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SUBJECT: English 8
TOPIC: Use Modal Verbs, Nouns, and Adverbs Appropriately
TREATMENT: __ Narrative Lecture __ Narrative Tutorial __ Other
RUN TIME: 20 - 25 Minutes
SCRIPTWRITER: JESSIE JAMES B. VIRTUOSO
(Hazel C. Deloria and Jessamae A. Colanggo -module writers)
INSTRUCTIONAL
OBJECTIVES:
After watching the video, the learners should be able to use modal
verbs, nouns, and adverbs appropriately

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2 A pleasant day to our avid viewers especially to our active learners who are watching
3 from their respective home across the country! Welcome to our Education on Air. I
4 am teacher _______and today we will be learning how to Use Modal Verbs, Nouns
5 and Adverbs Appropriately.
6 Let’s begin with Modal Verbs.
7 What are modal Verbs?
8 Modal Verbs are special kinds of auxiliary verbs that are used to express ability,
9 obligation, possibility, and necessity. These include can, must, may, might, will,
10 would and should.
11 I want you to look and read the words and statements on the table and chart to
12 understand more about modal verbs.
Modal Verb Expressing Example
It could be used to
Our first
express
Modal Verb
is the word ability I can swim.
can permission Can I use your phone please?
possibility Smoking can cause cancer.
When I was younger, I could run
ability in the past
could fast.
Excuse me, could I just say
polite permission
something?
possibility It could rain tomorrow!
may permission May I use your phone please?
possibility, probability It might rain tomorrow!
might
polite permission May I suggest an idea?
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Modal Verb Expressing Example

will desire, preference, I will take this duty.
choice, or consent Will you stop talking like that?
would to request or offer Would you like a cup of tea?
in if-sentences If I were you, I would say sorry.
should to give advice You should stop smoking.
to say something
We should be there this evening.
expected or correct
must You must stop when the traffic
strong obligation
lights turn red.
logical conclusion / He must be very tired. He's been
Certainty working all day long.
1 Whether modals or modal verbs, modal auxiliaries or modal auxiliary verbs,
2 they are all the same. The modal verbs and the primary verbs (be, do and have) are
3 called auxiliary verbs. The difference between these two groups of verbs is that we
4 can use modal verbs as auxiliary verbs only.
5 In other words, we cannot use modal verbs on their own in a sentence, as they are
6 not complete by themselves. We have to use them with other verbs, which must be
7 in the simple present tense.
8 Now we will have our discussion on how modals are used especially in transforming
9 sentences to questions.
10 Not all yes or no questions begin with auxiliary verbs. Many start with modal verbs.
11 We use modal verbs in yes-no questions when asking about possibility or
12 uncertainty. All modal verbs are followed by the main verb in its base form.
13 In statements, the form is;
14 Subject + Modal + Main Verb + ….
15 Examples
16 I can swim. We must go.
17 You should do your homework.
18 They must wait for us.
19 He may be at home.
20 Now let us Study the rules in transforming statements to questions using Modal
21 Verbs:
22 1. If the sentence has a main verb and a modal verb, question form is;
23 Modal + Subject + Main Verb + ….
24
Sentence Question
I may visit you tomorrow. May I visit you tomorrow?
You can repeat it. Can you repeat it?
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26 2. If we want to make a negative yes/no question with modals, question
27 form is Modal + NOT + Subject + Main Verb + ….
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Sentence Question
We can be friends. Can’t we be friends?
They could ride. Couldn’t they ride?
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2 3. When we are replying the question, we can use short or long form for the
3 answer. Answer forms are;
4 Yes + Subject + Modal Verb (+ …)
5 No + Subject + Modal Verb + Not (+ …)
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Question Answer
Should I clean my room No. / No, you shouldn’t. / No, you shouldn’t
every day? clean your room every day.

Will you sit down? Yes. / Yes, I will. / Yes, I will sit down.

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8 Now, Let’s have a practice activity.
9 Directions: Choose the appropriate modal verb to be used in the questions.
10 1. ______ you please carry my things?
11 A. May B. Will C. Should D. Must
12 2. _______ you like some snacks?
13 A. Would B. Should C. Can D. Might
14 3. ______ I dance with you?
15 A. Must B. Would C. Can D. Might
16 4. ______ I suggest a better place to live in?
17 A. Could B. Can C. Would D. Might
18 5. ______ you please get me a water?
19 A. Could B. Should C. Would D. Might
20 Congratulations! You have successfully finished the activity.
21 Now, let’s proceed to Nouns. What are nouns?
22 Nouns are any naming words for people, animals, places, things, ideas, and
23 qualities. They name everything around us, including those that are invisible (wind,
24 gas, vapor).   
25 A noun in a sentence can be recognized by the word called determiner or an
26 adjective that comes before it. The determiner (articles are also determiners) can be
27 one of these lists with the nouns in bold words:
28 Articles: the, a, an (the duck, a hen, an egg)
29 Determiner: my, some, this (my wallet, some money, this coin)
30 Descriptive adjective: red, old, beautiful (red shirt, old socks, a beautiful dress)

31 Nouns can be divided into common nouns and proper nouns:

32 1. Common Noun
33 Common nouns are names of people, things, animals, places, ideas, etc. Common
34 Nouns name a general, unspecific class of similar things (chair, box), and not an
35 individual member of a specified group of people or things. They are not capitalized
36 unless they come at the beginning of a sentence. 
37 Examples:
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1 People – aunt, boy, butcher, carpenter, cousin, father

