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WORKSHOP ENGLISH LEVEL 3

By Nelson J. Castillo

Enough, too much, too many, too Part 1 Preview

Complete the sentences with too, too much or too many in your notebook.

cinema: Things I don’t like about the

ards. 1 I always eat ___ popcorn and feel ill afterw 2 Drinks are ____ expensive! ce. 3 I don’t like it when there’s ______ violen ally long! 4 There are _____ films which are re ou is _____ tall! 5 I hate it when the person in front of y the cinema 6 I hate it when there are _____ big groups in and they’re all talking.

Grammar Explanation Complaints with too, enough, too much and too many I was too tired to do any work. Too shows that an adverb or adjective is excessive*
too + adjective/adverb + to-infinitive for a certain purpose. I have too much work to do today. * (i.e., that there is more than a person would want
too much + uncountable noun + to-infinitive or like) I have too many presents to buy.
too many + plural countable noun + to-infinitive Enough shows that an adverb, adjective, or noun is sufficient* for a certain thing. * (i.e., that a person does not need any more of that thing)

Too: before an adjective Too much / too many: before a noun

We had enough time to finish the project.
Enough + noun + to-infinitive

He’s not fast enough to play for the team.
adjective/adverb + enough + to-infinitive

It’s too cold. There e is too much violence. There e are too many people here.

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WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF QUANTIFIERS

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Practice 1 Exercise 1 Complete the sentences using the words in brackets and too, too much, too many, or (not) enough. 1. There are a lot of guests. (glasses)

1. Have we got ____________ ?

2. The cafeteria is crowded. (people)

2. There are ______________ .

3. I can't hear Nelson! (noise)

3. There's _______________ .

4. I can't eat this soup. (salty)

4. It's _________________.

5. This coffee is cold. (hot)

5. It's not ________________.

6. I can't buy that juice. (expensive)

6. It's ___________________.

7. Students are standing to eat lunch. (seats)

7. There aren't ________________.

Exercise 2 Complete the sentences with too much, too many, or enough. 1. Emily doesn’t have ____________ time to go to all her after-school classes and finish her homework. 2. My parents sent me ____________ chocolate to finish before I leave. 3. There are ____________ cars on the road to Cali to drive home quickly. 4. With forty students and only twenty-five desks, there are ____________ students to place in desks. 5. Jenny feels that there is ____________ pressure on her to perform well in school.

Exercise 3 Choose the most appropriate form too, too many, too much 1. He is ___________ old to work. (too / too much) 2. It is ___________ cold to go out now. (too / too much) 3. There was ___________ snow to go walking. (too / too much) 4. You put ___________ salt in the soup. (too / too much) 5. I put down the box because it was ___________ heavy. (too / too much) 6. He does not like women who are ___________ tall. (too / too much) 7. I cannot solve this problem – it’s ___________ difficult. (too / too much) 8. I have got ___________ work to do. (too / too much / too many) 9. You have eaten ___________ rice. (too / too much / too many) 10. You ask ___________ questions. (too / too much / too many)

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Practice 2 Exercise 4 Complete the chart with the words below. too many

mistakes money noise people places problems rain time traffic tourists

too much

people

money

Exercise 5 Use the pictures to write sentences using too, enough, too much

and too many.

1. __________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________ 4. __________________________________________________________

Exercise 6 Fill the gaps with enough (sufficient) or too (Excess). 1. I don't feel very well. I've eaten ___________ much. 2. Don't worry. We still have ___________ time to get there before it closes. 3. He's ___________ young to vote, but old enough to go to war. 4. The disco is ___________ far to walk. 5. This town isn't big ___________ for the two of us. 6. That's it. I've had ___________ . Leave the class immediately! 7. I had ___________ much wine at the party and behaved rather badly. 8. If she doesn't get ___________ sleep, she's bad tempered all day. 9. This recipe sounds easy ___________ . I'll make it for lunch. 10. She's far ___________ talkative. After minutes I've got a headache. 11. Everyone got great marks in the exam. It wasn't difficult ___________ . 12. This chicken's ___________ small for five.

Grammar in Use Exercise 7 Complete the sentences with too, enough, or in order to.

1. _____________ make the best Chocolate Chip cookies, follow these easy steps. 2. Get your flour, baking soda, and salt and mix them together. Be sure to add _____________ baking soda or your cookies will look like crackers. 3. Next, make sure to add _____________ sugar and vanilla to make your cookies sweet, and mix them together along with the flour and a couple of eggs. 4. After that, stir in the chocolate chips evenly _____________ avoid some cookies having _____________ many chips and some cookies with too few. 5. Then, put your dough in the refrigerator for ten minutes _____________ let the baking soda rise so your cookies aren’t flat like cardboard. 6. Next, preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and put spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. Don’t make your cookies _____________ thick or the middle will never bake. 7. Finally, put your cookies into the oven for ten minutes. Be sure to allow _____________ time for the oven to preheat _____________ ensure that your cookies are baked properly. 8. Now you can take the cookies out of the oven and enjoy them!

Exercise 8 Answer questions about the reading. 1. In order to make cookies, what ingredients do you need? → ________________________________________________________ 2. Why must you put the dough in the refrigerator? → ________________________________________________________ 3. Why shouldn’t you make your cookies too thick? → ________________________________________________________

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Exercise 9 Complete the dialogue with too many, too much, or enough. lara

Where are we going today?

ramón

I don’t know. There are (1) ___________________________ places to choose from.

emma

Why don’t we go to the Washington Monument?

ramón

Won’t there be (2) _____________________________people there?

emma

No, it should be OK.

lara

Yes, but it costs (3) ___________________________ money.

ramón

Don’t worry. I have (4) __________________________ money, I can lend you some.

lara

OK. Come on, let’s go.

ramón

Can we walk down by the river after that?

lara

Well, we don’t want to take (5) __________________________time.

emma

It’ll be OK. We have (6) ______________________________time.

ramón

Yes, and when we take the subway I don’t like it.

lara

Why not? Isn’t it fast (7) ______________________________ ?

ramón

It’s fast, but it isn’t interesting (8) ___________________________ . I want to see things.

emma

Come on, let’s go. Otherwise we really won’t have (9) _______________________________ time.