Say something is too much or not enoughقل إن الشيء زائد عن الحد أو غير كافٍ

The idea, simply

Too comes before an adjective and means more than is right: This room is too small. Enough comes after an adjective and before a noun: The room is not big enough. We do not have enough chairs. Do not mix up too and very: very hot is only a description, but too hot means you cannot do something: The tea is too hot to drink.

Examples

• This room is too small for six people.

• The tea is too hot to drink.

• We do not have enough chairs.

Lesson words

• tooأكثر من اللازم
  It is too late to call.
• enoughكافٍ
  Is there enough milk?
• expensiveغالٍ
  That hotel is too expensive.
• spaceمساحة
  There is not enough space here.
• fitيناسب المقاس
  This jacket does not fit me.

Lesson exercises

1. Put the words in the correct order.

   Words: for / is / people. / room / six / small / This / too

   Answer

   This room is too small for six people.

2. Complete the gap: He is not old ___ to drive.

   Answer

   enough

3. Choose the correct English sentence.

   • These shoes are too big for me.
   • These shoes are big too for me.
   • These shoes are enough big for me.
   Answer

   These shoes are too big for me.

4. Where does enough go with an adjective?

   • after the adjective
   • before the adjective
   • at the start of the sentence
   Answer

   after the adjective

   We say tall enough and warm enough, so enough follows the adjective. With a noun it comes first: enough time.

5. Explain why something does not suit you.

   Model answer

   This room is too small for six people.

   Compare your answer with the model and check word order, capitals, and punctuation.