Too + Adjective + Infinitive

When there is a verb after too + adjective, we use its infinitive form:

If we look at this sentence again:

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.

And this sentence:

The coffee is too hot.

We can 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 it too old to play
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 this 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 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 this structure to change this sentence:

The fridge is too heavy. Steve can’t lift it.

How can we use the structure we have seen? (pause) 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 am 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.

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.
The river water is too dirty for them to drink.
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)

Note: We don’t always need an infinitive.

We can just use this structure:

Too + Adjective (+ for + person/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 it is too big for you.

TOO + Adjective Summary Chart

Lesson tags: Adjectives, Adverbs, Infinitives, Too, Very

Too + Adjective + Infinitive