too and enough with and without much and many
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A presentation of "too (much/many)" and "(not) enough". Presupposes knowledge of the distinction between countable and uncountable words. Includes distinction between "too" and "very". Also includes practice and production. For ESL/EFL Pre-Intermediate.TRANSCRIPT
(Too) much/ (too) many/ (Too) much/ (too) many/ (not) enough/ too/ very(not) enough/ too/ very
Cultura Express 3 – Interlink
By Natália Guerreiro
Sufficient or Insufficient?Sufficient or Insufficient?
a) I don’t have enough friends.
b) I have enough friends.
c) He’s not attractive enough.
d) He’s attractive enough.
Choose the ending.Choose the ending.
a) I love you too much.
b) I love you very much.
( ) So let’s break up.
( ) Will you marry me?
This is excessive and can be bad.
a lot, but not bad
a
b
a) There are too manytoo many people here.b) There are many many people here.c) They are very very wealthy/ They have lots oflots of money. d) They are too too rich/ They have too muchtoo much money.e) She’s too too beautiful.f) She’s veryvery beautiful.
1. Their children are spoiled. 2. What a great party!3. So let’s go out for some fresh air. 4. She will never even look at me.
Think of possible endings.Think of possible endings.
D =D =B = B = A = A = E =E =
Match.Match.
What’s the situation? Is it a problem?What’s the situation? Is it a problem?
People?People?
Space?Space?
The problem with my town is that The problem with my town is that there’s/are...there’s/are...
violence?violence? crimes?crimes?
dangerous? dangerous? safe?safe?
traffic?traffic? cars/taxis/ vans?cars/taxis/ vans?
polluted?polluted? dirty? dirty? clean?clean?
I agree/don’t agree...I agree/don’t agree...
As the saying goes...As the saying goes...
Too manyToo many cooks
spoil the broth.
a) Great chefs work alone.
b) It’s bad when there are lots of people doing the same work.