Language For Living
1. TOO/ENOUGH
READ
GRAMMAR
• Too means excessive, or unacceptable. Use it before adjectives.
EXAMPLES:
The box is too heavy. (I can’t lift it.)
I’m too old. (I can’t pick it up.)
• Enough means sufficient, or satisfying. Use it after adjectives.
EXAMPLES:
I’m not strong enough.
Vic’s strong enough. (He can do the work.)
• An infinitive often follows an adjective with too or enough to show purpose.
EXAMPLES:
I’m too weak to move the box.
I’m not strong enough to pick it up.
Note: Do not use too or enough instead of very. Too and enough imply the idea of a following infinitive.
EXAMPLES:
He’s very strong.
He isn’t strong enough to pick up the box.
He’s too weak to pick up the box.
READ
Make logical and complete sentences with the words in the box.
| too young | to do the work | ||
| ’s | young enough | ||
| He | too old | to work here. | |
| She | old enough | ||
| isn’t | too weak | to pick up the box. | |
| strong enough |
PAIR PRACTICE
Talk with another student. Use the words below.
Student 1: Why can’t ____________ work for the company?
Student 2: Because _____________.
1. weak/strong
2. old/young
3. young/old
4. sick/healthy
5. fat/thin
6. dirty/clean
7. lazy/hard-working
8. messy/neat
9. dangerous/safe
10. dumb/smart
11. small/big
12. big/small
WRITE
Fill in the spaces below with the words in the box.
| too expensive | twice a month |
| hours a day | usually |
| always | once a year |
| twice a day | never |
Carmen is talking to Maria on the telephone.
Carmen: How’s your new job? Tell me about it.
Maria: It’s great to work there. I like the job very much. I (1) always punch in on time; I’m (2)_________ late. We work eight (3)_________, and we take breaks (4)_________. I (5) __________ bring my lunch with me because it’s (6)_________ to buy lunch at a restaurant or snack bar. We get a paycheck (7)___________ and a raise (8)_________.
2. DO AND MAKE
GRAMMAR
• We often use expressions with do and make to describe household duties. Do means perform an activity. Make usually means produce something.
EXAMPLES:
| Expressions with do | Meaning |
| do the housework = | work in the house |
| do the dishes = | wash the dishes |
| do the cooking = | cook |
| do the work = | work |
| do a good job = | work well |
| do the laundry = | wash and dry clothes |
| do the ironing = | iron the clothes |
| do the bathrooms = | clean the bathrooms |
| do the shopping = | shop for food |
| do the cleaning = | clean the house |
| do the dusting = | dust the furniture |
| do the vacuuming = | vacuum the carpets and floors |
| do the gardening = | work in the yard |
| do the windows = | clean the windows |
| do nothing = | perform no work |
| Expressions with make | Meaning |
| make the beds = | arrange the bedding (sheets, blankets, pillows) |
| make the meals = | prepare/cook food or meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) |
| make a mess = | create a mess |
| make noise = | produce noise |
| make a mistake = | do incorrectly |
| make sure = | check |
READ
Make logical and complete sentences with the words in the boxes.
| Roy | the housework. | |
| Nancy | the vacuuming. | |
| Patty | do | the shopping. |
| The family | does | the cooking. |
| The kids | make | their beds |
| The vacuum cleaner | makes | breakfast. |
| They | noise. | |
| I | laundry and ironing. |
| Roy | breakfast? | ||
| Nancy | noise? | ||
| Do | Patty | do | the dusting? |
| the family | a good job? | ||
| Does | the vacuum | make | the gardening? |
| they | bathrooms? | ||
| you | dishes? |
| I | ||
| Yes, | he | do. |
| No, | she | |
| it | does. | |
| they |
WRITE
1. Match the questions with their answers.
1. Who does the dusting?
2. Who does the cooking?
3. Who does the bathrooms?
4. Who does the shopping?
5. Who does the dishes?
6. Who does the laundry?
7. Who does the gardening?
8. Who does the windows?
a. I wash the windows.
b. Nancy washes the clothes.
c. Patty dusts the furniture.
d. I work in the yard
e. Patty washes them after we eat.
f. We all buy the food.
g. Nancy and I make the meals.
h. Nancy scrubs the bathtub.
2. Match the questions with their answers.
1. Who makes the beds?
2. Who makes dinner?
3. Who makes breakfast?
4. What makes noise?
5. Who makes mistakes?
6. Who makes a mess?
7. Who makes sure Patty’s OK in the kitchen?
a. Nancy cooks the evening meal.
b. I prepare the morning meal.
с. Nancy or I check on her.
d. The vacuum is loud.
e. I’m always neat and clean.
f. The kids straighten the sheets, blankets, and pillows.
g. I never do anything wrong.
By Paul J. Hamel