3.2 modal verbs speculation

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome A3B

Please take your seat

Grab your reading book, WB and laptop. Rest on rack

Start reading your book

Class rules

Use English as much as possible --> Mistakes, no problem

Don't laugh at each other when making a mistake

Homework = study and watch a video sometimes

Have respect for and help each other

Speak with a soft voice when working together & be silent when working alone

Have you done your homework
a.k.a watched the video?

1. Yes, I did and I understand.
2. Yes, I did but I want some extra instrution.
3. No, I didn't.

At the end of this lesson

You know when to use which modal verb in the past and present.

Talk about these questions

1: What are modal verbs?

2: What five modal verbs do you know/remember?

Present tense: mv + verb

Something we know to be true:

Thanks for cooking! I must say that

 this is delicious.

Something that's possibly true:

Going to a Christmas market might be the best holiday activity ever.

Something we know isn't true:

A ten! That can't be right because I 

made a mistake.

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Past tense: mv + have + past participle

Something we know was true:

You went bungeejumping? That must have been scary.

Something that was possibly true:

Sorry mom. I may have eaten the last piece of chocolate.

Something we know wasn't true:

You saw Ms. Dangerfield on The Voice? It couldn't have been her, she can't sing.

3.2 Modal verbs a.k.a. hulpwerkwoorden

3.2 Modal verbs

Read 'Lion on the loose in Essex?' and complete ex. 1- 4 alone and quietly on page 34.

• Next, rewrite the sentences (ex. 5) together with a neigbor.
• I'm sure it's a lion. --> must
• It must be a lion.
  

It's possible it escaped
from the zoo. (might)

Perhaps it is very hungry
by now. (could)

Perhaps it was
somebody's pet. (may)

I'm sure it isn't a lion.
(can't)

Guess what?

Jamboard game - reveal parts of the image one by one.

On a piece of paper, speculate using the modal verbs = write sentences:

must, might, may, could, couldn't

after 3 blocks = first guesses

Jamboard

link

Extra practice

Gameshow

Maze chase

Gap fill

Explanation + grammar tests

Can you ...

... use modal verbs correctly?

... match the modal verb to the 

right situation?

... speculate in English?

TO DO: study 3.2

Use SB/MEL for extra practice + study Unit 3 words