Complete the following sentences using the options given below each question.
1She was ............... to walk.
Wrong!
Use "too tired" to show that she was so tired she could not walk.
2He isn't ............... to lift that box.
Wrong!
Use "strong enough" to show that he does not have the necessary strength.
3The boy was ............... to solve the problem.
Wrong!
Use "clever enough" to show that the boy had the necessary cleverness.
4We are not ............... to buy a car.
Wrong!
Use "rich enough" to show that we do not have enough money.
5His behavior was ............... for me to tolerate.
Wrong!
Use "too impudent" to show that his behavior was more impudent than I could tolerate.
6She has become ............... to wear her old pair of jeans.
Wrong!
Use "too fat" to show that she cannot wear her old pair of jeans now.
7Was he ............... to listen to her?
Wrong!
Use "foolish enough" to ask whether he was sufficiently foolish to listen to her.
8This is ............... to be true.
Wrong!
Use "too good" in the fixed expression "too good to be true".
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- She was too tired to walk.
- He isn’t strong enough to lift that box.
- The boy was clever enough to solve the problem.
- We are not rich enough to buy a car.
- His behavior was too impudent for me to tolerate.
- She has become too fat to wear her old pair of jeans.
- Was he foolish enough to listen to her?
- This is too good to be true.