2 Things – bicycle, book, car, computer, dress, hammer
3 Animals – armadillo, baboon, bee, caterpillar, cow, dog
4 Places – airport, beach, bullring, cemetery, church
5 2. Proper Noun
6 A proper noun is a name of a specific person (personal name and Mr. that
7 precedes the name), place (names of street, city, and country), thing, animal (a
8 name given to an animal or a pet’s name), or organization. Proper nouns should
9 always be capitalized.
10 Examples:
11 People –Angel Locsin, Jose Rizal, Rodrigo Duterte
12 Places – Museum of Modern Art, Sahara Desert
13 Things – Financial Times, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben
14 Organization – United Nations, International Labor Organization, Red Brigades
15 Animals – King Kong, Elephant, Bugs Bunny
16 Day and months – Saturday, Tuesday, April, September
17 Events – World War II, Christmas Day, Wedding Day
18 Can you now determine the uses of nouns in sentences?
19 Nouns are used as a subject, object, and subject complement in the sentence.

20 Now let’s have a practice,

21 Directions: Fill in each blank with the correct form of the given nouns. Choose your
22 answer from the table. Do not repeat a noun in any of the sentences. (I’ll give you 2
23 minutes to answer this activity)
chair information hair
luggage furniture works
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25 1. I don't have much ___________. Just two small bags. Luggage
26 2. They are going to tell you all you want to know. They are going to give you a lot
27 of ___________. Information
28 3. There is room for everybody to sit down. There are a lot of ___________. Chair
29 4. We have no ___________, not even a bed or a table. Furniture
30 5. 'What does Alan look like?' He's got a long beard and very short ___________.
31 Hair
32 Now let’s proceed to the last part. The Adverbs. What is an adverb?
33 An adverb is a part of speech that describes a verb, adjective, another adverb, a
34 phrase, a clause, or a sentence.
35 A great way to pick out an adverb from a sentence is to look for the word ending in -
36 ly. Although that's not universally true, it's a great place to start. Also, given their
37 function, these fundamental elements of the English language are usually placed
38 right before or after the verb in the sentence.
39 Adverbs are intensifiers, and they can even come in the form of an adverb phrase.
40 That means you're looking at two or more words that act as an adverb.
41 We are going to explore more about adverb by knowing its types.
42 1. Adverb of manner explains how an action is carried out. It answers the question,
43 ‘how is the action performed?’.
44 Examples:
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1 a. The dinner party went badly.

2 b. John answered the question correctly.
3 Notice how the adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the adjectives bad and correct.
4 2. Adverb of degree is used to discuss the degree or intensity of an adjective, an
5 action, or another adverb. It answers the question, ‘how much is the action
6 performed?’.
7 Examples:
8 a. She completely forgot about her anniversary.
9 b. I read the newspaper thoroughly.
10 3. Adverb of frequency is used to express how often or how frequently something
11 happens. Adverbs of frequency will usually be placed after the main verb or between
12 the auxiliary verb and infinitive.
13 Examples:
14 a. I can normally make the shot.
15 b. He always takes the bus.
16 4. Adverb of place always talks about the location where the action of the verb is
17 being carried out. It always answers one important question, ‘where?’.
18 Examples:
19 a. Put the cake there.
20 b. After a long day at work, we headed homewards.
21 5. Adverb of time describes when, for how long, or how often a certain action
22 happened. It answers the question ‘when/how frequently is the action performed?’.
23 Examples:
24 a. Harvey forgot his lunch yesterday.
25 b. Tomorrow our fate will be sealed.
26 Now, let’s have another practice.
27 Directions: Tell whether the adverb in the sentence is an adverb of manner, degree,
28 frequency, place, or time. Write your answer on the blank provided.
29
30 1. Mike is running fast. ________________
31 2. He is staying at my home. ________________
32 3. We take a vacation at least once annually. ________________
33 4. The newspaper arrives daily. ________________
34 5. She completely forgot about her anniversary. ______________
35 1. Sentence 1 has an adverb of manner since adverb ‘fast’ tells how the action
36 (running) is being performed.
37 2. Sentence 2 has an adverb of place since adverb ‘at my home’ pertains to the
38 location or where the action (staying) happened.
39 3. Sentence 3 has an adverb of frequency since adverb ‘annually’ shows how often
40 the action (take) happened.
41 4. Sentence 4 has an adverb of time since adverb ‘daily’ tells how often or how long
42 the action (arrives) happened.
43 5. Sentence 5 has an adverb of a degree since adverb ‘completely’ shows the
44 degree of the action (forgot) being performed.
45 Congratulations!!!Well done, you just finished the last activity for this lesson
46 Now to determine if you learned something about our lesson, answer this next
47 activity by giving the letter of the correct choice:
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49 1. When I lived in Italy, we ________ often eat in the restaurant next to my flat.
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1 A. would B. should C. could D. can

2 2. Children ________do their homework.
3 A. can B. must C. could D. will
4 3. He doesn't understand it yet," means the negative action of not understanding
5 ____ continues.
6 A. still B. never C. however D. somehow
7 4. My grandmother always smiled _______________.
8 A. cheerfully B. sadly C. never D. yesterday
9 5. The driver stopped the bus _______________.
10 A. financially B. exactly C. abruptly D. now
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12 This is the end of our lesson; I hope you have learned how to use modal verbs,
13 nouns and adverbs appropriately. This is again teacher ________telling you “Never
14 stop learning; for when we stop learning, we stop growing” Thank you for watching!

15 Until next time! Bye bye!

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