Basics. Too vs. Enough: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns: correct answers
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"Too" means more than what is needed, while "enough" means sufficient, but their placement in a sentence changes depending on the word they modify. "Too" comes before adjectives and adverbs (e.g., too hot, too slowly), whereas "enough" comes after them (e.g., strong enough, fast enough). However, when modifying a noun, "enough" comes before the word (e.g., enough time).
In this challenge, you will help sleepy students, clumsy ghosts, and frantic travelers by identifying the correct word order for these tricky modifiers. You will practice pairing too and enough with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns, as well as connecting them to infinitive phrases (such as too tired to leave or too salty to eat).
You'll work through 11 questions in a fun mix of single-choice, multi-choice, drop-down, and drag-and-drop formats.
Try the quiz to check your knowledge!
Correct answers
Question 1
Complete the judge's harsh but helpful feedback at the Great Village Bake-Off.
"Your beautiful cake collapsed in the oven because you didn't whisk the egg whites _________."
The correct answer is fast enough.
The adverb fast is irregular (we don't say "fastly"). When using enough with an adverb, it must come after the adverb (fast + enough).
Question 2
The espresso isn't strong enough, and the student is too tired.
We place enough after adjectives (strong enough). We place too before adjectives (too tired) to show that something is more than we want or need.
Question 3
The correct answers are We don't have enough time to catch the flight! and I packed too many shoes for a weekend trip.
Enough comes before nouns (e.g., enough time, enough money), but after adjectives (e.g., big enough).
Too many is used before countable nouns (e.g., too many shoes, too many people), while too much is used before uncountable nouns.
"There are too much people" is incorrect because people is countable, so it should be too many people. "Is the suitcase enough big" is incorrect because enough must come after the adjective big.
Question 4
Help the food critic finish her spicy restaurant review by dragging the correct words into the blanks.
The dragon-pepper soup was too hot to eat, and the waiter wasn't quick enough to refill my water glass while my mouth was on fire!
The dragon-pepper soup was too hot to eat, and the waiter wasn't quick enough to refill my water glass while my mouth was on fire!
Too comes before an adjective (like "hot") to show that there is more of something than necessary or wanted.
Enough comes after an adjective (like "quick") to mean "sufficient" or "the right amount."
Question 5
The correct answers are He walked too loudly to scare anyone. and He wasn't quiet enough to be a good ghost.
We often use too + adjective/adverb + to-infinitive to show a negative result (e.g., too loudly to scare).
We use adjective/adverb + enough + to-infinitive to show ability or sufficiency (e.g., quiet enough to be).
"He moved enough quickly" is incorrect because enough must follow the adverb (it should be quickly enough). "He was too much transparent" is incorrect because we only use too before adjectives, not too much (it should be too transparent).
Question 6
Finish the exhausted vampire's diary entry by selecting the grammatically correct option.
"I really wanted to attend the midnight monster bash, but I was just _________ to leave my comfortable coffin."
The correct answer is too tired.
We use too + adjective to mean "more than is necessary or good." The structure too + adjective + to (do something) is very common for explaining why an action couldn't happen!
Question 7
Drag the correct words to complete the student's text message complaining about a terrible new dorm room.
The closet is definitely too small for my winter coats, and the ceiling isn't high enough for me to even stand up straight!
The closet is definitely too small for my winter coats, and the ceiling isn't high enough for me to even stand up straight!
Use too + adjective (too small) to indicate a negative extreme.
Use adjective + enough (high enough) to talk about having the necessary amount of a quality.
Question 8
The oven was too hot, but the cake wasn't baked long enough.
Use too + adjective (too hot) to show a negative excess. Use adverb + enough (long enough) to talk about having the necessary amount of time or action. Never put "enough" before an adjective or adverb!
Question 9
The correct answers are The soup is too salty to eat. and The cake wasn't sweet enough for the guests.
Too comes before adjectives and adverbs to mean "more than necessary" (e.g., too salty, too spicy).
Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs to mean "sufficient" (e.g., sweet enough, long enough).
"The bread was baked enough long" is incorrect because enough should come after the adverb long (long enough). "The sauce was too much spicy" is incorrect because we just use too before adjectives, not too much.
Question 10
Complete the detective's notes on the world's clumsiest getaway driver.
The suspect drove too recklessly to blend in with normal traffic, but surprisingly, he didn't drive fast enough to actually escape the police scooters.
The suspect drove too recklessly to blend in with normal traffic, but surprisingly, he didn't drive fast enough to actually escape the police scooters.
When modifying an adverb, too goes before the adverb (too recklessly).
Enough goes after the adverb (fast enough). Notice how both are followed by an infinitive verb ("to blend", "to escape").
Question 11
The traveler didn't pack carefully enough, and the zipper is moving too slowly.
The rules for adverbs are the same as for adjectives! Enough comes after the adverb (carefully enough) to mean "sufficiently." Too comes before the adverb (too slowly) to mean "excessively."