Modal verbs such as can, must, may, might, will, and should are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on. Modal verbs are unlike other verbs. They do not change their form (spelling) and they have no infinitive or participle. Students will practice using essential modal verbs and useful phrases to construct meaningful sentences.
Useful Sentence Patterns
Overview
Daily lifeWork
Level
Elementary: A2Pre-Intermediate: A2+
Included
2 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 60 mins
Language functions Talking about daily life
Language forms Modal and auxiliary verbs
Activities
ConversationGap fillMatchingSentence completion
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