UNIT 8 – NATURAL DISASTERS
GRAMMAR | TOO / NOT … ENOUGH
Oh! It’s too heavy to lift!
Hurry up, we aren’t
walking quickly enough.
You’ve got enough time
to revise your lessons.
I’m not strong enough to
lift weights.
Too and Enough are used with adjectives, 4. Adverb + enough:
adverbs and nouns. Hurry up, we aren’t walking quickly enough.
- Too means more than what is necessary. 5. Enough + noun:
- Enough means as much as necessary. We have got enough eggs to make a cake.
Examples: You’ve got enough time to revise your
1. Too + adjective: lessons.
He is too short to play basketball. 6. Too much + uncountable nouns:
2. Too + adverb: I can’t sleep at night because they make too
You are driving too fast. much noise.
3. Adjective + enough: 7. Too many + countable nouns:
They aren’t rich enough to buy a big house. Too many people came to the party
She’s old enough to get married. yesterday. We didn’t have enough plates.
PRACTICE EXERCISE
1 Circle the correct word. (6)
1 I'm enough / too tired to do that now.
2 Tom's not too tall / tall enough to put that book on the shelf.
3 It's not hot too / enough to go swimming.
4 It's too late / late enough to go to the cinema.
5 You're not enough strong / strong enough to lift this box.
6 Dad's too old / old too to dance to punk music!
Complete the second sentence so it has the same meaning as the first. Use the
2
words in brackets and too and enough. (4)
1 You are not old enough to drive a car. (young)
You are ............................................. to drive a car.
2 It isn't hot enough to swim. (cold)
It is ............................................. to swim.
3 John's too short to play basketball. (tall)
John's ............................................. to play basketball.
4 I'm not fast enough to win the race. (slow)
I'm ............................................. to win the race.
3 Write the sentences using the passive. (8)
1 The flood destroyed our tent.
Our tent .................................................................................................
2 They gave Nick first prize for his design.
Nick .................................................................................................
3 They gave the children money for singing so nicely.
The children .................................................................................................
4 The tsunami covered lots of houses.
Lots of houses .................................................................................................
Imagine you are a reporter for a weather channel. You are reporting about a
natural disaster. In the report, you should use: too, not … enough, and passive
