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Title
Modals Worksheet
Target Structure
Modals (Can May Could Would)
Level
Elementary to Pre-Intermediate
Time
20 minutes
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Description
Are your students confused by modals?
This worksheet teaches 'Could', 'Can', 'Would' and 'May'. Functions practiced are: inviting, asking for permission, requesting and offering. Good practice for lower level students.
This has been updated for 2012 - the example 'May I smoke' has been replaced with something more appropriate!
This worksheet teaches 'Could', 'Can', 'Would' and 'May'. Functions practiced are: inviting, asking for permission, requesting and offering. Good practice for lower level students.
This has been updated for 2012 - the example 'May I smoke' has been replaced with something more appropriate!
Title
What might have happened?
Target Structure
Modals (could have, might have etc.)
Level
Intermediate
Time
45-60 minutes
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This two-page worksheet takes crime as the theme of the lesson.
There's been a murder. What might have happened? There is a warm-up, a conversation, a grammar quiz, and speaking exercises.
This worksheet is great for improving your students' speculation skills. They will quickly become comfortable with 'He must have', 'can't have' and other such phrases.
There's been a murder. What might have happened? There is a warm-up, a conversation, a grammar quiz, and speaking exercises.
This worksheet is great for improving your students' speculation skills. They will quickly become comfortable with 'He must have', 'can't have' and other such phrases.
Title
The Exam
Target Structure
Should Have / Would Have
Level
Intermediate
Time
60 minutes
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This is a great worksheet for talking about regrets, and giving advice. The structures are: "You shouldn't have" and "I wouldn't have".
There's a conversation, practice exercises and a card-based speaking activity. It's great for intermediate-level students.
There's a conversation, practice exercises and a card-based speaking activity. It's great for intermediate-level students.
Title
Where on earth is John?
Target Structure
Expressing Certainty: Must, Can't, Might
Level
Pre-Intermediate +
Time
45 minutes
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Description
Get your students speculating with this conversation-based worksheet.
By the end of this lesson, your students will be able to use must / can't / might to express certainty.
e.g. He must be stuck in traffic. / He can't have forgotten etc.
It's a really important use of these modal verbs - and it takes students time to learn to use them fluently.
This worksheet has a conversation based around some friends waiting for someone in a restaurant.
There are lots of follow-up exercises to help your students with the target language. The worksheet rounds off with a role-play.
By the end of this lesson, your students will be able to use must / can't / might to express certainty.
e.g. He must be stuck in traffic. / He can't have forgotten etc.
It's a really important use of these modal verbs - and it takes students time to learn to use them fluently.
This worksheet has a conversation based around some friends waiting for someone in a restaurant.
There are lots of follow-up exercises to help your students with the target language. The worksheet rounds off with a role-play.
Title
The Business Trip
Target Structure
Making Requests (Business)
Level
Pre-Intermediate +
Time
45 minutes
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Description
This business-English worksheet helps students with the language used when making requests.
Target Language:
Would you mind... Could you... I'd be grateful if you'd...
'The Business Trip' has conversation, discussion, role-play and more. With nine different exercises, it's a great way to improve your students' control of the language used to make requests.
Target Language:
Would you mind... Could you... I'd be grateful if you'd...
'The Business Trip' has conversation, discussion, role-play and more. With nine different exercises, it's a great way to improve your students' control of the language used to make requests.
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