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Engels
Middelbare school
havo
Leerjaar 3
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Slide 1 - Video
How to use
can
could
might
may
to talk about POSSIBILITIES
Slide 2 - Slide
Slide 3 - Slide
When we want to control the world and what people do
Slide 4 - Slide
PERMISSION
May
I start this lesson please?
Slide 5 - Slide
To express our attitude and opinions
Slide 6 - Slide
POSSIBILITIES
If everyone is ready I
could
start the lesson.
Slide 7 - Slide
Slide 8 - Slide
may
I may have a problem
Slide 9 - Slide
It's possible that I have a problem
Slide 10 - Slide
Find the modals
Watch the film and try to find at least 5 uses of the modal verbs
can, could, might and may.
Make a note of them.
Slide 11 - Slide
Slide 12 - Slide
I want to know what they
might
be used for.
What
could
this be?
This
might
be some kind of tool.
What
could
you use it for professor?
I
could
use it as a mirror.
It
might
be good as a hammer.
It
could
be.
What do you think this
might
be used for?
It
may
take a long time to work this out.
It
can
be really complicated being an alien
Slide 13 - Slide
What about
can
?
What
can
you do with it?
I
can
see myself in it.
It
can
be really complicated being an alien
Slide 14 - Slide
What
can
you do with it?
What are you
able to
do with it.
I
can
see myself in it.
I
am able
to see myself in it.
It
can
be really complicated being an alien.
It
is possible
that it's really complicated being an alien!
In the example above
can i
s used to express
ability.
In the example below
can
is used to make a general statement about
what is possible.
Slide 15 - Slide
What
could
this
be
?
This
might
be
some kind of tool.
What
could
you
use
it for professor?
It
may
take
a long time to work this out.
It
can
be
complicated being an alien.
Like all modal verbs the verbs
can, could, might
and
may
are followed by the
infinitive without ' to'.
Slide 16 - Slide
Make sentences with these pictures. Part of the picture is hidden. Can you guess what it is?
Slide 17 - Slide
Modals of Possibility + infinitive with 'to'
Use
could, might or may
to say that something is possible but not certain.
We use
can
to make general statements about what is possible.
Notice the difference in meaning between
can
&
may/might/could.
It can be complicated being an alien.
Sometimes it's complicated being an alien. I know.
It could/might/may be complicated being an alien.
Perhaps it's complicated being an alien.
I don't know.
Slide 18 - Slide
In the next video we'll practise using
may have, might have or could have
to make guesses about the past.
Slide 19 - Slide
It might have been very complicated being an alien 100 years ago!
Slide 20 - Slide
Slide 21 - Slide
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