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USING INFINITIVES WITH TOO AND ENOUGH
| TOO + ADJECTIVE + (FOR SOMEONE) + INFINITIVE A piano is too heavy to lift. That box is too heavy for me to lift. | Infinitives often follow the expressions with too. Too comes in front of an adjective. In the speaker’s mind the use of too implies a negative result. Infinitives often follow expressions with enough . Enough comes in front of a noun. Enough follows an adjective. |
| ENOUGH + NOUN + INFINITIVE I don’t have enough money to buy that car. | |
| ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH + INFINITIVE Jimmy isn’t old enough to go to school. |
Exercise 9: Make sentences by putting the following in the correct order.
1. time/ to go to the park tomorrow/ I don’t have/ enough.
2. to touch the ceiling/ too/ I’m/ short.
3. to pay his bills/ money/ Tom doesn’t have/ enough.
4. for me/ this tea is/ hot/ to drink/ too.
5. to eat breakfast this morning/ time/ I didn’t have/enough.
6. enough/ to stay home alone/ old/ Susie isn’t.
7. too/ to stay home alone/ young/ Susie is.
8. late/ to go to the movie/ for us/ too/ it’s.
9. to finish/ too/ last night/ I was/ my homework/ sleepy.
10. yesterday/ time/ downtown/ I didn’t have/ to go/ enough.
11. to wear/ for me/ small/ this jacket is/ too.
12. for us/ cold/ it’s/ today/ too/ to go swimming.
13. enough/ a horse/ I’m not/ to lift/ strong.
14. homework/ our teacher never gives us/ to do/ enough.
15.busy/ to the beach/ too/ last weekend/ to go/ Jack was.
16. to walk/ I live/ to class/ far from school/ too.
17. our homework/ time/ last night/ our teacher didn’t have/ to correct/ enough.
Exercise 10: Complete the sentences. Use infinitives.
1. The weather is too cold __________________________
2. Timmy is two years old. He’s too young _____________________
3. Timmy isn’t old enough __________________________________
4. That suitcase is too heavy _________________________________
5. Ann isn’t strong enough __________________________________
6. Last night I was too tired __________________________________
7. Yesterday I was too busy __________________________________
8. A Mercedes-Benz is too expensive __________________________
9. I don’t have enough money _______________________________
10. Yesterday I didn’t have enough money _____________________
11. A teenager is old enough _________________________________
12. This coffee is too hot ____________________________________
13. I know enough English ___________________________________
14. The test was too long _____________________________________
15. I’m too short __________________________________________
16. I’m not tall enough ______________________________________
Exercise 11: All of the following sentences contain mistakes. Find and correct them.
1. I went to the drug store for getting some toothpaste.
2. Did you go to the shopping yesterday?
3. I usually go to the cafeteria for a get a cup of coffee in the morning.
4. Bob needed to went downtown yesterday.
5. We yesterday to the zoo went.
6. I want go to the beach tomorrow morning.
7. Is difficult to learn a second language.
8. It is important getting a education.
9. Ben isn’t enough old to get married.
10. Do you want go to swimming tomorrow?
11. I went to the bank for cashing a check.
12. I was to sleepy to finish my homework last night.
Exercise 12: Complete the sentences with prepositions.
1. I apologized ____ Ann ____ stepping on her toe.
2.I thanked Tom ____ helping me fix my car.
3. My Dad doesn’t approve _________ gambling.
4. Please forgive me ______ forgetting your birthday.
5. My friend insisted _______ taking me to the airport.
6. Please excuse me ______ being late.
7. Children depend ______ their parents for love and support.
8. In my composition I compared this city ______ my hometown.
9. Umbrellas protect people ________ rain.
10.We’re relying ______ Jason to help us move into our new apartment.
8-1 TWO-WORD VERBS (SEPARABLE)
| We put off our trip. | Put off = a two-word verb. It means postpone. |
| We put off our trip. We put our trip off. | Many two-word verbs are separable. In other words, a noun can either follow or come between the verb and the noun. |
| We put it off. | If a two-word verb is separable, a pronoun always comes between the verb and the preposition. |
SOME COMMON TWO-WORD VERBS (SEPARABLE)
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