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enough money; fast enough

We put enough before nouns.

Have you got enough money for the bus? There aren't enough plates for everybody.

Look at the pictures and complete the descriptions.

Ill

1 n o t.................. food 2 strings 3 seats 4

^ Use enough with words from the box to complete the sentences.

buses/ chairs girls money salt time work

! You need a car in our village, because there aren't
1 Have you g o t.............................................. to finish the work?

2 There were plenty of boys at the party, but not....................................
3 We couldn't sit down because there weren't........................................
4 I won't pass the exam because I haven't done......................................
5 I've got ju st.............................................. for a ticket to America.
6 This soup isn't very nice. There's n o t.................................................. in it.

We put enough after adjectives and adverbs.

This room isn't big enough. (NOT... enough big) You're not walking fast enough.

^ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: common adjectives

Check the words in the box with a dictionary if necessary. Then complete the list
with n o t... enough.

bright clear comfortable deep easy fresh interesting / loud

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS POSSIBLE PROBLEMS

! a book ..Y y P . ^ : . £ Y ) ' ? } l L3 h.. 4 an exercise
1 an alarm clock .............................................. 5 an explanation

2 a chair 6 eggs
3 a lamp 7 a swimming pool

Q Put enough with each word.
! nin old eiA,ouc)h . 3 beds ..................... ................ 7 milk .
! ppnpip enough people . 4 often .................... ................ 8 help

1 warm ................................... . 5 quiet ...................................... 9 sweet
2 early .................................... . 6 children ................ ................ 10 young

We can use enough without a noun if the meaning is clear.
'More coffee?' 'No, thanks. I've got enough.'

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