Too, Too Much, Too Many and Enough – A2 English Grammar

1. Which sentence is correct?

• A. The coffee is too much hot.
• B. The coffee is too hot. ✓
• C. The coffee is enough hot.
• D. The coffee is hot enough much.

Answer: The coffee is too hot.

Too + adjective (hot). Never too much + adjective. Enough comes after adjectives, not before.

2. Which sentence is correct?

• A. She is enough tall to reach the shelf.
• B. She is tall too to reach the shelf.
• C. She is tall enough to reach the shelf. ✓
• D. She is too enough tall to reach the shelf.

Answer: She is tall enough to reach the shelf.

Enough comes after the adjective: tall enough. Never enough tall.

3. Which sentence is correct?

• A. There are too much people waiting.
• B. There is too many people waiting.
• C. There are too many people waiting. ✓
• D. There are enough too many people waiting.

Answer: There are too many people waiting.

Too many + countable plural noun (people). There are (plural verb) with countable plural.

4. Which sentence is correct?

• A. I have not enough money to buy it.
• B. I do not have enough money to buy it. ✓
• C. I do not have money enough to buy it.
• D. I have too little money enough.

Answer: I do not have enough money to buy it.

Enough + noun (money): enough comes before the noun. The negative: do not have enough.

5. Which sentence is correct?

• A. He drives too much fast.
• B. He drives fast too.
• C. He drives too fast. ✓
• D. He drives enough fast.

Answer: He drives too fast.

Too + adverb (fast). Never too much fast - too much goes with nouns.

6. Which sentence is correct?

• A. There is too many sugar in this cake.
• B. There are too many sugar in this cake.
• C. There is too much sugar in this cake. ✓
• D. There are too much sugars in this cake.

Answer: There is too much sugar in this cake.

Sugar is uncountable: too much sugar. There is (singular) with uncountable nouns.

7. Which sentence is correct?

• A. The room is enough big for ten people.
• B. The room is big enough for ten people. ✓
• C. The room is too enough big for ten people.
• D. The room is big too for ten people.

Answer: The room is big enough for ten people.

Enough after the adjective: big enough. Never enough big.

8. Which sentence is correct?

• A. She has too many work to do.
• B. She has too much work to do. ✓
• C. She has too work to do.
• D. She has work too much to do.

Answer: She has too much work to do.

Work is uncountable: too much work. Never too many work.

9. Which sentence is correct?

• A. Are there seats enough for everyone?
• B. Are there enough seats for everyone? ✓
• C. Are there too enough seats for everyone?
• D. Are there seats too many for everyone?

Answer: Are there enough seats for everyone?

Enough + noun (seats): enough before the noun.

10. Which sentence is correct?

• A. I was too much tired to go out.
• B. I was tired enough to go out.
• C. I was too tired to go out. ✓
• D. I was enough tired to go out.

Answer: I was too tired to go out.

Too + adjective (tired) + to + infinitive = so tired that it was impossible to go out.

1. When Jürgen Klopp was a young footballer in Germany, scouts told him he was not talented _____ to play at the top level. He was good, but not great. So Klopp became a manager instead. At first, he made _____ mistakes, lost important matches, and almost gave up on his dream. But he never put _____ pressure on himself. He believed in learning slowly and building trust with his players. By the time he arrived at Liverpool in 2015, he was experienced _____ to transform a struggling club into European champions. His secret? He never thought the hard work was _____ difficult or the challenge was too big. He just kept going.

• A. enough
• B. too
• C. too much
• D. too many
• E. too much
• F. enough
• G. too much
• H. too many
• I. enough
• J. enough
• K. too
• L. too much
• M. too
• N. enough
• O. too much

Answer: enough, too many, too much, enough, too

Not talented enough = adjective + enough (after adjective). Too many mistakes = too many + countable noun. Too much pressure = too much + uncountable noun. Experienced enough = adjective + enough (after adjective). Too difficult = too + adjective.

1. expensive / flat / is / the / too / us / for

Answer: The flat is too expensive for us.

