Chapter

4
Be Active and Creative

A. Adequacy and Inadequacy

(Too ... to; Enough to ....)
B. Advertisement

English Skills for the Future 1

For Senior High School/Madrasah
Aliyah Grade X
 Look at these pictures

What are the similarities and the differences of those advertisements?

Brainstorming
Intelligence and creativity are related one with another in a unique way.
Intelligence is described as “the ability to acquire and utilize knowledge,
where as creativity deals with the ability to come up with new ideas
through a mental process of connecting existing concepts.”
To be creative is to pull existing knowledge into a new situation and
quickly sort through potential outcomes. Your creativity is used when you
are designing something, such as an advertisements.
 A. Adequacy and Inadequacy
(Too ... to; Enough to ....)
Too and enough indicate degree.

Too is used to express that something is below

or above what is desirable.

Too + Adjective/Adverb + To Infinitive

Do Activity 1-4 page 108-110 and

Practice 1 page 109,
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 a. Too + Adjective + Infinitive

 To infinitive verb in this form relates to the subject of

the sentence. It has an active meaning.
Example: You are too young to drive.
(You are too young. You cannot drive.)
 To infinitive here represents the object. Then it has a
passive meaning.
Example: The plate was too hot to touch.
(The plate is too hot, it cannot be touched.)
 The infinitive can refer similarity to the object of
preposition.
Example: The grass was too wet (for us) to sit on.
(The grass is too wet. We cannot sit there.)
 b. Too + Adjective + A + Noun + Infinitive

Example: He is too experienced a conductor to mind

what the critics say.
(As a conductor, he is too experienced to
mind what the critics say.)

c. Too + Adverb + Infinitive

Example: He spoke too quickly for me to understand.

(He spoke too quickly. Then, I cannot
understand what he said.)

Do Activity 5-7 page 111-113 and

Practice 2-3 page 111-112
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 Enough is used to express
that something which is sufficient.

Adjective/Adverb + Enough + To Infinitive Verb

Character’s
Corner
We have to feel grateful
to God for the chance to
learn. Living life to its
fullest is seen as one of
our ways to appreciate Do Activity 8-12, page 115-118
and show our grateful to English Skills for the Future 1 for
what God has given. Grade X
 a. Adjective + Enough + Infinitive

 The infinitive can refer to the subject.

Example: She is old enough to travel by herself.
(She is not young. She can travel by herself.)
 The infinitive refers to the object.
Example: The case is light enough for me to
carry. (The case is light. It can be carried by me.)
 It can be refer to the object of preposition.
Example: The ice was thick enough to walk on.
(The ice was thick. We can walk on it.)

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 b. Enough in negative sentences means
less than sufficient/ necessary
 You’re not working fast enough, to finish it on
time.
(You’re not working fast enough, you won’t finish

your work on time.)

 They boy is not tall enough to be a basket player.
(They boy is not tall enough, he cannot be a
basket player.)
 The car doesn’t run fast enough to get to the
airport on time.
(The car doesn’t run fast enough, it won’t to get
to the airport on time.)
Do Activity 13-15 page 119-120 and
Practice 4 page 129-134, English
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 Exercise
Work in groups of four. Write a dialog based on the
following situation. The dialog must use the expression
of adequacy and inadequacy

Situation :
One of your friends is planning to continue your study in
one of foreign countries. The rest of you give input
regarding his/her plan.
 B. Advertisement
 Advertising is a form of marketing communication used
to promote or sell something.

 Advertising messages are usually

paid for by sponsors and viewed via
various media.

 Virtually any medium can be used for

advertising. Commercial advertising media
can include: wall paintings, billboards, street
furniture, printed flyers, radio, television,
web banners, bus, magazines, etc.
 How to Analyze an Advertisement

The following questions can help foster an awareness of

this process. Use them for class or group discussions or
your own individual analysis of ads or commercials.

1 What is the general ambience of the

advertisement? What mood does it create?

2 What is the design of the advertisement? Does it use

axial balance or some other form? How are the basic
components or elements arranged?

Do Activity 1-4 page 123-125 and

Practice 1 page 123
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 3 What is the relationship between pictorial elements
and written material and what does this tell us?

4 What is the use of space in the advertisement?

Is there a lot of “white space” or is it full of
graphic and written elements?

5 What signs and symbols do we find? What role

do they play in the ad’s impact?

Do Practice 2-3 page 125-126 and

Activity 5-7 page 127-129,
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 6 If there are figures (men, women, children, animals)
what are they like? What can be said about their
facial expressions, poses, hairstyle, age, hair color,
ethnicity, education, occupation, relationships
(of one to the other)?

7 What does the background tell us? Where is the

advertisement taking place and what significance
does this background have?

Do Activity 8-12, page 130-132,

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Advertisement
 8 What action is taking place in the advertisement
and what significance does it have?

9 What theme or themes do we find a conversation

between the advertisement? What is it about? The
plot of an advertisement may involve a conversation
between a man and a woman. The theme may vary
from jealousy, faithlessness, ambition, passion, etc.

1 What about the language used? Does it essentially

0 provide information or does it try to generate some

kind of emotional response? Or both?
 What are the things being
11 advertised and what role does it play
in society?

1 Character’s
What about aesthetic decisions? Corner
2 We must thank God for
giving us a chance to
learn English so that we
can understand
advertisement and
advertise something as
Do Activity 13-14 page 134-135, well. By learning
English Skills for the Future 1 advertisement, we are
for Grade X motivated to read
something carefully and
 Summary
A. Adequacy and Inadequacy (Too ... to; Enough to ....)

Too and enough indicate degree, but have different meaning in the sentences.

 Too is used to refer things as more than sufficient or more/ less than
necessary.
Form: S + be + too + adjective + to infinitive
 Enough is used to refer thing as sufficient.
Form: S + be + adjective + enough + to infinitive

 Enough in negative sentences to refer thing less than sufficient/

necessary

B. Advertisements
Advertisements is a picture, short film, song, etc. which tries to persuade
people to buy a product or service, or join an event.
Advertisements are commonly found in mass media, such as newspaper,
television, or internet and usually put in public places.
 Quiz
1. What do you know about Adequacy and
Inadequacy
2. Write 2 sentences using too and enough.
3. What is advertisement?
4. What is the function of advertisement?
5. Where can we find advertisements?

Do Chapter 4 Review, page 138-140,

English Skills for the Future 1 for Grade X
 Thank You
The function of education is to
teach one to think intensively and
to think critically. Intelligence
plus characters - that is the goal of
true education.
(Martin Luther King, Jr.)
 References
http://
www.britannica.com/biography/Bill-Mo
ggridge
http://
odnb2.pubfactory.com/view/article/466
00/46600?docPos=30
http://
www.medialit.org/reading-room/how-a
nalyze-advertisement
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Renisa Khairani