enough and too
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Too and enough indicate degree. They are used with adjectives.
Too means more than what is needed.
He is too old to play in the soccer team
He has too many friends.She has got too much patienceShe isn´t too late for the class.Is she too late for the class?
Enough means sufficient ¬ enough means not sufficient.
He is fast enough to win a running competition
Dave is intelligent enough to do the write thing.
You're not working fast enough
I don't have enough time.
That money is not enough to buy a car.
enough tooEnough goes after adjectives and
adverbs:
He isn't old enough to watch this program.
We're not walking quickly enough.
Enough may also be before nouns:
We have enough money. We don´t have enough money.
Too comes before adjectives and adverbs:
It's too hot to wear that coat. I was driving too fast.
Too much and too many.
Too much before uncountable nouns. There is too much salt in this
food.Too many before countable nouns There are too many cats here.
You turn to practice Fill in the gap with too or enough
1 I don't feel very well. I've eaten ......................... much.2 Don't worry. We still have ......................... time to get there before it closes.3 She's ......................... young to go to discos.4 He's ......................... young to vote, but old enough to go to war.5 The disco is ......................... far to walk.6 The film was rubbish. After 20 minutes I had had ........................ .7 This town isn't big ......................... for the two of us.8 That's it. I've had ......................... . Leave the class immediately!9 I had ......................... much wine at the party and behaved rather badly.10 If she doesn't get ......................... sleep, she's bad tempered all day.11 This recipe sounds easy .......................... . I'll make it for lunch.12 She's far ......................... talkative. After 5 minutes I've got a headache.13 Everyone got great marks in the exam. It wasn't difficult .................. .14 This chicken's ......................... small for five