TOO / ENOUGH: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Join these pairs of sentences using ‘too + adjective’ and ‘adjective + enough’
This desk is very small. I can’t work on It.
They were too far away. Sam couldn’t see them without his glasses.
That house is very expensive. We can’t buy it.
The teacher’s voice was very low. The children couldn’t hear her.
Peter walked very slowly. He didn’t get to the concert on time.
This chair is old. It can’t be repaired.
The blackboard was dirty; we couldn’t write the sentence.
The soup is very hot. It can’t be eaten.
That evening dress is very old. I can’t use it to go to that party.
This game is too difficult. It can’t be understood.
That boy is very young. He can’t travel alone.
He’s driving very slowly. He isn’t going to win the race.
My grandmother is very old. She can’t drive a car.
My car is very fast. My daughter can’t drive it.
The wind is very strong today. We can’t play tennis.
TOO / ENOUGH: KEY This desk is very small. I can’t work on It. This desk is too small (for me) to work on. / This desk isn’t big enough (for me) to work on. They were too far away. Sam couldn’t see them without his glasses. They weren’t near / close enough for Sam to see without glasses. That house is very expensive. We can’t buy it. That house is too expensive (for us) to buy. / That house isn’t cheap enough (for us) to buy. The teacher’s voice was very low. The children couldn’t hear her. The teacher’s voice was too low for the children to hear. The teacher’s voice wasn’t loud enough for the children to hear. Peter walked very slowly. He didn’t get to the concert on time. Peter walked too slowly to get to the concert on time. Peter didn’t walk quickly / fast enough to get to the concert on time. This chair is old. It can’t be repaired. This chair is too old to be repaired. / This chair isn’t new / modern enough to be repaired. The blackboard was dirty; we couldn’t write the sentence. The blackboard was too dirty (for us) to write the sentence. The blackboard wasn’t clean enough (for us) to write the sentence. The soup is very hot. It can’t be eaten. The soup is too hot to be eaten. / The soup isn’t warm / cold enough to be eaten. That evening dress is very old. I can’t use it to go to that party. That evening dress is too old (for me) to go to that party. That evening dress isn’t new / modern enough (for me) to go to that party. This game is too difficult. It can’t be understood. This game isn’t easy enough to be understood. That boy is very young. He can’t travel alone. That boy is too young to travel alone. / That boy isn’t old enough to travel alone. He’s driving very slowly. He isn’t going to win the race. He’s driving too slowly to win the race. / He’s not driving fast enough to win the race. My grandmother is very old. She can’t drive a car. My grandmother is too old to drive a car. / My grandmother isn’t young enough to drive a car. My car is very fast. My daughter can’t drive it. My car is too fast (for my daughter) to drive. / My car isn’t slow enough (for my daughter) to drive. The wind is very strong today. We can’t play tennis. The wind is too strong today (for us) to play tennis. / The wind isn’t soft enough today (for us) to play tennis.