don't have enough
You work too much.
be a police officer.
time to finish the test.
There were too many people He's intelligent enough He doesn't have
outside.
to pass the test.
enough petrol to arrive
home.

too / enough
Ordena las palabras para construir frases correctas.
1. enough this isn't room clean.
2. we got much luggage too have.
3. enough chairs there aren't the for guests.
4. table many there too glasses are the on.
5. I this got too week work much have.
6. expensive too us restaurant for this is.
7. too salt salad there much is in the
8. the is water hot go enough to swimming.
9. shoes I have too got many.
10. old go bicycle cycling this too is to

1. Complete with TOO or ENOUGH and the adjective in

brackets:
a) Peter is---------- to become a police officer. He's only 1.65 cm tall.
(short)
b) I'd like to buy a new car and a good house, but I'm just not
---------------- to do it. (rich)
c) My school is-------------------- from my house to go on foot. So, I cycle
to school every morning. (far)
d) Kelly is -------------------- to drive a car. She's only 14. (young)
e) That skirt you are wearing is ------------- for you. You need a bigger
size. (tight)
f) David is quite a fast runner, but he isn't ----------- to beat the Italian
runner, who is considered to be the best. (fast)
g) I'm a good swimmer, but I'm not ------------- to enter a
championship. (good)
h) The beach was ---------------- yesterday, so we decided to go
somewhere else. (crowded)
i) We wanted to go to Paris last weekend, but the plane tickets were
-----------------, so we stayed at home. (expensive)
j) This T-shirt isn't ------------ for me. I need a bigger one. (big)
k) We didn't buy the sofa because it wasn't ---------------. (comfortable)
l) The students are ------------- to study the irregular verbs list by heart.
(lazy)
m) The soup isn't --------------------. I'd like it to be hotter. (hot)
n) Don't eat that chicken! It's -----------------. (salty)
o) The music is ----------------- and I can't hear anything you say. (loud)
2. Complete the sentences with ENOUGH and the given noun.
Pay attention to its position in the sentence!
a) Robert doesn't have-------- (money) to pay for his new car. He's in
trouble!
b) There is ------------ (room) for both of us in that sofa. It's quite big.

c) He doesn't make ---------------- (profit) in his company to buy those

expensive presents.
d) There's ------------------ (fruit) in the fridge for the whole week. We
don't need to buy any more.
e) I don't have ------------------- (time) to finish my homework.