too/enough

GRAMMAR

Too / Enough

Too equivale al español "demasiado".

Se utiliza siempre delante de los adjetivos o adverbios que modifica.

This exercise is too easy.Este ejercicio es demasiado fácil.


He arrived too late.El llegó demasiado tarde.

Luego del adjetivo, puede agregarse "to" más un verbo.

He's too young to drive.
Es demasiado joven para conducir.

He's too weak to lift that ball.Es demasiado débil para levantar esa bola.

Si se usa con sustantivos, significa "demasiado/a/os/as" y va siempre seguido de many o much, dependiendo del tipo de sustantivo contable o incontable.

There are too many people.Hay demasiada gente.

There is too much shadow.Hay demasiada sombra.

Enough equivale al español "lo sufucientemente".

Se utiliza siempre después de los adjetivos o adverbios que modifica.

I arrived early enough.Llegué lo suficientemente temprano.

También puede ser seguido de "to" más un verbo.

He isn't old enough to drive.No es lo suficientemente viejo como para manejar.

He isn't strong enough to lift it.No es lo suficientemente fuerte como para levantarlo.

Si se usa con sustantivos, significa "suficiente/s" y va siempre antes.

There aren't enough chairs for everyone.No hay suficientes sillas para todos.

There isn't enough light.No hay suficiente luz.

ejercicios 

Instructions: Complete the sentences with the correct word

Q1 - There were ....... many questions to answer so I only did three

too

enough

Q2 - The coffee was .... to drink so I left it for a minute to cool

hot enough

too hot

Q3 - The room wasn't ....... so I turned the heating on

hot enough

too hot

Q4 - I didn't buy the jacket because it was ........

big enough

too big

Q5 - The shoes were ..... so I didn't buy them

small enough

too big

Q6 - It's far ....... to fit inside the bag

too big

small enough

Q7 - It was far ....... to pick up

too heavy

heavy enough

Q8 - I didn't get it because it was .......

too expensive

expensive enough

Q9 - I haven't got ....... to take a holiday this year

too much time

enough time

Q10 - It was ...... to carry

heavy enough

too heavy

Q11 - There wasn't ....... for everybody to get in

enough room

too much room

Q12 - He didn't do ........ to pass the exam

too much work

enough work

Q13 - There wasn't ....... to finish so I didn't manage to

enough time

too much time

Q14 - She can't sleep because she drinks ......... coffee

enough

too much

Q15 - I didn't know him ......., but I was still upset when he died

too well

good enough

Q16 - I left the job because I was making .......

too little money

too few money

Q17 - I put a scarf on because it was .......

cold enough

too cold

Q18 - This town isn't ....... for both of us

big enough

too big

Q19 - He isn't ....... to go back to work yet

well enough

too well

Q20 - I don't think the exam is ......... for me to have a good chance of passing

easy enough

too difficult

Q21 - This room isn't ........ for all the guests; we'll have to get a bigger one

big enough

too big

Q22 - She isn't ....... to start driving until next year

too old

old enough

Q23 - I haven't got ........ to pay the bill until I get my salary

enough money

too much money

Q24 - Everything was much ....... for us to get anything

too expensive

cheap enough

Q25 - He speaks far ....... for us to understand him unless we ask him to say it again

quickly enough

too quickly

Q26 - They haven't got .......... to buy it

enough money

too much money

Q27 - They took ....... on the first part and didn't finish the rest

too much time

enough time

Q28 - There's never ........ to do everything I would like to do

too much time

enough time

Q29 - The photograph didn't come out because it was ........

dark enough

too dark