grammar · neutral

adjective + enough + to + V

Band 6-7speakingtask2

Indicates that something has sufficient degree or quality to allow an action to happen.

Examples

“She is old enough to vote.”

“The room was bright enough to read in.”

“He spoke slowly enough to be understood by beginners.”

Band 8 sentence

“The candidates demonstrated sufficient skill to meet the programme's high entry requirements.”

Collocations

  • smart enough to pass the test
  • quiet enough to concentrate

Common mistakes

He is enough old to drive.→He is old enough to drive.

The room is enough bright to read.→The room is bright enough to read in.

Say it for a higher band

5very + adjective→6sufficiently + adjective + to + V→7+adjective + enough + to + V

Synonyms

sufficiently + adjective + to + V

Easily confused

too + adjective + to + V

“The box was too heavy to carry.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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