Should - Shouldn't Drilling
This worksheet is aimed at students who already know a little bit about structure and functions of modal verb should affirmative and negative. It is composed of 4 activities. The first 2 are filling...
View ArticleModal Verbs and Phrases
The following activity will help your students practice modal verbs and phrases. It should be completed in pairs. Students A and B have gaps in different sentences. As Student A completes his sentence...
View ArticleDo You Have Any Advice?
This presentation introduces how to give advice using the modal forms could - should - and must as well as to suggest and to recommend. I had ss work in pairs or small groups to come up with ideas for...
View ArticleTipping Guide: Speaking Modal Verbs Practice
This NYC tipping guide is taken from the research of Waitbutwhy.com, original available here http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/04/everything-dont-know-tipping.html. I used the chart to start a discussion with...
View ArticleModal Verb Practice (Elementary Level)
The worksheet contains three activities about modal verbs. The first task is complete the sentences. Use can, can't, could or couldn't. The second task is the same but you have to use can, can't, must,...
View ArticleShould and Shouldn't
The worksheet is designed with problem sentences for learners to be practising "should and shouldn't". It is followed by a quiz where paired students have to choose between two answers to a given...
View ArticleModals-Modals Perfect
This is a powerpoint presentation of modals and modals perfect for esl B1-B2 level. There are no grammar rules, only examples and pictures that better explain the use of modals. A teacher can use the...
View ArticleModal Verbs - an Introductory Lesson (B1, B2)
It's an introduction to modal verbs - first some basic rules, then the rules for forming past (not all modal verbs have separate forms for past, some use perfect infinitive - in my experience it is...
View ArticleAdvice Column: Penny Pincher
Students read the advice column. Teacher can guide students through new vocabulary, idioms and expressions. There are discussion questions at the end, but teacher should feel free to ask more questions...
View ArticleReading- Should, Should't Have to, Don't Have To
This worksheet contains a reading comprehension exercise about smoking and the consequences it has for someone's health. It also has some grammar excercises to complete using should ,shouldn't, have to...
View ArticleNever Again! Shudda Stayed at Home
This worksheet is to practise talking about regret while working on the pronuncation shudda (should have). Students start by reading a review of gig, then they have to identify at least ten problem....
View ArticleTest
Here you will find exercises about modal verbs and vocabulary from compound nouns and other that can be very useful for teachers and students. This can be used as a worksheet or as a test for your...
View ArticleModal Verbs and Emotions
A test for emotions and modal verbs for 8th grade students. It contains grammar exercises and some activities matching emotions with pictures. Some exercises of completing sentences and gap completion....
View ArticleFirst Aid Kit PowerPoint
This PowerPoint deals with some vocabulary items that we can find in a first aid kit, such as ice pack, thermometer, bandages, etc. It follows with some questions about when we should use these items,...
View ArticleModal Verbs
This worksheet contains brief explanations of each modal verb (can- have to- must- should) and some graphic examples that illustrate each of them. There are lots of exercises to practice. You can use...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Green Eyes by Coldplay
This is a song that I used to introduce the modal verbs "must", "should" and "could". Students are asked to first complete sentences with the words they listen to (only modals) and then they are asked...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: White Flag by Dido - Relationships
Thia worksheet will allow students to start a debate about painful relationships and broken hearts. First, they have to spot the extra word in some verses and then guess the meaning of some idioms...
View ArticleModal Verbs Review Quiz Game
This is the first time to upload my file here. This is a PPT for modal verbs review quiz game. Each row in the second page means the level of the question and you get different points for correct...
View ArticleTalk about Illnesses
This worksheet is about illnesses. It contains two activities. First, the students are asked to complete the sentences using common problems, such as sore throat, backache, stomachache, etc. Secondly,...
View ArticleSelfie
Let me present you my handout on the topic of the last years – a selfie. This lesson gives your students an opportunity to talk about something they do every day - especially young learners can’t...
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