3.2 modal verbs speculation

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

GY3A

Please take your seat

Grab your SB and iPad.

Reminder on...Class rules

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

Don't laugh at each other when making a mistake

Homework = Keep up with the week tasks

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 were in a car crash? 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 a ghost? You couldn't have seen one.

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 neighbour.
• 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: Start 3.3

Use SB/OWB for extra practice + 
Quick check of 1.1 vocab ex