Too & Enough
Too and enough are very popular words in English, but many students make mistakes using these words.
My pants are too small!
We don't have enough time!
Too
Too & So
Many students get confused between so and too.
So can be used with adjectives and is similar to very but has a stronger meaning:
I'm so hungry!
It's so cold today.
English speakers use too to mean "more than necessary". It usually has a negative meaning. It is also used to say that something is impossible.
I ate too much.
It's too heavy.
This food is too spicy for me to eat.
Too Much & Too Many
We often say too much with uncountable nouns and too many with countable nouns:
Don't drink too much beer tonight.
There are too many phones. I don't know which one to choose.
Way / Far / Much Too...
We often use the words way, far, and much before too to mean "a lot":
These shoes are much too big for me.
It's far too difficult.
There's way too much snow to drive.
Exercise
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Too + Adjective + Infinitive
It's too early to wake up.
That car is too expensive to buy.
It was too hot to exercise yesterday.
Too + Adjective + For Someone / Somebody + Infinitive
This is good for me, but I think it's too big for you to wear.
The cupboards are too high for me to reach.
Exercise
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Enough
Enough means sufficient. This means to have or be the necessary amount.
He is tall enough.
I'm old enough.
It is very popular in negative sentences:
- I'm not tall enough.
- I'm not old enough.
Often, we can make sentences with too to explain the same meaning as not enough:
- I'm not tall enough.
- I'm too short.
- I'm not old enough.
- I'm too young.
Exercise
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Word Placement
Enough comes after an adjective:
- This soup isn't warm enough.
- I'm not smart enough.
- Do you think this TV is big enough?
Enough comes before a noun:
- I don't have enough money.
- Do you have enough coffee?
- Did you eat enough food for breakfast?
Exercise
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