Complete the following sentences using enough or too.

Hints

Enough shows sufficiency. It has a positive meaning. Too shows undesirable excess. It has a negative meaning. Enough comes after the adjective or adverb it modifies. Too comes before the word it modifies.

1. He isn’t …………………………………… to lift that box.

a) too strong

b) strong enough

c) either could be used here

2. She was …………………………………… to walk.

a) too tired

b) tired enough

c) either could be used here

3. We are not ……………………………………… to buy a car.

a) too rich

b) rich enough

c) either could be used here

4. The policeman did not run …………………………………. to catch the thief.

a) too fast

b) fast enough

c) either could be used here

5. His behavior was ………………………………………. for me to tolerate.

a) too impudent

b) impudent enough

c) either could be used here

6. We haven’t got …………………………………… to get his reply.

a) time enough

b) too time

c) either could be used here

7. She is not ………………………………….. to be a grandmother.

a) too old

b) old enough

c) either could be used here

8. The old woman was …………………………………………. to share her meals with me.

a) too kind

b) kind enough

c) either could be used here

Answers

1. He isn’t strong enough to lift that box.

2. She was too tired to walk.

3. We are not rich enough to buy a car.

4. The policeman did not run fast enough to catch the thief.

5. His behavior was too impudent for me to tolerate.

6. We haven’t got time enough to get his reply.

7. She is not old enough to be a grandmother.

8. The old woman was kind enough to share her meals with me.