The adverbs too and enough are used to indicate excess or sufficiency.
In these sentence structures, enough is always placed after the adjective it qualifies while too is placed before the adjective. Enough and too are followed by infinitive phrases (to + verb). Sometimes they are also followed by a phrase beginning with for.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1. She wasn't .......................... to be discouraged by some of her teachers.
2. She soon grew ......................... to manage without a hearing aid.
3. The task was ............................ for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm.
Enough is an adverb. It goes after the adjective or adverb modified by it.
4. Rahul was .......................... busy that he could not talk to me.
Note the pattern 'so....that'.
5. The car is ........................... to seat six people.
The expression 'too large' has a negative meaning. 'Large enough' shows adequacy.
6. He walked ............................ fast that I could not catch up with him.
Note the pattern 'so...that'.
7. She is ............................ to buy a car.
When enough is used as an adverb, it goes after the adjective or adverb modified by it. The expression 'rich enough' has a positive meaning whereas the expression 'too rich' has a negative meaning.
8. He was ......................... proud to apologize.
Note the pattern 'too...to'.
9. None of the mangoes is .............................. to be eaten.
Enough goes after the adjective modified by it.
10. She has ............................. many students in her class that she cannot give them individual attention.
Note the pattern 'so...that'. We cannot use a that-clause after very.
11. He is ................................ to solve the problem.
The expression 'intelligent enough' has a positive meaning whereas the expression 'too intelligent' has a negative meaning.
12. The light was not .............................. for one to see things clearly.
'Bright enough' has a positive meaning. It shows adequacy. 'Too bright' has a negative meaning.
Answers
1. She wasn’t weak enough / too weak to be discouraged by some of her teachers.
2. She soon grew too deaf to manage without a hearing aid.
3. The task was daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm.
4. Rahul was so busy that he could not talk to me.
5. The car is large enough to seat six people.
6. He walked so fast that I could not catch up with him.
7. She is rich enough to buy a car.
8. He was too proud to apologize.
9. None of the mangoes is ripe enough to be eaten.
10. She has so many students in her class that she cannot give them individual attention.
11. He is intelligent enough to solve the problem.
12. The light was not bright enough for one to see things clearly.
