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ENOUGH - TOO - SO THAT - SUCH THAT
A. THEORY
Enough | S + V + adj / adv + enough (for O) + to-V1 S + V + enough + N + to-V1 |
Ex1: My sister can’t get married because she is young. -> My sister isn’t young enough to get married Ex2: I didn’t buy a new computer because I didn’t have money. -> I didn’t have enough money to buy a new computer. | |
Too(quá ….không thể) | S + V + too + adj / adv (for O) + to-V1 |
Ex1: He is very short, so he can’t play basket ball. -> He is too short to play basketball. Ex2: The house is very expensive. We can’t buy it. -> The house is too expensive for us to buy. | |
so ….that (quá … đến nỗi) | S+ V+ so + adj / adv + that + S + can’t / couldn’t / wouldn’t + V1. |
Ex1: The coffee is very hot. I can’t drink it. -> The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it. Ex2: I couldn’t catch him because he ran very fast. -> He ran so fast that I couldn’t catch him. | |
such …. that (quá … đến nỗi) | S+ V + such (a/an) + adj + N + that + S + can’t / couldn’t / wouldn’t + V1 …… Note: không dùng a, an nếu danh từ là danh từ số nhiều hoặc không đếm được |
Ex1: The coffee is very hot. I can’t drink it. -> It is such a hot coffee that I can’t drink it. Ex2: The weather was very bad. We couldn’t go outside. -> It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go outside. |
Lưu ý:
- Cấu trúc enough và too:
+ nếu 2 chủ từ khác nhau thì dùng for + O
+ không sử dụng các đại từ it, her, him, them để chỉ danh từ phía trước
The house is very expensive. We can’t buy it.
- The house is too expensive for us to buy.
- Cấu trúc so và such: phải dùng đại từ it, her, him, them để chỉ danh từ phía trước
- The house is so expensive that I can’t buy it.
- so many + N đếm được số nhiều: quá nhiều …
There are so many students that I can’t remember their name.
- so much + N không đếm được: quá nhiều …
I drank so much coffee that I couldn’t sleep.
- so few + N đếm được số nhiều: quá ít ….
There were so few people that they cancelled the meeting.
- so little + N không đếm được: quá ít….
He had so little money that he couldn’t buy that book.
B. PRACTICE
I. Combine sentences into one sentence, using (not) adj + enough + to-infinitive.
1. He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job.
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2. The ladder isn’t very long. It didn’t reach the window.
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3. The fire isn’t strong. It won’t boil the kettle.
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4. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase.
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5. Minh is tall. He can be a good basketball player.
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II. Combine sentences into one sentence, using (not) adj + enough for sb + to-infinitive.
1. The weather wasn’t very warm. We couldn’t go swimming.
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2. The tea isn’t strong. I won’t keep us awake.
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3. It wasn’t very warm. We couldn’t sit in the garden.
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4. The ladder was very long. I could reach the window.
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5. The buffalo isn’t big. He can’t harm you.
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III. Combine each sentences into a new one, using “enough + noun + to V”.
1. We have money. We can buy that motorcycle.
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2. She has a lot of free time. She can go to the movies with you.
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3. Mr Brown has experience. He can solve this problem.
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4. There are enough knitting frames in the workshop. Student can practise knitting.
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5. I haven’t got money. I can’t go away on holiday.
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IV. Combine each sentences into a new one, using “too + adj + to V”:
- The children were very late. They couldn’t see the display of fireworks.
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- Your brother is very young. He can’t go swimming.
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- He was very old. He couldn’t ride the bumper car.
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- Mary was tired. She didn’t go on with the work.
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- I am very anxious. I can’t wait for you any longer.
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V. Combine each sentences into a new one, using “too + adj + for + sb + to V”:
- The sound is very low. We can’t hear it.
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- This book is very difficult. I can’t read it.
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- This table is very heavy. He couldn’t move it.
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- The program is very long. They can’t broadcast it.
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- This soup is very hot. I can’t eat it.
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VI/ Combine each sentences into a new one, using “too ...” or “enough ...”:
- It was very dark, so I couldn’t see the words.
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- It was early, so I couldn’t tell you once more story.
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- Dick is very clever; he can learn this in a short time.
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- My mother is very old. She cannot do that work.
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- That house isn’t large. We can’t stay there for the night.
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- Daisy was very short. She couldn’t reach the picture.
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- Jack is very clever. He can do this work.
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- Diana was very kind. She could help you with the work.
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- The little girl was so shy. She couldn’t tell me the story.
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- He was very sick. He had to see a doctor.
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VII. Conmbine these pairs of sentences using “so…that” :
1/ That woman was very tall. She could almost touch the ceiling.
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2/ This coat is very big. I can’t wear it.
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3/ The coffee was so strong. She couldn’t go to sleep.
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4/ That bag was very heavy. None of us could carry it.
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5/ The stadium is very large. It can hold 60,000 people.
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6/ Those lessons are very difficult. He can’t understand them.
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7/ She was very busy. She couldn’t do the housework.
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8/ The climate was very bad. All the plants couldn’t grow well.
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9/ I’m very tired. I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
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10/ That boy is very lazy. He never does his homework.
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XI. Rewrite sentences with the word given keep meaning as the root one.
1) The weather is so bad that we can’t go out.
=> The weather is too……..
2) The film was so boring that we couldn’t go on seeing it.
=> The film was too…..
3) He was so old that he couldn’t run fast.
=> ) He was too…..
4) He spoke so fast that we couldn’t understand him.
=> He spoke too…..
5) The fair was so noisy that we couldn’t hear each other.
=> The fair was too….
6) You speak so fast that I can’t catch up with your words.
=> You speak too……
7) It is so early that we can’t go out.
=> It is too…..
8) The water is so hot that I can’t drink it.
=> The water is too……
9) The restaurant is so expensive that we can’t eat in that restaurant.
=> The restaurant is too………
10) He studied so badly that he couldn’t pass the exam.
=> He studied too…….
XII. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. The ceiling is _______.
A. too high for me to reach B. too high for me to each it.
C. so high for me reaching D. enough high of me reaching
2. I don’t think our daughter is _______ to understand this matter.
A. too young B. is such young C. not enough old D. not age enough
3. Mrs Harrison is _______ he owns many palaces.
A. so a rich man that B. such an rich man that
C. such a rich man that D. that os rich a man.
4. These two girls ………….. that I can’t tell them apart.
a. are so like B. are so alike C. are too alike D. alike enough
5. The woman was so beautiful_______.
A. that I couldn’t help looking at B. that I couldn’t help looking at her
C. for me looking at her D. that for me to look at.
6. It is _______ that I would like to go to the beach.
A. such a nice weather B. too nice weather
C. such nice weather D. such weather nice.
7. These are _______ that I can’t finish them.
A. a such long assignments B. such long assignments
C. such a long assignments D. too long assignments.
8. It is _______ that I have read it twice.
A. such an interesting book B. so interesting a book.
C. too interesting a book D. A and B.
9. She dances _______ everybody adores her.
A. such beautifully that B. so beautiful that
C. so beautiful that D. too beautifully that
10. It is _______ to go swimming.
A. too cold B.so cold C. such a cold D. enough cold that
11. I am _______ a car.
A. not rich enough to buy B. too rich enough to buy
C. too poor to buy D. a and c.
12. It’s_______ home from here.
A. too far walking B. too far for walking
C. far to walk too D. too far to walk
13. The bed is not clean enough_______.
A. to lie in it B. to lie in C. for lying In D. in which to lie
14. The piano was too heavy_______.
A. for nobody to move B. for nobody moving
C. for anyone to move D. for anyone to moving
15._______ to go to the cinema.
A. It was late so that B. That it was late C. It was too late D. such too late.