Remove too from the following sentences without
altering their sense
1. He is too weak to play.
2. Sita is too fat to dance.
3. The boys are too tired to work.
4. She is too proud to beg.
5. She is too shy to ask for help
6. We are too poor to keep a servant.
7. He was too proud to learn
8. My son was too weak to play.
9. You are too lazy to work.
10. She was too frightened to speak a word.
Answers
Required Answer
1. He is too weak to play.
Ans. He is so weak that he cannot play.
2. Sita is too fat to dance.
Ans. She is so fat that she cannot dance.
3. The boys are too tired to work.
Ans. The boys are so tired that they cannot work.
4. She is too proud to beg.
Ans. She is so proud that she will not beg.
5. She is too shy to ask for help
Ans. She is so shy that she will not ask for help.
6. We are too poor to keep a servant.
Ans. We are so poor that we cannot keep a servant.
7. He was too proud to learn.
Ans. He was so proud that he could learn.
8. My son was too weak to play.
Ans. My son was so weak that he could not play.
9. You are too lazy to work.
Ans. You are so lazy that you cannot work.
10. She was too frightened to speak a word.
Ans. She was so afraid that she could not speak a word.
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Extra information :
- Too and so are both used before an adjective or an adverb.
- Too/so + adverb/adjective
Some examples -
- She is too tired to work.
- She is so tired that she cannot work.
- He is too poor to afford a car.
- He is so poor that he cannot afford a car.
- They are too busy to come.
- They are so busy that they cannot come.
Explanation:
he was too frightened to speak a word