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.
1She wasn't ............... to be discouraged by some of her teachers.
Wrong!
Use "weak enough" after a negative verb to mean she did not have a sufficient degree of weakness.
2She soon grew ............... to manage without a hearing aid.
Wrong!
Use "too deaf" to show that her deafness made managing without a hearing aid impossible.
3The task was ............... to frighten any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm.
Wrong!
Use "daunting enough" because "enough" comes after the adjective and means sufficiently daunting.
4Rahul was ............... busy that he could not talk to me.
Wrong!
Use "so" in the pattern so + adjective + that.
5The car is ............... to seat six people.
Wrong!
Use "large enough" to mean the car has sufficient space to seat six people.
6He walked ............... fast that I could not catch up with him.
Wrong!
Use "so" in the pattern so + adverb + that.
7She isn't ............... to buy a car yet.
Wrong!
Use "rich enough" because "enough" comes after the adjective and means sufficiently rich.
8He was ............... proud to apologize.
Wrong!
Use "too" in the pattern too + adjective + to.
9None of the mangoes is ............... to be eaten.
Wrong!
Use "ripe enough" because "enough" comes after the adjective and means sufficiently ripe.
10She has ............... many students in her class that she cannot give them individual attention.
Wrong!
Use "so" in the pattern so many + plural noun + that.
11He is ............... to solve the problem.
Wrong!
Use "intelligent enough" because "enough" comes after the adjective and means sufficiently intelligent.
12The light was not ............... for us to see things clearly.
Wrong!
Use "bright enough" after a negative verb to mean there was not sufficient light.
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- She wasn’t weak enough to be discouraged by some of her teachers.
- She soon grew too deaf to manage without a hearing aid.
- The task was daunting enough to frighten any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm.
- Rahul was so busy that he could not talk to me.
- The car is large enough to seat six people.
- He walked so fast that I could not catch up with him.
- She isn’t rich enough to buy a car yet.
- He was too proud to apologize.
- None of the mangoes is ripe enough to be eaten.
- She has so many students in her class that she cannot give them individual attention.
- He is intelligent enough to solve the problem.
- The light was not bright enough for us to see things clearly.