Modal Verb Discussion Questions

(TESOL Worksheets--Modal Verbs)
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[Discussion questions based on modal verbs.  Students complete tables in groups.]

Talk about your school days:

What must you do?	What mustn’t you do?	What can you do?	What can’t you do?	What don’t you have to do?

Talk about your work:

What must you do?	What mustn’t you do?	What can you do?	What can’t you do?	What don’t you have to do?

Talk about your home life:

What must you do?	What mustn’t you do?	What can you do?	What can’t you do?	What don’t you have to do?

Talk about driving in your country:

What must you do?	What mustn’t you do?	What can you do?	What can’t you do?	What don’t you have to do?

"must" and "must have" slideshow

(Movie slideshow Grammar Sections--Must)

Taken from Princess Mononoke --Part 15

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2 Meanings of "must" Slideshow

(Movie slideshow Grammar Sections--Must)

Taken from Robin Hood -- Part 3
Taken from Princess Mononoke -- Part 2

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Version with example sentences from Robin Hood: slides, pub

Version with example sentences from Princess Mononoke: slides, pub

Links from the British Council for teaching "Must": here, here, here and here.

[I'm taking a note of these materials so I can find them again when I need them.  I'm also indexing them here and here.  In my own class, I used this to supplement English World 3 Unit 7 p.79]

Schools Rules: Must and Mustn't

(TESOL Worksheets--must)
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I designed this worksheet to supplement English World 3 Unit 7, but I think it can also be used independently of the textbook, so I'm posting it here as well.
This is a take-off on the "Dinosaur School Rules" presented in English World 3.   Students view the slideshow on dog school rules, cat school rules, mouse school rules, and monster school rules, and then make their own school.
(Note: I've done a school rules worksheet in the past, but this one is slightly different.  It focuses only on Must and Mustn't.  And it encourages students to imagine schools for animals or imaginary creatures).

What is the name of your school:__________________________________________

Draw a picture of your school here

Write the rules of your school.  What must the students do?  What mustn’t the students do?

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Scrambled Sentences: Modals

(TESOL Worksheets--Modals)

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[The students are put into groups of 2 or 3.  They are given a board, the word cards (cut up and shuffled) and a glue stick.  They must re-arrange words to make sentences.  For the last column, they must write in the missing words themselves.]

Subject	Modal	V1	Write Your Own Idea

I	should	study
My parents	shouldn't	worry
My teacher	must	be
I	have to	clean
My teacher	has to	teach
My friends	must	help
Everyone	should	eat
No one	can	buy
I	can't	read
My friends	don't have to	go

Survey Form--Using Must for Rules

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Below are several rules about school.  Are these rules true at your school?  Talk with a partner and decide if the rules are true or not in your school.

Rule	Yes	No
You must wear a school uniform.
You mustn't come late.
You must do homework every day.
You mustn't eat in the class.
You mustn't drink anything in the class.
You must be quiet when the teacher is talking.
You mustn't talk when another student is answering a question.
You mustn't fight with another student.
You must answer the question if the teacher asks you.
You must always talk in English.