Enough and too

Unit 102 - I E G - Enough and too

102.1

1. She shouldn’t get married yet. She’s not old enough.

2. I would like to buy a car but I haven’t got enough money.

3. Have you got enough milk in your tea or would you like some more?

4. Are you warm enough? Or shall I switch on the heating?

5. It’s only a small car. There isn’t enough room for all of you.

6. Steve didn’t feel well enough to go to work this morning.

7. I didn’t answer all the questions in the exam. I didn’t have enough time.

8. Do you think I’ve got enough qualifications to apply for the job?

9. Try this jacket on and see if it’s big enough for you.

10. There weren’t enough cups for everybody to have coffee at the same time.

102.2

1. Is she going to get married?        No, she’s not old enough to get married?

2. I need to talk to you about something.    Well, I’m afraid I’m too busy to talk to you now.

3. Let’s go to the cinema.            No, it’s too late to go to the cinema.

4. Why don’t we sit in the garden?        It’s not warm enough to sit in the garden.

5. Would you like to be a politician?        No, I’m too nice to be a politician.

6. Do you want to play tennis today?   

No, I haven’t got enough energy to play tennis today.

7. Do you hear what he was saying?   

No, we were too far away to hear what he was saying.

8. Can he read a newspaper in English?   

No, he doesn’t know enough English to read a newspaper.

102.3

1. We couldn’t eat the food. It was too hot. The food was too hot to eat.

2. I can’t drink this coffee. It’s too hot. This coffee was too hot to drink.

3. Nobody could move the piano. It was too heavy. The piano was too heavy to move.

4. I don’t wear this coat in winter. It isn’t warm enough.

This coat isn’t warm enough to wear in winter.

5. I can’t explain the situation. It is too complicated.

The situation is too complicated to explain.

6. Three people can’t sit on this sofa. It isn’t wide enough.

This sofa isn’t wide enough for three people to sit.

7. We couldn’t climb over the wall. It was too high.

    The wall was too high to climb over.

8. You can’t see some things without a microscope. They are too small.

    Some things are too small to see without a microscope.