Một số cấu trúc thông dụng
| TOO + ADJECTIVE + VERB(TO) |
Ví dụ:
- Mary is too short to reach the shelf.
- He was too tired to continue his research.
- The box is too small to put this machine in.
| TOO + ADJECTIVE + FOR... + VERB(TO) |
Cấu trúc này được dùng khi chủ ngữ và đối tượng thực hiện hành động của Verb(To) khác nhau.
Ví dụ:
- This shirt is too small for him to wear.
- This coffee is too hot for me to drink.
- It was too cold for me to go out.
|
ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH (+FOR) + VERB(TO) ADVERB |
Ví dụ:
- Her daughter is tall enough to attend the beauty contest.
- My son is old enough to go to school.
- This room is quiet enough for us to read books.
- He writes clearly enough for us to read.
| TOO + ADJECTIVE |
| ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH |
+ Too đứng trước tính từ
+ Enough đứng sau tính từ
Ví dụ:
- He is too old too work hard.
- He is old enough to walk to school alone.
+ Too mang nghĩa phủ định, còn enough mang nghĩa xác định.
So sánh:
- He is too old to work.
- He is old enough to work.
|
ADJECTIVE SO + + THAT ADVERB |
Ví dụ:
- This problem is so difficult that I can't solve.
- She speaks so softly that I can't hear her.
| SUCH + NOUN + THAT |
Ví dụ:
- He had such a difficult exercise that he couldn't do it.
- We had such tiring weeks that we were extremely tired.
|
SO THAT + CLAUSE IN ORDER THAT |
Ví dụ:
- I get up early so that (in order that) I can do morning exercises.
|
IN ORDER (NOT) TO + PHRASE SO AS (NOT) TO |
Ví dụ:
- I wore a coat in order to (so as to) get warm.
- I wore a raincoat in order not to (so as not to) get wet.