3.2.- Modal Verbs

 

 

3.2.1.-  Simple Modals and Semi Modals

What items do you take with you when getting away? for example, a pair of trainers

Some considerations when travelling to Europe

1.- When travelling abroad you must arrive two hours in advance for international flights.

2.- If you fly to Europe, you don't have to have a Visa.

3.- Many people there can speak English pretty well.

4.- You can't pay in Mexican pesos or American dollars at the store, you have to pay in euros.

5.- You have to show your passport to the border officer to get access.

6.- You should get informed about the attractions before getting the cities you will visit.

7.- You can visit all the countries that are part of the Schengen Area with one passport stamp.

8.- You can't go to the toilet during a flight when there is turbulence.

Modal Verbs

1.- Ability

2.- Possibility

3.- Impossibility

4.-Certainty

5.- Obligation

6.- No obligation

7.- Permission

8.- The right thing to do (advice)

Modal Verbs

1.- Ability

I can speak English. 

can - could - be able to

2.- Possibility

You can take a direct flight from Cancun to London.

can - could - may - might

3.- Impossibility

You can't get into the USA as a Mexican if you don't have a Visa.

can't - mustn't - couldn't

4.-Certainty

People must feel exhausted after having taken a nine-hour flight.

must - can't

5.- Obligation

You must arrive at least two hours in advance for an international flight.

must - have to - need to 

6.- No obligation

You don't have to have a Visa as a Mexican to visit the UK.

don't have to - don't need to - needn't

7.- Permission

You can go to the toilet whenever you want.

can - may

8.- The right thing to do (advice)

You should chill out during the flight.

should - ought to - must

Collaborative Online Exercise about Modal Verbs in Present

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/30776112

Individual Online Exercise about Modal Verbs in Present

https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/verbs/modal-verbs/exercises

Speaking Practice about the functions of the Modal Verbs

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/71590616/speaking-practice-about-the-functions-of-modal-verbs

3.2.- Perfect Modals

Opening Speaking Practice

Where would you like to go back if you were a child again?

If I were a child again, I would like to go back to Six Flags.

What could you do when you were a child?

I could rollerskate when I was a child.

What did you have to do when you were a child?

I had to wear a uniform at school.

Past simple modal verbs:

a) would for past imaginary situations

b) could for past ability or possibility

c) had to for past obligations

Introductory Matching Activity of Perfect Modals

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/71590616

Collaborative Online Exercise of Perfect Modals

https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=13008

Individual Online Exercise of Perfect Modals

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/could-have-should-have-would-have-exercise-1.html

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