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That attitude really helps you improve. Keep on learning new English words.

Limited vocabulary words hinders you to express your ideas in class.

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Teacher Nina

Too + Adjective

Too + adjective is used to show something is excessive or problematic. Too is used with negative adjectives like expensive, tired, difficult, etc. Too implies a negative feeling and perhaps an unstated negative consequence. Look at the following example:

Justin: Do you want to come to the party tonight, Mike?
Mike: Sorry, Justin. I’m too tired.

This means, I am tired, and because I am tired I won’t go out tonight. Here are some more examples:

My old car is too unreliable.
Economics is too difficult for many students.

When we want to show that because something is excessive or problematic and there is a consequence, we use too + adjective, as in the above examples. When we simply want to emphasize an adjective, we use very.

Very + Adjective
Very + adjective makes that adjective stronger. Very is used to emphasize an adjective.

I’m very tired today.  
My old car is very unreliable.
Economics is very difficult for many students.

Let’s compare too and very:

It’s very hot today. This is just a statement that the weather is hot…very hot.
It’s too hot today. This implies that it is hot and there is some negative feeling or problem

That bag is very expensive. This is just a statement that the bag costs a lot of money.
That bag is too expensive. This implies that the bag costs a lot of money and I cannot buy it.

Remember,  we do not use too with positive adjectives:

Angelina is very beautiful. Not, Angelina is too beautiful.
Justin is very kind to his fans. Not, Justin is too kind to his fans.

So + Adjective
So + adjective is similar to too, but it can be used with positive or negative adjectives. So is used to show a cause and effect relationship. So is often use with that:

I’m so excited about my vacation that I can’t sleep.
Joe was so nervous when he went on his first date that he forgot to shave.
It’s so hot and humid that it is hard to breathe outside.

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