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MODALS
August 5, 2019
I. OBJECTIVES:
a. Demonstrate appreciation and understanding of Modals through a song
b. View and react critically to the music video presented
c. Expand vocabulary through “word charge” activity
d. Analyze a comic strip
e. Recognize Modals and their functions
f. Compose sentences using Modals
III. STRATEGIES:
a. PRE-TEACHING
i. Motivation: MTV Reflection
Have students view the music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bug-
hnPxFaY)and ask them the following questions.
1. How did the writer of the song define shouldawouldacoulda?
2. What did the singer put aside for her ambition? Did she regret
her decision?
3. Were there instances in your life when you regret your decision? How do
you move on after regretting a decision that you made. Relate them to
the class.
"ShouldaWouldaCoulda"
Beverley Knight
People say that together we were both sides of the same coin
That we would shine like Venus in a clear night sky
We thought our love could overcome the circumstances
But my ambition wouldn't allow for compromise
I could see in the distance all the dreams that were clear to me
Every choice that I had to make left you on your own
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Somehow the road we started down had split asunder
Too late to realize how far apart we'd grown.
How I wish I, wish I'd done a little bit more
Now " Should a would a could a," means I'm out of time
Coz "Should a would a could a", can't change your
mind And I wonder, wonder, wonder what I'm gonna do
"Should a would a could a" are the last words of a fool
People ask how it feels to live the kind of life others dream about
I tell them everybody gotta face their highs and their lows
And in my life there's a love I put aside, cause I was busy loving something else
So for every little thing you hold on to, you've got to let something else go
[Chorus]
[Chorus (x2)]
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QUESTIONS CHOICES ANSWER KEY
1. Where do they go? To the theatre to the restaurant
To the cinema
To the restaurant
2. How many are they? 5 2
2
3
3. When do they go out? In the afternoon in the evening
In the evening
At midday
4. Will they have lunch? no they won't no they won't
we don’t know
yes they will
5. What will they eat? Fish chicken
Hamburger
chicken
6. What will they drink? Wine beer
Water
beer
7. What kind of beer will they have? Lager draft
Light
draft
8. Did they like that restaurant? we don’t know yes they did
yes they did
no they didn’t
9. Had they made a reservation? we don’t know no they hadn't
no they hadn’t
yes they did
10. Who pays for the meal? She does he does
Both do
He does
b. WHILE TEACHING
i. Presentation and Development of the Lesson
1. Present the lesson (PowerPoint or Visual Aids)
2. Discuss the rules (PowerPoint and Worksheets)
MODALS are special kind of auxiliary or helping verbs. It is a verb that cannot work
without another verb.
These include can, will, must, ought to, may, might, would, could, should and shall.
USES OF MODALS
A. May, can, and could are used in polite expressions that request permission.
In a polite request, could may have a present or future meaning, not past. Can
is used in informal conversation. Can also expresses ability or capability while
may and could expresses possibility.
Examples: Responses:
1.May I borrow your pencil? 1.Yes, you may.
Certainly.
2.Could I borrow your pencil? 2.Of course.
3.Can I borrow your pencil? 3.Sure. (Informal)
B. Must, have to, and have got to are used to express stronger necessity. The
expression have got to is informal English.
Examples:
1. If you want to study in college, you must take a college admission test.
2. If you want to study in college, you have to take a college admission test.
3. If you want to study in college, you have got to take a college admission test.
C. “Don’t have to”, and “need not” express lack of necessity. “Must not”
expresses prohibition.
Examples:
1. Next week is called Integration Period. We don’t have to go to school for we
are expected to spend the period in reviewing for the final exam.
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2. You need not worry about the exam. It is usually easy.
3. We must not waste time during Integration Period.
D. Modals should, should not, ought, and ought not express a range
of advisability form mere suggestions to a statement of responsibility
or obligation.
Examples:
1. You should save more for the rainy days.
2. You should not spend on trivialities.
3. You ought to respect your parents.
4. You ought not disrespect your parents.
5. You shouldn’t eat much before going to bed.
c. Evaluation
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He works every weekend, you know. That can't be healthy.
Mark's starting a new school on It can be very difficult at first.
Monday.
I am thinking again about what Alison She may be right.
said.
The roads were very bad this evening. They could have been stuck in the
snow.
I can't see your train on the board. It may have been cancelled.
It was a pretty vicious dog. He must have been terrified.
There were no delays. They should have landed by now.
IV. AGREEMENT
Complete the chart . For each situation, compose a polite request and an answer.
SITUATION POLITE REQEUST ANSWER
1. You want to leave
class early. You are
speaking to your
teacher.
2. You call your cousin.
Someone else
answers the phone.
3. You want your
brother to answer a
phone call from
your office while
you are away.
4. It is getting late, but
you are still at your
friend’s house. You
want to use the
phone to inform your
mother.
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