Enough goes after adjectives and adverbs:

0 I can't run very far. I'm not fit enough. (not enough fit)
0 Let's go. We've waited Long enough.
0 I can let you know tomorrow. Is that soon enough?
Compare too ... and not ... enough:
CJ You never stop working. You work too hard.
(=more than is necessary)
0 You/re lazy. You don't work hard enough.
(=less than is necessary)
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Enough normally goes before nouns:

r--- I can/t run very far. I don/t have enough energy. (not energy enough)
C Do we have enough petrol, or should we stop and get some?
C We've got enough money. We don/t need any more.
C Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren't enough chairs.
We also use enough alone (without a noun) :
~ We don/t need to stop for petrol. We've got enough.

Compare too much/many and enough:

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\...J There's too much furniture in this room. There S not enough space.
0 There were too many people and not enough chairs.

We say enough/too ... for somebody/something:

C Does Joe have enough experience for the job?
C This bag isn't big enough for aLL my clothes.
0 That shirt is too small for you. You need a larger size.
But we say enough/too .. . to do something. For example:
C Does joe have enough experience to do the job? (not for doing)
0 We don't have enough money to go on holiday right now.
0 She's not old enough to have a driving Licence.
She/s too young to have a driving Licence.
0 Lefs get a taxi. Ifs too far to walk home from here.
The following example has both for ... and to ... :
.~ The bridge is just wide enough for two cars to pass each other.

We say:
r - - _T
_ h_e_f_o_o_d _w_a_s very hot. We couldn't eat it.
I and The food was so hot that we co uldn 't eat it.
but The food was too hot to eat. (without it)
Some more examples like this:
'- These boxes are too heavy to carry.
(not to carry them)
C The wallet was too big to put in my pocket.
(not to put it)
0 This chai r isn 't strong enough to stand on.
(not to stand on it)

To ... and for ... (purpose) -+ Unit 64 Adjective + to .. . (difficult to understand etc.) -+ Unit 65
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lilii• Complete the sentences using enough +the following words:
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1 I can't run very far. I'm not ___ ft.t. ~~_ough _ ... .
2 Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren't . ~.DC?Y9.~ ....<J:l.~ ~ ..... .
3 I'd like to buy a car, but I don't have . .... at the moment
4 Do you have .......... .................................. ................................... in your coffee or would you like some more?
5 Are you .... ? Or shall I switch on the heating?
6 lt's only a small car. There isn't ..... .. ..... .... ...... . . ........ . ..... .. .. ........... for all of us.
7 Steve didn't feel ... ......... ... to go to work this morning.
8 I enjoyed my trip to Paris, but there wasn't ...... ........... . .... ..... ............. . ...... . .. ... ... to do everything I
wanted.
9 Try this jacket on and see if it's .... ......... ...... for you .
10 There weren't .... .................. .... . ............ . .............. ... .. for everybody to have coffee at the same time.

·-~ Complete the answers to the questions. Use too or enough+ the word(s) in brackets .

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. NQ.,... s~.~.'. ? ....Y1ot 9.l4. ~n9.u.gb. ...W.........."'
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1 Does she have a driving licence? (old)
h~ye CA:. ~r.~v~_g lice,Y}.C&- . .. _.. ... ..... ..
2 I need to talk to you about someth ing. (busy) Well, I'm afraid I'm .............. ............. . ... .
. to you now.
3 Let's go to the cinema . (late) No, ifs .................. ............................... .............................. .
to the cinema.
4 Why don't we sit outside? (warm) lt's not ..... .... .................. ........... .. ........................ 1·-

outside.
5 Would you like to be a politician? (shy) No, I'm ........................ . .... .
....... ........ a politician.
6 Would you like to be a teacher? (patience) No, I don't have
..... .. ..... . ...... .. ..... .. ...... . .............. a teacher. 1

7 Did you hear what he was saying? (far away) No, we were ........ ..... . ....
.................................. .......... what he was saying.
8 Can he read a newspaper in English? (English) No, he doesn't know ....
....... a newspaper.
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- Make one sentence from two. Complete the new sentence using too or enough.
1 We cou ldn't carry the boxes. They were too heavy .
. ...Th.~ ..P..9.~~s.. ·~-~.~ ...t.9.9. . . h..~Y.H...to. qy-r!:t.~ ...................... ........................................................ .............................................................. ..
2 I can't drink this coffee. lt's too hot.
This coffee is ...... . . ...... ........... .. .......... ...... ............ ................................................................
3 Nobody cou ld move the piano. lt was too heavy.
The piano .......... ...... .. ... ........................... ........
4 Don't eat these apples. They're not ripe enough.
These apples .. ..... ............... .... ... . ....... .............. ..
5 I can't explain the situation. lt is too compli cated.
The situation ..
6 We cou ldn't climb over the wall. lt was too high.
The wall ........ .... ...... ................... .... ..
7 Three people can't sit on this sofa. lt isn't big enough.
This sofa ....... ........ .... ... ........ ........ ..................
8 You can't see some things without a microscope. They are too small.
Some ........... .......... ... . .................................... .. ........ ........................................... . ..............................................................

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