A2Articles, pronouns and determiners

Too, too much, too many, enough

Express excess with too/too much/too many and sufficiency with enough.

Overview

What this grammar does

Express excess with too/too much/too many and sufficiency with enough.

Form and rules

How it works

Use too + adjective/adverb: too expensive, too slowly.

Use too much + uncountable noun: too much traffic.

Use too many + plural countable noun: too many emails.

Use adjective/adverb + enough: warm enough, quickly enough.

Use enough + noun: enough money, enough chairs.

A closer look

Meaning and use

Use adjective/adverb + enough: warm enough, quickly enough.

Use enough + noun: enough money, enough chairs.

Examples

See the pattern in complete sentences

This bag is too heavy.

There's too much noise.

We invited too many people.

The room isn't big enough.

Do we have enough chairs?

Common mistakes

What to avoid

This coffee is enough before hot hot to drink.

This coffee is too hot to drink.

Use too directly before an adjective.

There is too traffic this morning.

There is too much traffic this morning.

Traffic is uncountable, so use too much.

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The test combines multiple choice, gap completion, error correction, and sentence building so students have to recognise and produce the grammar, not simply reread the rule.

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