grammar · neutral

adjective + enough + to + base verb

Band 5-6speakingtask2

Says that someone or something has sufficient quality or ability to do something (sufficient ... to ...).

Examples

She is experienced enough to handle the project alone.

The room is warm enough to be comfortable.

He didn't run fast enough to catch the bus.

Band 8 sentence

She's sufficiently skilled enough to manage the team without supervision.

Collocations

  • adjective + enough + to + V
  • not + adjective + enough + to + V

Word family

enough + noun phrase

Common mistakes

She is enough experienced to lead.She is experienced enough to lead.

He ran enough fast to catch the bus.He ran fast enough to catch the bus.

Say it for a higher band

5very + adjective + to + V (non-standard)6adjective + enough (word order mistakes)7+adjective + enough + to + base verb

Synonyms

sufficiently + adjective

Easily confused

too + adjective + to + base verb

The cake was too sweet to eat.

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