Lesson 3
Adjectives
Dirty
Narrow
Noisy
Quiet
Bright
Spacious
Polite
Strong
Too and enough
Too is used to mean more than sufficient or more/less than necessary.
1.It’s too late to stop him.
2.Jerry was too young to watch the movie.
3.There are too many people on this train, there’s nowhere to sit.
4.You have too much money, give some to me.
5.You’ve eaten too many of those cakes.
Enough is used to mean sufficient
1.Your clothes are big enough to fit me.
2.You’ve done enough work. You can stop now.
3.Have you got enough money to buy me a drink?
Enough is used in negative sentences to mean less than sufficient or less than necessary.
1.You’re not working fast enough, you won’t finish on time.
2.Sorry, I haven’t got enough food for everyone.
3.Not enough of my friends are coming to the party.
Comparisons
Comparisons with adjectives
It’s not as interesting as the last book we read
She is almost as beautiful as her sister.
Comparisons with adjectives
He doesn’t have as many friends as Mannie
Online schools have as many students as traditional schools
Conversation
Person 1: So where are you working now, Mary?
Person 2: I’m still at the cable company, I don’t like it though.
Person 1: That’s too bad. Why not?
Person 2: Well, it’s stressful and it doesn’t pay very well.
Person 1: I know what you mean. I don’t like my job either. I wish I could find another job.
Person 2: So how are things with you and Jessica?
Person 1: You didn’t hear? We broke up a few months ago. She decided we needed a break from each other for a while. I wish we could get back together again.
Person 2: Sure you will.
Person 1: I hope so.
Expressing desire
“Wish” refers to the present even though is followed by the past tense
Fact
I don’t like my job
Wish
I wish (that) I could find a better job
I wish I worked somewhere else.
Fact
I live with my aunt
Wish
I wish I lived on my own place
I wish I Didn’t live with my aunt.
Fact
Math is difficult
Wish
I wish it were easier
I wish it weren’t so difficult.
Expressing desire
Wish + past simple is used to express that we want a situation in the present (or future) to be
different.
- I wish I spoke Italian. (I don’t speak Italian)
- I wish I had a big car. (I don’t have a big car)
- I wish I were on a beach. (I’m in the office)
- I wish it were the weekend. (It’s only Wednesday)
Wish + past continuousis used to express that we want to be doing a different action in the
present (or future).
- I wish I were lying on a beach now. (I’m sitting in the office)
- I wish it weren’t raining. (It is raining)
- I wish you weren’t leaving tomorrow. (You are leaving tomorrow)
Antonyms
Dangerous
Safe
Modern
Old
expensive
