ENGLISH

- 1 1 USING ENOUGH + INFINITIVE
(a) Peg,, ,a go .iv &ool bcbau.e she is old enough.
ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH + INFINITIVE
(b) Peggy is old enough togo to school.
(c) I can't buy this book because I don't have enough money.
ENOUGH + NOUN + INFlNlTIVE
(d) I don't have enouph money to buy this book.
(a) and (b) have the same meaning.
(c) and (d) have the same meaning.
EXERCISE 24: Make sentences with the same meaning by using an INFINITIVE.
1. Ken can reach the top shelf because he's tall enough.
+ Ken is tall enough w reach the top sheK
2. I can't finish my work because I don't have enough time.
3. Mustafa can buy a new car because he has enough money.
4. Johnny can't get married because he isn't old enough.
5. Mr. and MIS. Forest can't feed their family because they don't earn enough money.
6. I can eat a horse. I'm hungry enough.*
7. Sally bought enough food. She can feed an army.
8. Did you ffish your homework last night? Did you have enough time?
9. Can you buy a ticket to the show? Do you have enough money?
10. I can't understand this article in the newspaper because I don't know enough
vocabulary.
*I'm hungry enough to eat a horse is an English idiom. The speaker is saying "I'm very hungry." The speaker
does not really want to eat a horse.
Other examples of idioms:
Iput my foot in my mouth. = I said somethii stupid. I said something to the wrong person at the wrong
time.
Watch your step. = Be careful.
It's mining mu and dogs. = It's raining hard.
Every language has idioms. They are common expressions that have special meanings.
EXPRESSING ABILITY W 299