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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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