Activity Sheet: Grade 7 TLE Quarter 1

MELC OBJECTIVE: Express permission , obligation and prohibition using modals

Parts Content/Student Work
Explore Activity 1.Check This Out!
A.Listen to the song, “Where are You Going To”.
Reflect and answer these questions:
 What emotion does this song evoke? Explain.
 How does the song’s message relate to your life?
 What is the best way to live life according to the song?
 Do you believe in the importance of personal achievement on earth
and look to one another as well as God for inspiration?
 What do I already know about living with a purpose?
 What do I want to know more about living with a purpose?
B. If the song is not available, answer the question below instead.
1.How can I have a purpose driven life?
Learn Activity 2. Read the poem and answer questions after. Observe the
underlined words.

A Psalm of Life
by:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,

Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Finds us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,

And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world’s broad field of battle,

In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us

 We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,

Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

Things to Ponder!
What are the meaning of the underlined words?
What according to the poem is our “destined end” or purpose?
 Is the poem morally uplifting and sentimental? Prove your point.
 How can one be a man according to Longfellow?
 What conditions are suggested by the persona/ speaker in order for
anyone to become a man? Recite lines that illustrate each condition.

Underlined Words?
Can make
Shall take
These are….
 Modals
 It is a verb that combines with another verb to indicate mood or
tense.
 It is also known as a modal auxiliary or modal verb.
A.Modals that express permission:
Can,Could, May, Would
1.Can I borrow your own pen for a minute?
2. May I speak to John Cruz?
3.Could I open the window?
4.Would you mind if I took this?

B.Modals that express obligation:

Must, Should,Have To/Has To
1.You must respect your parents.
2. I should be a good son.
3.They have to be in school on time.

C.Modals that express prohibition:

Can’t, Must not, May not
1.You can’t here.
2.You may not wear shoes inside the house.
3.I must not use a cell phone.

Engage Activity 3.
 A. Circle the modal verb in each sentence given below.
1. Can he speak?
2. They must not come to the party.
3. You should speak stop smoking because it bad for you.
4. May I sit down now?
5. I must study now.
B.Use the following modals in a sentence.
1.can’t _________________________
2.may not_________________________
3.must________________________
4. should__________________________
5.can______________________
Apply Activity 4.
Use modals in composing a song, rap , diary or journal even a letter
about your realization of the real meaning of life. The topic is about life or
about your life.Underline the modals used. Use at more than five.