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"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

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, much, or many to the following sentences:

1. There isn't _________ space on the desktop.
2. There are too ________ mistakes in this letter.
3. Your hands are far ____ dirty to sit down for dinner, young lady! Go wash up.
4. They were hungry _______ to eat horses.
5. It's annoying she doesn't read my messages carefully _________.
6. There aren't _________ hours in the day.
7. I wrote back ____ quickly.
8. I don't work ________.
9. Will they have _________ courage to refuse Peillon's plan to reduce the salary for teacher apprentices?
10. That's _________ for now.

Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences so that they might be true:

1. She doesn't have enough time to _____________________ (V (+ something))
2. She spends too much time _____________________ (Ving (+ something)
3. She spends too much money on __________________ (N)
4. We don't have enough ___________ to _____________________________________. <ADJ, span style="color:darkred;">V</span> (+ something))
5. No-one is ever _______________ enough to ________________________________. <ADJ, span style="color:darkred;">V</span> (+ something))
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