LA GRAMMATICA DI ENGLISH GRATIS

TROPPO

It’s too late!
There is too much sugar in my coffee.
There are too many people in this room.
I’ve drunk too much!

Troppo si esprime in inglese in modo diverso a seconda che venga usato con un aggettivo o avverbio, con un sostantivo o con un verbo.

Troppo + ….

In inglese

Esempio

aggettivo / avverbio Too He is too young to drive.
È troppo giovane per guidare.
It’s too late!
È troppo tardi!

sostantivo Too many + countable (sostantivo numerabile)

Too much + uncountable (sostantivo non numerabile) There are too many people in this room.
Ci sono troppe persone in questa stanza.

There is too much sugar in my coffee.
C’è troppo zucchero nel mio caffè.

verbo Too much I’ve drunk too much tonight!
Ho bevuto troppo questa sera!

Altri usi di "troppo"

Troppo poco

Too few + countable (sostantivo numerabile)
Too little + uncountable (sostantivo non numerabile)

The party was boring. There were too few people.
La festa è stata noiosa. C’erano troppo poche persone.

We’ve had too little snow this year.
Abbiamo avuto troppa poca neve quest’anno.

Talvolta anziché too few o too little è preferibile utilizzare not enough (non abbastanza).

There isn’t enough sugar to make the cake.
Non c’è abbastanza zucchero per fare la torta = C’è troppo poco zucchero.

It hasn’t rained enough this year.
Non ha piovuto abbastanza quest’anno = Ha piovuto troppo poco.

Di gran lunga troppo

Much / far too + aggettivo / avverbio
Far too many + sostantivo numerabile
Far too much + sostantivo non numerabile
Verbo + far too much

This car is much too expensive for me.
Questa macchina è di gran lunga troppo costosa per me.

There are far too many people in this room.
Ci sono decisamente troppe persone in questa stanza.

We’ve had far too much rain this year.
Abbiamo avuto decisamente troppa pioggia quest’anno.

I drank far too much last night.
Ho bevuto decisamente troppo ieri sera.

Troppo tempo

Too long

I’ve been waiting for too long.
Aspetto da troppo tempo.

1. ESERCIZIO SU TOO - TOO MUCH - TOO MANY BEGINNERS GB205

Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with TOO - TOO MUCH - TOO MANY
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Se vuoi ulteriori spiegazioni, chiedicele utilizzando la sezione interattiva DISQUS più sotto

1) There are armchairs in this living-room.
♥ There are TOO MANY armchairs in this living-room.
2) I’m young to wear dark clothing.
♥ I’m TOO young to wear dark clothing.
3) The tablecloth is long for this table.
♥ The tablecloth is TOO long for this table.
4) There’s chocolate on top of this cake.
♥ There’s TOO MUCH chocolate on top of this cake.
5) There are people in the lift.
♥ There are TOO MANY people in the lift.
6) There are books in your rucksack. It’s … heavy!
♥ There are TOO MANY books in your rucksack. It’s too heavy!
7) She put salt in the food.
♥ She put TOO MUCH salt in the food.
8) He’s drunk coffee.
♥ He’s drunk TOO MUCH coffee.
9) This bag is small. Have this one instead, it’s bigger.
♥ This bag is TOO small. Have this one instead, it’s bigger.
10) There are verbs in this sentence.
♥ There are TOO many verbs in this sentence.

2. ESERCIZIO SU TOO - TOO MUCH - TOO MANY INTERMEDIATE GB

1) There are    books in my room.
♥ There are too many books in my room.
2) Mary spends    time at the computer.
♥ Mary spends too much time at the computer.
3) This scarf is    long!
♥ This scarf is too long!
4) There are    letters on my desk.
♥ There are too many letters on my desk.
5) That man is    old to cross the road by himself. I’ll help him.
♥ That man is too old to cross the road by himself. I’ll help him.
6) You invited    people to your party last night!
♥ You invited too many people to your party last night!
7) Please, add some water to this drink, but not    .
♥ Please, add some water to this drink, but not too much.
8) Chris is spending   and has    unpaid bills.
♥ Chris is spending too much and has too many unpaid bills.
9) I’m    young to get this job.
♥ I’m too young to get this job.
10) This table is    big! There are just three of us.
♥ This table is too big! There are just three of us.