ACTIVIDAD 1
Writing
Writing
Como usar ‘’too,
not enough, too many y too much’’
Para comenzar esta lección se muestra en la siguiente tabla el
significado de estas palabras, la gramática que se sigue con cada uno de ellas
y los usos que se les puede dar en inglés:
Tabla resumen de “too / not enough” y “too many
/ too much”:
Recordemos que los sustantivos
contables son aquellos que se pueden contabilizar por unidad (manzanas, plumas,
libros) mientras que en los no contables es imposible hacer esto (azúcar,
tiempo, música).
A continuación una serie de ejemplos
con oraciones afirmativas, negativas y preguntas en distintos tiempos, las
cuales se presentan en el orden de aparición del cuadro anteriormente
presentado.
Too
1.1.- It's too hot today.
(Está muy caliente hoy)
1.2.- He drives too fast.
(El maneja muy rápido)
1.3.- The red dress was too
expensive.
(El vestido rojo estaba muy caro)
1.4.- I worked too hard to
get results.
(Trabajé muy duro para obtener
resultados)
Not enough
2.1.- There is not enough food
for everyone.
(No hay suficiente comida para todos)
2.2.- She doesn't have enough
money to buy the tablet.
(Ella no tiene suficiente dinero para
comprar la tableta)
2.3.- Jimmy was not old enough for
that game.
(Jimmy no era lo suficientemente grande
para ese juego)
2.4.- We didn't have enough
time to go shopping.
(Nosotros no tuvimos suficiente tiempo
para ir de compras)
Too much
3.1.- There's too much noise
coming from that house.
(Hay mucho ruido viniendo de esa casa)
3.2.- My sister spends too much money
buying online.
(Mi hermana gasta mucho dinero
comprando en línea)
3.3.- Howard downloaded too
much music to his MP3 player.
(Howard descargó mucha música a su
reproductor de MP3)
Too many
4.1.- There are too many people in
the bank.
(Hay muchas personas en el banco)
4.2.- John has too many credit
cards.
(Juan tiene muchas tarjetas de crédito)
4.3.- There were too many
apples in the fridge.
(Había muchas manzanas en el
refrigerador)
AHORA UNOS EJERCICIOS PARA QUE PRACTIQUES.
AND NOW SOME EXERCISES FOR YOU TO PRACTICE.
1.- Write in the blanks too, too much, too many. Escribe en los huecos too, too much, too many.
1.- Write in the blanks too, too much, too many. Escribe en los huecos too, too much, too many.
- The baby is drinking __________ water.
- Summer in the South of Spain is ________ hot.
- I have done __________ exercises.
- This is a very rich woman, she has got ___________ houses.
- I'm going to bed right now, I'm _________ tired.
- You mustn't say that this job is _______ easy.
- There are _________ cars here.
- Summer in the South of Spain is ________ hot.
- I have done __________ exercises.
- This is a very rich woman, she has got ___________ houses.
- I'm going to bed right now, I'm _________ tired.
- You mustn't say that this job is _______ easy.
- There are _________ cars here.
2.-
Rewrite each sentence using the adverb "enough". Escribe de nuevo
cada frase utilizando el adverbio "enough".
- It isn't hot to go to the swimming-pool.>
- You are intelligent to pass the exam. >
- Your friend Lucy is beautiful to be a model. >
- I don't have paper to write a long letter. >
- Please, buy milk for all of us. >
- She hasn't got money to buy a new house. >
- You don't speak loud so I can't hear you. >
- It isn't hot to go to the swimming-pool.>
- You are intelligent to pass the exam. >
- Your friend Lucy is beautiful to be a model. >
- I don't have paper to write a long letter. >
- Please, buy milk for all of us. >
- She hasn't got money to buy a new house. >
- You don't speak loud so I can't hear you. >
3. Mark the correct answers and underline in bold according to the gramar.
Marque las respuestas correctas y subraye en negritas según la gramática:
- I need a bigger hard drive, there is too
much / not enough space
available for my videos.
- I like my new pet, it is too / too much cute.
- The public internet is slow because
there are too / too many people
connected.
- This will be a busy weekend. I have too much / too many homework
to do.
4. Do sentences using the
too, too much, too many