Sometimes food becomes too old to eat. Bread, for example, can get very hard if it sits out too long. In this topic, we talk about food that is no longer good, and we use expressions like “too old to eat” and “already hard.” This helps us explain why we can’t or shouldn’t eat something.
We also use expressions with “too + adjective + to + verb”, and “already” to show that something has happened earlier than expected. This topic is very useful when talking about food safety and freshness.
🔹 Examples:
That bread is too hard to chew.
The milk is too sour to drink.
The cake is already dry. We should throw it away.
📘 GRAMMAR: 'Too... to' and 'Already'
We use “too + adjective + to + verb” to say something is not possible or not good. We use “already” to say something happened earlier than expected.
Structures:
Subject + is/was + too + adjective + to + base verb
Subject + has/had/is/was + already + past participle/adjective
Examples:
That bread is too old to eat.
These apples are too soft to bake with.
The food is already cold.
She has already left the house.
📘 VOCABULARY (10 words):
Bread – a common food made from flour.
Old – not new; past its best time.
Hard – not soft; difficult to chew.
Fresh – new, recently made.
Stale – not fresh anymore.
Spoiled – not good to eat.
Soft – easy to bite or chew.
Dry – not moist or wet.
Eat – to put food in your mouth and swallow.
Already – before now or earlier than expected.
📘 USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:
That bread is too old to eat.
It’s already hard.
We should buy fresh bread.
Don’t eat that, it’s stale.
Let’s throw it away.
📘 SENTENCES:
Positive:
The bread is fresh and soft.
I always eat toast in the morning.
We are going to buy new bread.
Negative:
That bread isn’t fresh.
I can’t eat it because it’s too hard.
You shouldn’t keep bread for too long.
Questions:
Is this bread too old to eat?
Why is it already hard?
Should we buy a new one?
Answers:
Yes, it’s very dry.
Because we left it out for two days.
Yes, let’s go to the bakery.
📘 CONVERSATION:
Mia: Hey, are you going to eat that bread?
Tom: No, it’s too old to eat. It’s already hard.
Mia: Really? Didn’t you buy it yesterday?
Tom: No, I bought it three days ago and forgot to put it in a bag.
Mia: Oh no! Bread gets hard fast if you don’t cover it.
Tom: Yeah, I know. I’ll throw it away and get fresh bread from the store.
Mia: Good idea. I’ll come with you!
📘 READING:
Julia was hungry in the morning. She went to the kitchen to make breakfast. She saw a loaf of bread on the table. She picked it up and felt it—it was hard. Julia said, “That bread is too old to eat—it’s already hard.” She looked at the date on the bag. It was five days old. She decided to throw it away. Later, she walked to the bakery and bought fresh bread. Now she can enjoy a soft, warm breakfast!
Questions:
What did Julia want to do?
What did she find in the kitchen?
Why didn’t she eat the bread?
What did she do with the old bread?
Where did she go after that?
Answers:
She wanted to make breakfast.
A loaf of bread.
Because it was too old and hard.
She threw it away.
She went to the bakery.
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