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Module # 1__
I. General Information
Subject: English IV CODE: INE-0207
Credit Units: 3 Module Duration: 10 days

Specific Objectives:
-The student will be able to learn how to use Too/ (not)… enough / really / very.

- Students will learn vocabulary to relate to containers for food and storage.

Skills to Develop:

 Practice the correct use of comparative and adjectives with the word
enough.
 Practice correct vocabulary for containers.

Brief Description of the Forum:

After reading the material, the student will be able to participate in the discussion
forum and:
1. Practice the reading segments of conversations use it in conversation form
in the forum.
Brief Description of Activities:
The student will practice conversations using the vocabulary learned.

Homework Description:
Workbook Activities from your Textbook: Open Mind Level 2B- Unit 7
Homework Template Module No. 1

II. Content

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Too / Very + Adjective

INTRODUCTION
III. Content Development

1. Very - Too - Enough

Very and Too + adjective

1. The exam is very difficult, but Jim can complete it.

2. The exam is too difficult. Jim can't complete it.

Very difficult = it is difficult but possible for Jim to complete the exam.

Too difficult = It is impossible for Jim to complete the exam.

Remember that Too implies a negative result.

Too + adjective + infinitive

 Alex couldn't play basketball because he was too short.

 Alex was too short to play basketball.
 We are too tired to go to the gym.
 Mary was too ill to finish her food.

Too + adjective + for (someone) + infinitive

 I can't walk to Valparaiso because it is too far.

 Valparaiso is too far for me to walk.
 It is too late for me to go out.

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 The soup is too cold for Tim to eat.

 The price of the ticket is too expensive for Mike to fly to Europe.

Enough + noun

Enough (pronounced "enuf")

There was sufficient food for everybody at the party.

 There was enough food for everybody at the party.

 I had enough money to pay for dinner with my girlfriend.
 Is there enough time to finish the test?

Adjective + Enough

Everybody notices her because she is very pretty.

 She is pretty enough for everybody to notice her.

 My friend lives close enough to my house to walk.
 Last summer it was hot enough to go swimming every day.

Enough + infinitive

 When she lost her dog, it was enough to make her cry.
 He was sick enough to stay home from work today.
 I arrived at the airport early enough to make my flight to New York.

2. Food Containers

Quite often when we talk about foods, we talk about specific amounts of foods.
This is also helps turn uncountable nouns into countable nouns by quantifying
them.

Some terms covered are:

cup of tea
bottle of ketchup
plate of cookies

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handful of peanuts
spoonful of medicine
jar of jam
bucket of chicken
pot of coffee
bowl of soup

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I. BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Textbook: Open Mind Level 2B , Editorial Macmillan, Edición 2014.

2. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
3. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Open Mind : www.macmillanmind.com

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