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<h2>Exercise 1</h2> | <h2>Exercise 1</h2> | ||
| − | <p>Add <i>too, enough, much | + | <p>Add <i>too, enough, too much</i> or <i>too many</i> to the following sentences:</p> |
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<li>There isn't _________ space on the desktop.</li> | <li>There isn't _________ space on the desktop.</li> | ||
| − | <li>There are | + | <li>There are _________ mistakes in this letter. </li> |
<li>Your hands are far ____ dirty to sit down for dinner, young lady! Go wash up.</li> | <li>Your hands are far ____ dirty to sit down for dinner, young lady! Go wash up.</li> | ||
<li>They were hungry _______ to eat horses.</li> | <li>They were hungry _______ to eat horses.</li> | ||
| − | <li>It's annoying | + | <li>It's annoying he doesn't read my messages carefully _________.</li> |
<li>There aren't _________ hours in the day.</li> | <li>There aren't _________ hours in the day.</li> | ||
<li>I wrote back ____ quickly.</li> | <li>I wrote back ____ quickly.</li> | ||
| − | <li>I | + | <li>I didn't work ________.</li> |
| − | <li>Will they have _________ courage to refuse | + | <li>Will they have _________ courage to refuse this crazy scheme?</li> |
<li>That's _________ for now.</li> | <li>That's _________ for now.</li> | ||
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| − | <li>She doesn't have enough time to _____________________ (<span style="color:darkred;">V</span> (+ something))</li> | + | <li>She doesn't have enough time to _____________________ . (<span style="color:darkred;">V</span> (+ something))</li> |
| − | <li>She spends too much time _____________________ | + | <li>She spends too much time _____________________ . (<span style="color:darkred;">V</span>ing (+ something))</li> |
| − | <li>She spends too much money on __________________ | + | <li>She spends too much money on __________________ . (<span style="color:darkred;">N / V</span>ing) |
| − | <li>We don't have enough ___________ to _____________________________________. | + | <li>We don't have enough ___________ to _____________________________________. (N, <span style="color:darkred;">V</span> (+ something))</li> |
| − | <li>No-one is ever _______________ enough to ________________________________. ADJ, <span style="color:darkred;">V</span> (+ something))</li> | + | <li>No-one is ever _______________ enough to ________________________________. (ADJ, <span style="color:darkred;">V</span> (+ something))</li> |
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 5 June 2014
"too" and "enough"
- too: to an excessive degree, Fr. trop
- enough: to a sufficient degree, Fr. assez
- not enough: to an insufficient degree, Fr. pas assez
- There isn't _________ space on the desktop.
- There are _________ mistakes in this letter.
- Your hands are far ____ dirty to sit down for dinner, young lady! Go wash up.
- They were hungry _______ to eat horses.
- It's annoying he doesn't read my messages carefully _________.
- There aren't _________ hours in the day.
- I wrote back ____ quickly.
- I didn't work ________.
- Will they have _________ courage to refuse this crazy scheme?
- That's _________ for now.
- She doesn't have enough time to _____________________ . (V (+ something))
- She spends too much time _____________________ . (Ving (+ something))
- She spends too much money on __________________ . (N / Ving)
- We don't have enough ___________ to _____________________________________. (N, V (+ something))
- No-one is ever _______________ enough to ________________________________. (ADJ, V (+ something))
| too + ADJ too careful |
(not) + ADJ + enough (not) careful enough |
| too + ADV too slowly |
(not) + ADV + enough (not) slowly enough |
| too + much N (uncountable) too much time / software |
(not) + enough + N (uncountable) (not) enough time / software |
| too + many N (countable) too many hours / programs |
(not) + enough + N (countable) not enough hours (in the day) |
| V+too much procrastinate too much |
(not) + V + enough (n't) write(s) enough |
Exercise 1
Add too, enough, too much or too many to the following sentences:
Exercise 2
Complete the following sentences so that they might be true:
