Too ... to ...

by Vocafy Επαληθευμένο

Αγγλικά (ΗΠΑ) A2 Ερωτήσεις: 15 Γραμματική

Practice using 'too ... to ...' to say why you can't do something, like when something is too hot, too small, or too difficult.

1. 1. Επιλέξτε τη σωστή απάντηση.

   What is the problem with the soup?

   The soup is too hot to eat.

   • It needs to cool before you eat it.
   • It needs to get hotter before you eat it.
   • It is at a good temperature to eat now.

   Is the soup ready to eat now?

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   • It needs to cool before you eat it.

   'Too hot' means the heat is a problem, not just that the soup is very hot.

2. 2. Συμπληρώστε το κενό.

   The shirt does not fit.

   This shirt is ___ small to wear.

   • to
   • too
   • two

   The missing word means 'more than is OK.'

   Show solution

   This shirt is too small to wear.

   'Too' comes before 'small.' 'To' comes before the action: 'too small to wear.'

3. 3. Συμπληρώστε το κενό.

   This box is too ___ to lift.

   • heavier
   • heavily
   • heavy

   The gap needs an adjective that describes the box.

   Show solution

   This box is too heavy to lift.

   After 'too,' use the usual adjective form: 'heavy,' not 'heavier' or 'heavily.'

4. 4. Συμπληρώστε το κενό.

   I'm too tired ___ dinner tonight.

   • cooking
   • to cook
   • cook

   An action follows 'too tired.' It needs two words here.

   Show solution

   I'm too tired to cook dinner tonight.

   Use 'to' and the basic verb form for the action: 'too tired to cook.'

5. 5. Βάλτε τις λέξεις στη σωστή σειρά.

   I cannot get the book from the shelf.

   • is
   • The shelf
   • too high
   • to reach.

   Describe the shelf before naming the action.

   Show solution

   The shelf is too high to reach.

   'Too' goes directly before the adjective. The action follows: 'too high to reach.'

6. 6. Επιλέξτε τη σωστή απάντηση.

   Who cannot understand the guide?

   "The guide is speaking too fast for me to understand," Leo says to Mia.

   • Mia
   • The guide
   • Leo

   Look at who says 'me.'

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   • Leo

   'For me' names the person with the problem. Leo is speaking, so 'me' means Leo.

7. 7. Συμπληρώστε το κενό.

   The floor is too wet to walk ___ safely.

   • on
   • at
   • of

   Think about the surface your feet touch.

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   The floor is too wet to walk on safely.

   We walk 'on' a floor. Keep 'on' when you say the floor is too wet to walk on.

8. 8. Επιλέξτε τη σωστή απάντηση.

   What would solve this problem?

   The window is too dirty to see through.

   • Open the curtains.
   • Clean the glass.
   • Turn on the light.

   What is stopping you from seeing through the glass?

   Show solution

   • Clean the glass.

   Cleaning removes the dirt. Then the window may be clear enough to see through.

9. 9. Συμπληρώστε το κενό.

   This puzzle is too hard ___ my little brother to solve.

   • of
   • to
   • for

   The words after the gap name the person who cannot solve it.

   Show solution

   This puzzle is too hard for my little brother to solve.

   Use 'for' to name the person: 'too hard for my little brother to solve.'

10. 10. Βάλτε τις λέξεις στη σωστή σειρά.

    The bus left before we arrived.

    • to catch
    • We
    • the bus.
    • too late
    • were

    The problem happened in the past.

    Show solution

    We were too late to catch the bus.

    Use 'were' with 'we' for a past problem. The part 'too late to catch' stays the same.

11. 11. Επιλέξτε τη σωστή απάντηση.

    Which sentence has the same meaning?

    The rope is too short to reach the boat.

    • The rope is not long enough to reach the boat.
    • The rope is not short enough to reach the boat.
    • The rope is long enough to reach the boat.

    Think about the length needed to reach the boat.

    Show solution

    • The rope is not long enough to reach the boat.

    'Too short' and 'not long enough' describe the same problem. The rope needs to be longer.

12. 12. Επιλέξτε τη σωστή απάντηση.

    Max does not have enough money for the car. Which sentence explains his problem?

    • The car is too expensive for Max buy.
    • The car is too expensive for Max to buy it.
    • The car is too expensive for Max to buy.

    The sentence already names the thing Max wants to buy.

    Show solution

    • The car is too expensive for Max to buy.

    Do not add 'it' after 'buy' here. 'The car' already tells us what Max cannot buy.

13. 13. Συμπληρώστε το κενό.

    Mia is a child. Only adults can use this machine.

    Mia is ___ to use this machine.

    • old enough
    • too young
    • too old

    Does Mia need to be younger or older?

    Show solution

    Mia is too young to use this machine.

    'Too young' means she needs to be older. 'Too' can describe a problem with age, not just size or temperature.

14. 14. Επιλέξτε τη σωστή απάντηση.

    What can Ben do now, according to what he says?

    "The lake is too cold to swim in, but the path is dry enough to walk on," Ben says.

    • Walk on the path, but not swim in the lake.
    • Swim in the lake, but not walk on the path.
    • Both swim in the lake and walk on the path.

    Check the lake and the path separately.

    Show solution

    • Walk on the path, but not swim in the lake.

    'Too cold' stops Ben from swimming. 'Dry enough' means the path is OK for walking.

15. 15. Βάλτε τις λέξεις στη σωστή σειρά.

    We cannot move the sofa into the room.

    • for
    • to fit
    • through.
    • too narrow
    • is
    • the sofa
    • The doorway

    Name the doorway's problem, then the thing that cannot go through.

    Show solution

    The doorway is too narrow for the sofa to fit through.

    After 'for,' you can name a thing as well as a person: 'for the sofa to fit through.'