Review modal verbs used to express obligation and prohibition. Students will be able to use them to discuss workplace and household rules in a variety of communicative activities.
Workplace Rules
Overview
Daily lifeWork
Level
Pre-Intermediate: A2+Intermediate: B1
Included
4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
ExplainingGiving advice or recommendationsTalking about daily life
Language forms
Modal and auxiliary verbsPast formsPresent tense
Activities
ConversationMatchingQuestions and answersReadingRewritingSentence completion
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