Jerónimo's Lesson

Intensifiers: so and such / too and (not) enough

Parts of speech

Qué o quién es - Algo o alguien

¿Cómo es?

¿Cómo?

¿Cuándo?

Describe al verbo

Intensifiers

Are words that emphasizes another word or phrase.
We use them to say more about an adjective.
Some of them have negative or positive meaning.

We visited so many places.

I like his music so much.

He plays the piano so well!

That’s such a cute dog!

It's such a beautiful morning!

So

We use so to intensify the meaning of a noun or an adjective.
SO + ADJECTIVE
SO + ADVERB
SO + QUANTIFIER + NOUN

Flowers are so beautiful.

Flowers: noun (sustantivo).

Beautiful: adjective (adjetivo).

You drive so fast.

You: noun (sustantivo).

Fast: adverb (adverbio).

Drive: verb (verbo).

Camila has so many books.

Camila: noun (sustantivo).

Books: noun (sustantivo).

Many: Quantifier (cantidad).

Such

We use so to intensify the meaning of a noun or an adjective.
SUCH + ADJECTIVE + NOUN
SUCH + NOUN

This is such an interesting movie.

Movie: noun (sustantivo).

Interesting: adjective (adjetivo).

This is such good cheese.

Cheese: noun (sustantivo).

Good: adjective (adjetivo).

You shouldn't say such a thing.

Thing: noun (sustantivo).

We had such nice weather on holiday!

Weather: noun (sustantivo).

Such a / Such

SUCH A: sustantivos contables en SINGULAR

You have such a big car.

SUCH: sustantivos contables en PLURAL / sustantivos incontables

This is such good coffee.

Exercise

1. They speak english ____ well.

2. Tom is ____ a good father.

3. She drives ____ slowly.

4. They have ____ many children.

5. She has ____ beautiful flowers.

6. How can you say ____ things?

7. There were ____ many restaurants they didn’t know which one to choose.

8. She felt ____ upset that she started to cry.

Too

We use too to say that something is excessive (negative meaning).
TOO + ADJECTIVE
TOO + ADVERB

He doesn't like to wake up too early.

Early: adverb (adverbio).

This book is too expensive.

Expensive: adjective (adjetivo).

This story is too confusing. People can't understand it.

Confusing: adjective (adjetivo).

I'm too tired.

Tired: adjective (adjetivo).

Too many

Countable nouns.
Ex. There are too many dogs in this house.

Too much

Uncountable nouns.
I don't want to drink too much coffee.

Enough

To say something that is sufficient (suficiente).
To say something that is insufficient (insuficiente).
ENOUGH + NOUN
ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH
ADVERB + ENOUGH

We arrived early enough.