Too ... to ...
Practice explaining why you cannot do something because it is too hot, too small, or too difficult.
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1. Выберите правильный ответ.
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.
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2. Заполните пропуск.
The shirt does not fit.
This shirt is ___ small to wear.
- to
- too
- two
The missing word means 'more than is OK.'
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This shirt is too small to wear.
'Too' comes before 'small.' 'To' comes before the action: 'too small to wear.'
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3. Заполните пропуск.
This box is too ___ to lift.
- heavier
- heavily
- heavy
The gap needs an adjective that describes the box.
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This box is too heavy to lift.
After 'too,' use the usual adjective form: 'heavy,' not 'heavier' or 'heavily.'
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4. Заполните пропуск.
I'm too tired ___ dinner tonight.
- cooking
- to cook
- cook
An action follows 'too tired.' It needs two words here.
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I'm too tired to cook dinner tonight.
Use 'to' and the basic verb form for the action: 'too tired to cook.'
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5. Расставьте слова по порядку.
I cannot get the book from the shelf.
- to reach.
- The shelf
- too high
- is
Describe the shelf before naming the action.
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The shelf is too high to reach.
'Too' goes directly before the adjective. The action follows: 'too high to reach.'
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6. Выберите правильный ответ.
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.
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7. Заполните пропуск.
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.
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8. Выберите правильный ответ.
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?
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- Clean the glass.
Cleaning removes the dirt. Then the window may be clear enough to see through.
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9. Заполните пропуск.
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.
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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.'
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10. Расставьте слова по порядку.
The bus left before we arrived.
- We
- too late
- to catch
- the bus.
- were
The problem happened in the past.
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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.
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11. Выберите правильный ответ.
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.
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- 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.
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12. Выберите правильный ответ.
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.
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- 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.
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13. Заполните пропуск.
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?
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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.
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14. Выберите правильный ответ.
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.
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- 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.
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15. Расставьте слова по порядку.
We cannot move the sofa into the room.
- The doorway
- too narrow
- the sofa
- for
- is
- through.
- to fit
Name the doorway's problem, then the thing that cannot go through.
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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.'