Intensifiers:

• Show something is more than necessary (too)
• Show something is sufficient or adequate (enough)
• Emphasize a strong degree (very, extremely, so, really)
  
  

• “The soup is too hot.” → hotter than is comfortable
• “She is tall enough to reach the shelf.” → sufficient height
• “He runs very fast.” → strong degree
• “I am so happy!” → strong emotion
  
  

• Form: too + adjective/adverb
• Indicates a negative outcome or problem

• “The bag is too heavy for me to carry.”
• “It’s too cold to go swimming.”
• “She speaks too quickly for beginners to understand.”
• “He arrived too late for the meeting.”
• “The music was too loud to sleep.”
• “This box is too big to fit in the car.”
  
  

• Before a noun: enough + noun
  “We have enough chairs for everyone.”
  “Do you have enough money to buy it?”
  
  
• After an adjective or adverb: adjective/adverb + enough
  “She is tall enough to reach the shelf.”
  “He didn’t run fast enough to win the race.”
  
  

• Positive: “She is old enough to drive.”
• Negative: “He isn’t strong enough to lift the box.”

• Very → strong degree
  “The movie was very interesting.”
  “I am very tired after work.”
  
  
• So → very strong, often with emotion
  “I am so happy to see you!”
  “The exam was so difficult that many students failed.”
  
  
• Really → emphasizes truth or strong degree
  “This cake is really delicious.”
  “He is really good at football.”
  
  
• Extremely → very strong, often formal
  “She was extremely upset about the news.”
  “The weather is extremely cold today.”
  
  
• Quite → moderate degree, can be positive or neutral
  “The test was quite easy.”
  “I’m quite tired, but I can continue.”

• “The box is very heavy, almost too heavy to lift.”
• “She runs fast enough to win the race, and really impresses everyone.”
• “The movie was so long, it was almost too boring.”

• Wrong placement:
  x “She is enough tall.” →  ✓  “She is tall enough.”
  
  
• Using too when you mean enough:
  x “The room isn’t too big.” →  ✓  “The room isn’t big enough.”
  
  
• Overusing intensifiers unnecessarily:
  x “He is very extremely happy.” →  ✓  “He is extremely happy.”
  
  

• Intensifiers show degree, sufficiency, or excess.
• Too = more than necessary, often negative.
• Enough = sufficient amount, can be positive or negative.
• Very, so, really, extremely, quite = show strong or moderate emphasis.
• Pay attention to placement: before/after adjectives, before nouns, or with verbs.