Fill in the blank (degree modifier pattern “too … to”) “The luggage was ______ heavy for him to lift.” Choose the correct degree word.

Given data

• “… heavy for him to lift” implies impossibility.

Concept/Approach
Use the fixed pattern “too + adjective + to-infinitive” to express that something cannot be done.

Option analysis
too — correct: “too heavy to lift.”very/so — intensifiers, but do not convey impossibility.much — ungrammatical before an adjective without “too.”

Final Answer
too