Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using enough + the following words:
big chairs cups fit milk money room time warm well
1 I can’t run very far. I’m not …………………….
2 Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren’t …………………….
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 It’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.
Answers
1
1 fit enough
2 enough chairs
3 enough money
4 enough milk
5 warm enough
6 enough room
7 well enough
8 enough time
9 big enough
10 enough cups
Exercise 2
Complete the answers to the questions. Use too or enough + the word(s) in brackets.
1 Does she have a driving licence?
(old) No, she’s not old enough to have a driving licence.
2 I need to talk to you about something.
(busy) Well, I’m afraid I’m ……………………. to you now.
3 Let’s go to the cinema.
(late) No, it’s ……………………. to the cinema.
4 Why don’t we sit outside?
(warm) It’s not ……………………. 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.
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.
Answers
2
2 too busy to talk
3 too late to go
4 warm enough to sit
5 too shy to be
6 enough patience to be
7 too far away to hear
8 enough English to read
Exercise 3
Make one sentence from two. Complete the new sentence using too or enough.
1 We couldn’t carry the boxes. They were too heavy.
…………………….
2 I can’t drink this coffee. It’s too hot.
This coffee is …………………….
3 Nobody could move the piano. It 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. It is too complicated.
The situation …………………….
6 We couldn’t climb over the wall. It was too high.
The wall …………………….
7 Three people can’t sit on this sofa. It isn’t big enough.
This sofa …………………….
8 You can’t see some things without a microscope. They are too small.
Some …………………….
Answers
3
1 The boxes were too heavy to carry.
2 This coffee is too hot to drink.
3 The piano was too heavy to move.
4 These apples aren’t I are not ripe enough to eat.
5 The situation is too complicated to explain.
6 The wall was too high to climb over.
7 This sofa isn’t I is not big enough for three people (to sit on).
8 Some things are too small to see without a microscope.
