1. Students practice on slides 5 to 17.
INSTRUCTIONS
Slides 1 and 2 provide students with some explanation on the use of enough and too.
Students practice on slides 5 to 17.
By Lilian Marchesoni

2. Enough means sufficient and usually follows adjectives and adverbs.
He didn’t get the job because
he wasn’t experienced enough.
Too means more than necessary, and it precedes the adjective.
You never stop working. You work too hard.

3. Enough can also be used with nouns
Enough can also be used with nouns. In such cases, enough usually precedes the word it modifies.
He didn’t get the job because he didn’t
have enough experience.
The opposite is too much… /
too many...
There are too many people and not enough chairs.

4. LET’S PRACTICE!

5. I’m very unhappy. I don’t have (money).
enough money

6. My 1998 Mercedes is (old) and I have to buy a new one.
too old

7. My fur coat isn't (fashionable). I’ll buy another one.
fashionable enough

8. Our kitchen is (small). We don’t have (space) to cook.
too small
enough space

9. I couldn’t drink the coffee because it was (hot).
too hot

10. I couldn’t carry the box because it was (heavy) and I’m not (strong).
too heavy
strong enough

11. Some things are (small) to see without a microscope. too small

12. Can you hear the radio?
Is it (loud) for you?
loud enough

13. She felt tired because she (exercised).
exercised too much

14. He feels tired because he didn’t get (sleep)
last night.
enough sleep

15. too many people There was nowhere to sit
in the restaurant. There were (people).
too many people

16. He is very thin. He doesn’t (eat ).
eat enough

17. That house isn’t
(big)
for a large family.
big enough

18. He doesn’t play the guitar well because he doesn’t (practice).
practice enough