INSTRUCTIONS

Slides 1 and 2 provide students with some

explanation on the use of enough and too.

Students practice on slides 5 to 17.

By Lilian Marchesoni

Enough means sufficient and usually follows adjectives and adverbs.

He didn’t get the job because he wasn’t experienced enough.

Too means more than necessary, and it precedes the adjective.

You never stop working. You work too hard.

Enough can also be used with nouns. In such cases, enough usually precedes the word it modifies.

He didn’t get the job because he didn’t have enough experience.

The opposite is too much… / too many...

There are too many people and not enough chairs.

LET’S PRACTICE!

I’m very unhappy. I don’t have

(money).enough money

My 1998 Mercedes is (old) and I have to buy a new one.

too old

My fur coat isn't (fashionable). I’ll buy another one.

fashionable enough

Our kitchen is (small). We don’t have (space) to cook.enough space

too small

I couldn’t drink the coffee because it was (hot).too hot

I couldn’t carry the box

because it was (heavy) and

I’m not (strong).

too heavy

strong enough

Some things are (small)

to see without a microscope.

too small

Can you hear the radio? Is it (loud) for you?loud enough

She felt tired because she (exercised).exercised too much

He feels tired because he didn’t get

(sleep) last night.

enough sleep

There was nowhere to sit in the restaurant. There were (people).too many people

He is very thin. He doesn’t

(eat ).eat enough

That house isn’t (big)

for a large family.

big enough

He doesn’t play the guitar well because he doesn’t (practice).practice enough