The Adverb Too | Join Two Sentences With Too…To

The adverb too shows undesirable extremes.

• She is too short.
• The exam was too hard.
• The soup was too salty.
• I am too tired.
• She was too nervous to speak.
• It is too late to go out now.

As an adverb too modifies adjectives or adverbs. It goes before the adjective/adverb modified by it. We often put a to-infinitive after too + adjective / adverb.

• She is too proud to apologize.
• It is too early to predict the winner now.
• I was too anxious to sit still.

Sometimes, the infinitive has a subject of its own. This is introduced by ‘for + noun/pronoun’.

• The task is very difficult. I cannot complete it.
• The task is too difficult for me to complete.

Combine the following sentences using too…to…

1. She is very polite. She will not say No.
2. The problem was very difficult. I could not solve it.
3. She is very arrogant. She will not apologize.
4. The soup was very salty. I could not drink it.
5. She was very distraught. She could not speak.
6. The deer ran very fast. The tiger could not catch him.
7. She spoke very fast. I could not understand her.
8. The train was overcrowded. We could not have a comfortable journey.
9. The room was very hot. I could not not sleep.
10. His injuries were serious. He could not survive.

Answers

1. She is too polite to say No.
2. The problem was too difficult for me to solve.
3. She is too arrogant to apologize.
4. The soup was too salty for me to drink.
5. She was too distraught to speak.
6. The deer ran too fast for the tiger to catch.
7. She spoke too fast for me to understand.
8. The train was too overcrowded for us to have a comfortable journey.
9. The room was too hot for me to sleep,
10. His injuries were too serious for him to survive.

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