WORKSHOP ENGLISH LEVEL 3 1
By Nelson J. Castillo
Enough, too much, too many, too
Part 1
Preview
Complete the sentences with too, too much or too
many in your notebook.
cinema:
Things I don’t like about the
ards.
1 I always eat ___ popcorn and feel ill afterw
2 Drinks are ____ expensive!
ce.
3 I don’t like it when there’s ______ violen
ally long!
4 There are _____ films which are re
ou is _____ tall!
5 I hate it when the person in front of y
the cinema
6 I hate it when there are _____ big groups in
and they’re all talking.
Grammar Explanation
Complaints with too, enough, too much and too many
Too shows that an adverb or adjective is excessive* I was too tired to do any work.
for a certain purpose. too + adjective/adverb + to-infinitive
* (i.e., that there is more than a person would want I have too much work to do today.
or like) too much + uncountable noun + to-infinitive
I have too many presents to buy.
too many + plural countable noun +
to-infinitive
Enough shows that an adverb, adjective, or noun is We had enough time to finish the project.
sufficient* for a certain thing. Enough + noun + to-infinitive
* (i.e., that a person does not need any more of that He’s not fast enough to play for the team.
thing) adjective/adverb + enough + to-infinitive
Too: before an adjective It’s too cold.
There
e is too much violence.
Too much / too many: before a noun
There
e are too many people here.
WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF QUANTIFIERS 2
Practice 1
Exercise 1 Complete the sentences using the words in brackets and too, too much,
too many, or (not) enough.
1. There are a lot of guests. (glasses) 1. Have we got ____________ ?
2. The cafeteria is crowded. (people) 2. There are ______________ .
3. I can't hear Nelson! (noise) 3. There's _______________ .
4. I can't eat this soup. (salty) 4. It's _________________.
5. This coffee is cold. (hot) 5. It's not ________________.
6. I can't buy that juice. (expensive) 6. It's ___________________.
7. Students are standing to eat lunch. (seats) 7. There aren't ________________.
Exercise 2 Complete the sentences with too much, too many, or enough.
1. Emily doesn’t have ____________ time to go to all her after-school classes and
finish her homework.
2. My parents sent me ____________ chocolate to finish before I leave.
3. There are ____________ cars on the road to Cali to drive home quickly.
4. With forty students and only twenty-five desks, there are ____________ students
to place in desks.
5. Jenny feels that there is ____________ pressure on her to perform well in school.
Exercise 3 Choose the most appropriate form too, too many, too much
1. He is ___________ old to work. (too / too much)
2. It is ___________ cold to go out now. (too / too much)
3. There was ___________ snow to go walking. (too / too much)
4. You put ___________ salt in the soup. (too / too much)
5. I put down the box because it was ___________ heavy. (too / too much)
6. He does not like women who are ___________ tall. (too / too much)
7. I cannot solve this problem – it’s ___________ difficult. (too / too much)
8. I have got ___________ work to do. (too / too much / too many)
9. You have eaten ___________ rice. (too / too much / too many)
10. You ask ___________ questions. (too / too much / too many)
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Practice 2
Exercise 4 Complete the chart with the words below.
too many too much
mistakes money noise people money
people places problems
rain time traffic tourists
Exercise 5 Use the pictures to write sentences using too, enough, too much
and too many.
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________
Exercise 6 Fill the gaps with enough (sufficient) or too (Excess).
1. I don't feel very well. I've eaten ___________ much.
2. Don't worry. We still have ___________ time to get there before it closes.
3. He's ___________ young to vote, but old enough to go to war.
4. The disco is ___________ far to walk.
5. This town isn't big ___________ for the two of us.
6. That's it. I've had ___________ . Leave the class immediately!
7. I had ___________ much wine at the party and behaved rather badly.
8. If she doesn't get ___________ sleep, she's bad tempered all day.
9. This recipe sounds easy ___________ . I'll make it for lunch.
10. She's far ___________ talkative. After minutes I've got a headache.
11. Everyone got great marks in the exam. It wasn't difficult ___________ .
12. This chicken's ___________ small for five.
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Grammar in Use
Exercise 7 Complete the sentences with too, enough, or in order to.
1. _____________ make the best Chocolate
Chip cookies, follow these easy steps.
2. Get your flour, baking soda, and salt and
mix them together. Be sure to add
_____________ baking soda or your
cookies will look like crackers.
3. Next, make sure to add _____________
sugar and vanilla to make your cookies
sweet, and mix them together along with the flour and a couple of eggs.
4. After that, stir in the chocolate chips evenly _____________ avoid some
cookies having _____________ many chips and some cookies with too few.
5. Then, put your dough in the refrigerator for ten minutes _____________
let the baking soda rise so your cookies aren’t flat like cardboard.
6. Next, preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and put spoonfuls of cookie dough
onto a cookie sheet. Don’t make your cookies _____________ thick or the
middle will never bake.
7. Finally, put your cookies into the oven for ten minutes. Be sure to allow
_____________ time for the oven to preheat _____________ ensure
that your cookies are baked properly.
8. Now you can take the cookies out of the oven and enjoy them!
Exercise 8 Answer questions about the reading.
1. In order to make cookies, what ingredients do you need?
→ ________________________________________________________
2. Why must you put the dough in the refrigerator?
→ ________________________________________________________
3. Why shouldn’t you make your cookies too thick?
→ ________________________________________________________
Exercise 9 Complete the dialogue with too many, too much, or enough.
lara Where are we going today?
ramón I don’t know. There are (1) ___________________________ places to choose from.
emma Why don’t we go to the Washington Monument?
ramón Won’t there be (2) _____________________________people there?
emma No, it should be OK.
lara Yes, but it costs (3) ___________________________ money.
ramón Don’t worry. I have (4) __________________________ money, I can lend you some.
lara OK. Come on, let’s go.
ramón Can we walk down by the river after that?
lara Well, we don’t want to take (5) __________________________time.
emma It’ll be OK. We have (6) ______________________________time.
ramón Yes, and when we take the subway I don’t like it.
lara Why not? Isn’t it fast (7) ______________________________ ?
ramón It’s fast, but it isn’t interesting (8) ___________________________ . I want to see things.
emma Come on, let’s go. Otherwise we really won’t have (9) _______________________________ time.
