too + adjective / adverb • enough: adjective

Emphasis on nouns or adjectives /
adverbs
• such+noun
Yesterday was such a wet day.
[Ayer fue un día muy lluvioso.]
In this class there are such good students.
[En esta clase hay estudiantes
buenísimos.]
Be careful! If we emphasise a countable
singular noun, we use a/an after such:
Sharon is such an intelligent person.
...such intelligent person. [...una persona
muy inteligente.]
But we do not use a / an with plural nouns:
Rachel and her husband are such kind
people.
...such a kind people.
[...son
personas muy amables.]
• Quantity
so much / so httle + uncountable noun
so many /so few + countable noun
• so + adjective / adverb
Those flats are so expensive. [Esos pisos
son carísimos.]
Mrs Thomson speaks so quickly. [...habla
muy deprisa.]
Be careful! We can also express the
consequences of the expressions with
such or so. To do so, we can add a
sentence beginning with that: Yesterday
was such a wet day (that) we couldn't go
out for a walk. [Ayer fue un día tan lluvioso
que no pudimos salir a dar un paseo.]
Excess
Sufficiency
Too
Enough
• too: too + adjective / adverb
1 can't get you. You speak too quíckly.
[...Hablas demasiado deprisa.]
Study the word order in these two
examples:
The yellow ladder was too expensive.
[...demasiado cara...]
It was too expensive a ladder.
too much / too many + noun
too much + uncountable noun
too many + countable plural noun
• enough: adjective / adverb +
enough
This fiat is OK for us. It's large enough.
[...Es bastante grande.]
• enough+noun
We can make those cakes. We have
enough fiour and sugar
[...Tenemos bastante harina y azúcar.]
Be careful! We can express the
consequence of the expressions with too
or enough. To do so, we add to - infinitive:
That book was too difficult to understand.
[...demasiado difícil de entender.]
Be careful! Compare English and Spanish
when we use:
for + noun / pronoun + to - infinitive
That box is too heavv for me to carry...so
that I carry it.
[Esa caja es demasiado pesada para que
yo la lleve.]
Be careful! We use enough to mean
“sufficient”. To express abundance we use a
lot of / lots of:
There are lots of students in my school.
There are enough students in my school.
[Hay bastantes / muchos estudiantes...]