3.2 Grammar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome AMA3

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

Laptops are half-closed when not in use - NO gaming!

Take class serious and particpate

Don't speak when someone else is talking - listen!

Have respect for each other

Homework = study and watch a video sometimes

Today's planning

1st hour

• 10 minutes of reading
• 3.2 Grammar

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 are important for you to know right now?

must be a strawberry

might be an orange but it could also be a mandarin

can't be a kiwi bc it's a veggie

I'm sure it is...

I'm sure it isn't...

I think it's possible that it is...

Present tense: mv + verb

Something we know to be true:

Thanks for cooking! I must say that

I think 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 to be true:

You cried while bungeejumping? You must have been scared.

Something that's possibly true:

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

Something we know isn't true:

You saw Ms. Wildeman 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.

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 per group, speculate using the modal verbs = write sentences:

must, might, may, could, couldn't

1/3 of image revealed = first guesses

Jamboard

link

Extra practice

Gameshow

Maze chase

Gap fill

Explanation + grammar tests

Complete the speculation timeline

100% true

100% not true

Maybe

Might (not)

May (not)

Can't

Must

Couldn't

Could

Can you ...

... use modal verbs correctly?

... match the modal verb to the 

right situation?

... speculate in English?

TO DO: study 3.2

Use WB for extra practice.