Too + adjective + infinitive
English grammar lesson
Too + adjective + infinitive
The fridge is too heavy.
If we want to put a verb (lift) after it,
it needs to be in its infinitive form. So it becomes:
The fridge is too heavy to lift.
In this sentence...
The coffee is too hot.
We can put an infinitive at the end...
The coffee is too hot to drink.
Some more example sentences of too + adjective + infinitive
It is too late to go to the concert.
It started an hour ago.
He is too young to drive a car.
My grandfather is too old to play rugby.
I am too tired to do my homework.
Your question is too difficult to answer.
Look at this sentence again:
The coffee is too hot to drink.
In this sentence I don't mention who finds the coffee too hot.
Is it me? My mother? Let's say... I can't drink it.
To add a person to the sentence
we use the following sentence structure:
Too + adjective + for + person + infinitive
The coffee is too hot for me to drink.
We can also put someone's name there if you want.
The coffee is too hot for Rob to drink.
But it is more common to use an object pronoun
The coffee is too hot for him to drink.
Let's use the structure to change this sentence:
The fridge is too heavy. Steve can't lift it.
How can we use the structure we have already seen?
This becomes
The fridge is too heavy for Steve to lift.
Let's change another sentence...
It is too late to go to the concert.
This can become...
It is too late for us to go to the concert.
I used us because I'm imagining both my wife and I had planned to go to the concert.
You could also say...
It is too late for me to go to the concert.
I'm going by myself.
It depends on who was going to go to the concert.
More examples of this structure:
It was too wet for us to go camping.
This is too difficult for me to complete.
The room was too noisy for her to study.
The noise distracts her. She likes to study in quiet.
The river water is too dirty for them to drink.
Note: we don't always need an infinitive.
We can just use this structure:
Too + adjective + for + person or people
That shirt is too small for him.
It is too early for me.
I usually don't wake up until later.
This is too complicated for us.
I think they are too big for you.
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