Fill in the blanks with enough, so or too.
1. These bananas are not ............................... to be eaten.
Correct!
Wrong!
Enough shows sufficiency. It goes after the adjective or adverb modified by it.
2. They are ........................... to buy anything.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. The coat was .............................. for me to buy.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. She is ............................. beautiful.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. It is .......................... expensive.
Correct!
Wrong!
Too shows negative extremes.
6. She is ............................ young to understand better.
Correct!
Wrong!
So and very cannot be followed by a to-infinitive.
7. She is ........................... to know better.
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Wrong!
8. He was ........................... weak to even sit up.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. He was ............................. weak that he could not even sit up.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. The wall was ............................. for me to climb.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. The soup is ............................... for me to relish.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. He was ............................. to realize his mistake.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
1. These bananas are not ripe enough to be eaten.
2. They are rich enough to buy anything.
3. The coat was too expensive for me to buy.
4. She is so beautiful.
5. It is so/too expensive.
6. She is too young to understand better.
7. She is old enough to know better.
8. He was too weak to even sit up.
9. He was so weak that he could not even sit up.
10. The wall was too high for me to climb.
11. The soup is too salty for me to relish.
12. He was smart enough to realize his mistake.