Too + adjective (expensive). Too + adjective + for + person.

2. not / have / do / enough / we / chairs

Answer: We do not have enough chairs.

Enough + noun (chairs). Enough before the noun.

3. drank / I / last / too / coffee / much / night

Answer: I drank too much coffee last night.

Too much + uncountable noun (coffee). Time expression at the end.

4. old / he / is / drive / to / enough

Answer: He is old enough to drive.

Old enough: enough after adjective. Enough + to + infinitive.

5. mistakes / made / too / she / many

Answer: She made too many mistakes.

Too many + countable noun (mistakes). Mistakes is countable and plural.

6. fast / runs / too / he / me / for

Answer: He runs too fast for me.

Too + adverb (fast). Too + adverb + for + person.

7. is / there / work / not / finish / to / enough / time

Answer: There is not enough time to finish the work.

Enough + noun (time). Enough before the noun. Not enough = insufficient.

8. in / too / the / many / office / there / people / are

Answer: There are too many people in the office.

Too many + countable noun (people). There are (plural) with countable nouns.

9. qualified / is / job / she / for / enough / the

Answer: She is qualified enough for the job.

Qualified enough: enough after adjective. Enough + for + noun.

10. noise / much / is / there / too / here

Answer: There is too much noise here.

Too much + uncountable noun (noise). Noise is uncountable.

1. You are a friendly English tutor doing a structured speaking drill with an A2 student. The grammar focus is: (1) too + adjective/adverb = more than acceptable (too hot, too fast), (2) too much + uncountable noun = excessive amount (too much stress, too much traffic), (3) too many + countable plural noun = excessive number (too many meetings, too many people), (4) enough + noun = sufficient amount, before the noun (enough time, enough money), (5) adjective/adverb + enough = sufficient degree, after the adjective (old enough, fast enough). STRUCTURE: Ask exactly 6 questions, one at a time. Wait for the student's full answer before asking the next one. QUESTIONS TO ASK (in this order): 1. 'Let us talk about problems! Tell me three things in your daily life that are too difficult, too expensive, or too stressful. Use too + adjective.' (Target: My commute is too long. My rent is too expensive. My job is too stressful. Check: too + adjective, not too much + adjective.) 2. 'Good! Now tell me about things where there is too much or too many. For example - traffic, work, noise, meetings, problems.' (Target: There is too much traffic in my city. I have too many meetings at work. There is too much noise in my neighbourhood. Check: too much for uncountable, too many for countable.) 3. 'Now the opposite - tell me about things where you do not have enough. Use enough + noun.' (Target: I do not have enough free time. I do not have enough money to buy a new car. There is not enough space in my flat. Check: enough before the noun.) 4. 'I will describe a situation and you tell me if you are old enough, experienced enough, or confident enough to do it. Ready? Situation one: becoming the manager of a big international company.' (Target: I am not experienced enough to be a manager. I am confident enough but not experienced enough. Check: adjective + enough - never enough + adjective.) 5. 'Think about your city or neighbourhood. Tell me what is wrong with it using too, too much, or too many. Give me at least three things.' (Target: There are too many cars. There is too much pollution. The public transport is too slow. There are too many people in the centre. Check all three forms: too + adj, too much + uncountable, too many + countable.) 6. 'Final question! Is your English good enough to have a conversation without a dictionary? And what do you think is still too difficult for you right now?' (Target: My English is good enough to have simple conversations. Grammar is still too complicated sometimes. Vocabulary is not rich enough yet. Check: adjective + enough and too + adjective.) FEEDBACK RULES: - Never explain the grammar rule. Recast errors naturally. - If student says 'too much tired': recast - 'Yes, you are too tired! That makes sense after a long day.' - If student says 'too many traffic': recast - 'Right, there is too much traffic! It is really frustrating.' - If student says 'enough big' or 'enough old': recast - 'So it is big enough for you! That is great.' - If student says 'too much meetings': recast - 'Too many meetings! That must be exhausting.' - Keep your own language at A2 level. - After all 6 questions, give one genuine specific compliment and say goodbye.

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