Unit 3.2: Modal verbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

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Today's planning

Reading for 10 minutes

Human rights discussion

3.2 Modal verbs

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

 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 went bungeejumping? That must have been scary.

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

You will see a board with questions using the modal verbs you studied.

There will be 3 teams - You must take turns.

As a team, you can win a square if you correctly complete a sentence.

Come up to the board and colour in the square.

Each team has a grammar checker who sits in the front with their WB and can steal another team's attempt to get a square if their answer is wrong. 

The team with 4-in-a-row wins!

I ... (mv + toegeven), it was the scariest thing ever?	Ms. Wildeman ... (mv + zijn) the only funny teacher at Corderius.	Rumbi .. (mv + schrijven) that because she wasn;t at school that day.	Moving to LA ... (mv + zijn) the best thing I've ever done.	MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCE USING CAN'T IN THE PRESENT	I ... (mv + krijgen) a 10 on the next test if I study a lot.
MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCE USING MAY IN THE PRESENT	You ... (mv) always ... (poetsen) your teeth in the morning.	That ... (mv + zijn) you in the show if you had auditioned for the role.	They ... (mv + zien) you perform because they were at another concert.	Fay and Connor ... (mv + missen) the train because they're always late.	Ms. Wildeman ... (mv + maken) a mistake because my grade is higher.
You ... (mv + zijn) the best student if you get this question right.	MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCE USING MIGHT IN THE PAST	Someone ... (mv + stelen) my bike, it's no longer here.	GM3A ... (mv + hebben) the busiest schedule ever.	Ms. Wildeman (mv + gaan) to Berlin in January.	Louis thinks he ... (mv + zien) a ghost last week.
The cops ... be wrong because she has an alibi.	Mick and Zoë ... (mv + eten) dinner with us tomorrow night.	Roby ... (mv + moeten) to do their homework this weekend.	MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCE USING MUST IN THE PAST.	Frederique ... (mv+ springen) that high because she has a broken leg.	We ... (mv + hebben) a new colleague if she accepts the offer.
MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCE USING COULDN'T IN THE PAST	Ms. Wildeman (mv + zien) without her glasses on.	Souf ... (mv + komen) to the cinema with us.	They ... (mv + zijn) crazy because they're jumping in the ice cold river.	Bri and Sara (mv + beginnen) planning the wedding before it's too late	MAKE YOUR OWN SENTENCE USING MIGHT IN THE PRESENT

Four-in-a-row! - Take turns!

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Reflect

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

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