TOO TOO ADJECTIVE TOO can be followed by
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TOO + ADJECTIVE TOO can be followed by an adjective or an adverb. Here are the examples: • Can you turn the radio down? It is too loud. • I can’t work. I’m too tired. • You are too beautiful. • She is too kind.
TOO + ADVERB TOO can also be followed by an adverb. Here are the examples: • I think you work too hard. • Let me help you. You weave it too slowly. • Try not hit the vase on the table. You walk too fast. • Speak aloud. You say it too quietly.
TOO MUCH/MANY Remember about the use of much and many. Now, it can be combined with TOO. • I don’t like the weather here. There is too much rain. • Let’s go to another restaurant. There are too many people here. • Emily studies all the time. I think she studies too much. • Trafic is a problem in this town. There are too many cars.
TOO + PREPOSITION TOO. . . FOR (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) • These shoes are too big for me. • It’s a small house – too small for a large family TOO. . . TO (DO SOMETHING) • I am too tired to go out. • It’s too cold to sit outside. TOO. . . FOR • She speaks too fast for me to understand
PRACTICE Complete the sentences. Use too (+ adjective) + to (do something) 1. I’m not going out/cold (It’s. . . ) 2. I’m not going to bed/early (It’s. . . ) 3. They are not getting married/young (They’re. . . ) 4. Nobody goes out at night/dangerous (It’s. . . ) 5. Don’t phone Ann now/late (It’s. . . ) 6. She can’t apply for the job/short (She’s. . . )
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