Thursday, March 5, 2020

Enough / too



Teaching "Enough" and "Too" in an Interactive Pattern

Step 1: Understanding the Concepts

  • Enough → means sufficient (not too much, not too little).
    • Example: "This room is big enough for the meeting."
  • Too → means more than necessary (negative meaning).
    • Example: "This bag is too heavy for me to carry."

Step 2: Interactive Activities

1️⃣ Visual Demonstration (Real-life Objects)

🔹 Activity: Bring real objects (e.g., water bottles, bags, books).

  • Take a small glass of water and fill it.
  • If it’s half-full, say: "This is enough water."
  • If it’s overflowing, say: "This is too much water!"
  • Ask students to try and describe using enough/too.

2️⃣ Fill in the Blanks Game

🔹 Activity: Write sentences on the board with blanks.
🔸 Example:

  • "This coffee is ___ hot to drink." (too)
  • "I don’t have ___ money to buy a car." (enough)

🔹 Engagement: Students come up one by one and complete the sentences.


3️⃣ Role Play: Real-Life Situations

🔹 Scenario 1: Ordering food at a restaurant

  • Student A: "Do you want more rice?"
  • Student B: "No, thank you. This is enough for me."

🔹 Scenario 2: Buying Clothes

  • Student A: "Is this jacket the right size?"
  • Student B: "No, it’s too small for me."

4️⃣ Picture-Based Learning

🔹 Activity: Show pictures of different situations:

  • A person struggling to carry heavy bags → "These bags are too heavy."
  • A plate with just the right amount of food → "This is enough food."

Students describe what they see using enough/too.


5️⃣ "Find the Mistake" Game

🔹 Activity: Write incorrect sentences on the board:

  • "This soup is enough hot to eat." (❌ Wrong)
  • "She is too tall enough to reach the shelf." (❌ Wrong)

🔹 Engagement: Students correct them to:
✅ "This soup is hot enough to eat."
✅ "She is tall enough to reach the shelf."


Step 3: Speaking Challenge

🔹 Activity: Give each student a random word (e.g., "cold," "money," "food").
🔹 They must make a sentence using either "enough" or "too."
🔹 Example: Word: Cold → "It’s too cold to go outside."

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