grammar · neutral

too + adjective + to + V

Band 6-7speakingtask2

Shows that something is so ... that it prevents an action from happening.

Examples

“The box was too heavy to carry.”

“She was too tired to continue studying.”

“The film was too long to watch in one evening.”

Band 8 sentence

“The project was too ambitious to complete within the term, so we had to narrow its scope.”

Collocations

  • too expensive to buy
  • too difficult to understand

Common mistakes

The box is too heavy for to lift.→The box is too heavy to lift.

She was too tired that she couldn't continue.→She was too tired to continue.

Say it for a higher band

5very + adjective→6so + adjective + that + clause→7+too + adjective + to + V

Synonyms

so ... that ...

Easily confused

so + adjective + that + clause

“The movie was so boring that I fell asleep.”

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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