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Dont leave home without it

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Dont leave home without it
Here is a fun card game to help students practice the modal verbs of possibility may and
might.

Before class, make one copy of the cards for each group of four and cut as indicated.

Procedure

Begin by eliciting things that the students take with them when they go away, e.g. phone
charger, keys, camera, etc. Ask the students to explain why they always take these items.

Explain that the students are going to play a card game to practice the modal verbs of
possibility may and might.

Divide the students into groups of four.

Give each group a set of picture cards. Tell them to shuffle the cards and place them in a
pile face down on the desk.

Explain that on the cards are pictures of everyday objects that people often carry with them.

Write the following structure on the board:

I always carry this/these because I may/might...

Demonstrate the activity by thinking of an everyday object. Then make a sentence using the
structure on the board, e.g. I always carry this because I might need to buy something.

Students then try to guess the object (a wallet/money).

In their groups, students take it in turns to pick up a card and make a sentence using may or
might.

The first student to guess the object keeps the card.

If the group members are having problems guessing, the student can give more clues using
the structure on the board.

The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

As an extension, students can write a paragraph about their possible plans for the weekend
using may and might. Students then read out their paragraphs to the class.

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