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How Could You, Should You and Would You Teach Modals?

How Could You, Should You and Would You Teach Modals?. Prepared by: Stacey Larson-Everson. What are modals?. Auxiliary verbs Can Could Had better May Might Must Ought to Shall Should Will Would. How could I teach modals? Should I teach them?. Why do we use modals?.

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How Could You, Should You and Would You Teach Modals?

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  1. How Could You, Should You and Would You Teach Modals? Prepared by: Stacey Larson-Everson

  2. What are modals? • Auxiliary verbs • Can • Could • Had better • May • Might • Must • Ought to • Shall • Should • Will • Would How could I teach modals? Should I teach them?

  3. Why do we use modals? We use modals to talk about obligations, suggestions, advise and expectations!

  4. There are two kinds of modals: What? Would you explain this please? • Simple modals : for the present and future • Perfect modals: to show necessity in the past tense.

  5. Simple modals: Present and future • Modal + base form • Examples: • We should invite your friend to my party. • We could buy some soda if you have money. • You mightwant to call your mom and tell her you are at a friend’s house.

  6. Perfect modals: past • Modal + have + past participle • Examples: • You shouldhave called me last night. • Mary shouldhavedone her homework this week. • We should nothavemade a big mess here.

  7. Showing strong necessity: Must………I must go to sleep! Have to……..I have to go to sleep! Have got to…I have got to go to sleep!

  8. Had better…for a warning! Use “had better” to give a warning that something bad will happen if the advise is not followed. You had better study tonight or you might fail the test. He had better go home now or he will be in trouble!

  9. Use Should to offer advise Should means…it would be a good idea. You should eat something you are hungry. You should read a book and turn off the television. They should stop being so loud. We should have a party at the beach.

  10. Could or might are more gentle than should…. You could read a book. They might like the movie. We could buy some candy. I might play basketball. He could win your blue marble.

  11. Practicing modals: Do class surveys: Who might want to play basketball at recess? Who should be the student of the week? When should we go to PE? Don’t forget to model the appropriate responses!

  12. Sentence pairs: Do whole group, in pairs……….

  13. Conversation cards: Small group discussions

  14. Practice….. You must provide your students with opportunities to practice and use modals. Their skills should improve if they practice! Yippee! My students could be successful using modals

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