Too vs Enough Intermediate Exercises

At intermediate level, too and enough combine with infinitive structures to explain results. The pattern too + adjective + to + verb means something cannot happen: "She is too nervous to speak" (her nervousness prevents her from speaking). The pattern adjective + enough + to + verb means something can happen: "He is brave enough to try" (he has sufficient courage). Adding for + person says who is affected: "The water is too cold for children to swim in."

This level also introduces too much and too many with nouns. Use too much with uncountable nouns: "too much noise," "too much traffic." Use too many with countable nouns: "too many people," "too many mistakes." The negative form not enough works with both: "not enough water" (uncountable), "not enough chairs" (countable). These important patterns appear frequently in Cambridge B1 and B2 examinations, particularly in sentence transformation tasks where you must rewrite sentences using "too" or "enough" with infinitives.