TEMA- Enough and Too

Enough and Too

UTEQ ENGLISH CLASS

Enough

“Enough” is an adjective which is used to mean sufficient or equal to what is necessary. It can be used with other adjectives, adverbs or nouns. 1. With adjectives and adverbs:

Examples: Heather is old enough now to make her own decisions. Victor doesn’t speak English well enough for the job. The apartment is big enough for three people.

2. With nouns:

Examples: I don’t have enough time to finish all this work! Is there enough wine for everyone to try? Don’t worry, they have enough space in the car for all of us.

3. We can use “enough” with an adjective and a noun, but the meaning of the sentence changes with the position of “enough”.

Examples: Is there enough hot water? (Meaning: Is there sufficient hot water?) Is there hot enough water? (Meaning: Is the water sufficiently hot?)

4. “Enough of”

Examples: I’ve been in enough of these situations to know better! We’ve had enough of your complaints. Don’t you have anything positive to say? Michael has studied enough of the possibilities to make a good decision.

Too

“Too” is an adverb which indicates that there is a quantity which is more than sufficient. 1. With adjectives and adverbs:

Examples: You are too young to understand. Clare is too irresponsible to have a dog. It’s too early to go to bed.

2. When using “too” with nouns, we use the expressions “too many” or “too much”.

Examples: There are too many students in the classroom. Is there too much sugar in your coffee? My daughter has too many shoes, she doesn’t need any more!

3. “Too much of” or “Too many of”

Examples: His problem is that he spends too much of his time playing video games! That’s enough. You have already eaten too many of the chocolates!

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