Sunday, March 16, 2014

Modals: Can, Should, Must, Have to

[Do the pre-reading questions as a discussion before giving out the reading.  Give the students the reading and have them discuss it in their groups.  Then have them write down all the modal auxiliaries they can find, and the following verb in the table.  Then have them write about their own school.]

Pre-reading Questions:
           What are the rules at your school?

Fabulae School

            Let me tell you about my school: Fabulae school.  Have you ever heard of it?  It’s different than ordinary schools.
            How is it different?  Let me see...Well, for starters, you don’t have to come on time.  That’s right, you can come whenever you like.  If you want to come at the beginning of class, you can come then.  If you want to come late, you can come late.  If you don’t want to come at all, you can stay home.  Basically, you can come whenever you want, and the teachers don’t mind.
            And you can leave whenever you want too.  So if you’re studying, and you’re feeling bored, you can just leave class whenever you want.
            Of course, you can’t disturb the rest of the class.  So, if you come late, you have to be quiet.  And if you leave early, you have to leave quietly as well.  The teachers are very strict about this.  But as long as you are quiet, you can come and leave anytime.
            You can’t leave the school grounds without permission from your parents.  So you can’t go to the mall or the video arcade, but if you want to read quietly you can go to the school library whenever you want, and you can play outside on the playground whenever you want.  And you can play in the school gym whenever you want.
            However, you do have tests at the end of every term. And the tests are usually quite difficult.  So if you want to pass the tests, you must study hard.  You don’t have to go to class everyday, but you should read the books the teacher gives you.  And you should do some of the workbook exercises.  But you don’t have to do them in class—you can do them whenever you feel like it. 
            Other than that, it’s just basic rules really.  You mustn’t fight at school, and you mustn’t do anything violent.  You can play sports if you like, but you shouldn’t do anything dangerous. You can borrow books from the school’s library, but you should be careful with them.  And you should have fun!


What do you think of this school?

Would you like to study at this school?  Why or why not?










Now read the article again and look for any sentences which use the words: must, mustn't, can, can't, should, shouldn't, have to, and don't have to.  What verbs are used with these modals?  Write the verbs in the table below.

Can you find these verbs in the reading:
come, be, be, borrow, come, disturb, do, do, do, do, do, fight, have, leave, leave, go, go, go, play, read, stay, study

Must
Subject
must
V1




Mustn't
Subject
mustn't
V1








Can
Subject
can
V1























Can't
Subject
can't
V1











Should
Subject
should
V1













Shouldn't
Subject
shouldn't
V1




Have to
Subject
have to
V1







Don't have to
Subject
don't have to
V1














Answers:
Must
Subject
must
V1
You
must
study

Mustn't
Subject
mustn't
V1
You
mustn't
fight
You
mustn't
do


Can
Subject
can
V1
You
can
come
You
can
stay
You
can
leave
You
can
go
You
can
play
You
can
do
You
can
borrow

Can't
Subject
can't
V1
You
can't
disturb
You
can't
leave
You
can't
go









Should
Subject
should
V1
You
should
read
You
should
do
You
should
be
You
should
have

Shouldn't
Subject
shouldn't
V1
You
shouldn't
do

Have to
Subject
have to
V1
You
have to
be
You
have to
leave

Don't have to
Subject
don't have to
V1
You
don't have to
come
You
don't have to
go
You
don't have to
do



                                                                             Name:__________________

Now, imagine you could make your own school.  Create an imaginary school below, and make the rules for your own school.
                                                                                               
Draw a picture of your school here:














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