ESL lesson plans for teachers of the English language. Check out our collection of lesson plans filed under the 'Modals' grammar topic.
Modals
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Abilities of Animals Can/ Can’t Games
What animals can and can't do games.
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:Animals | Study Area:Modals
Modals of ability practice, flipping a coin to decide what to draw, and guessing what the other person's drawings mean, including fun things to sketch like "The beetle can drive a car".
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:Animals | Study Area:Modals
Fun practice of abilities modals with a coin for finding things in common, getting particular answers, bluffing, guessing and finding differences.
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Can a kangaroo drink your blood? Animal Abilities Mix and Match
Students make funny and then serious questions on the abililties of animals to practise can and can't by turning flaps in a book
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:Animals | Study Area:Modals
Can and Be Able to Present and Past Ability Discussion Questions
Speaking practice of the past of can/ can't through discussion questions, with a grammar presentation and freer practice through question stems.
Level:All Levels | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Can you eat your house? Abilities Mix and Match
Making funny and sensible "Can you...?" questions activities.
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Can, can’t and prepositions dice game
Prepositions of position and abilities dice game.
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Christmas- Modals of deduction
Guessing how likely descriptions are to be about Xmas in different countries
Level:Intermediate | Theme:Festivals and Celebrations | Study Area:Modals
Conspiracy Theories- Speculating about the Present and Past Practice
Present and past probability and possibility phrases practice on the topic of conspiracy theories across the world, including past modals of deduction.
Level:Advanced | Theme:Politics | Study Area:Modals
Driving Rules (Modal Verbs)
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Exploring Modal Auxiliaries - Winter Weather Conditions
Level:Intermediate | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Festivals and Celebrations- Modals of Obligation, Prohibition and Permission
Students discuss what rules they want for Xmas and then for other seasonal events for practice of modals and similar language like have to and allowed to, good for business grammar classes.
Level:All Levels | Theme:Festivals and Celebrations | Study Area:Modals
Good and taboo can for ability questions
Fun can/ can't practice with real small talk questions using that language, and a little cultural training
Level:All Levels | Theme:Culture | Study Area:Modals
Guess the Place- Speculating Practice
Practising speculating with modals of deduction etc with a guessing game, including names of places vocabulary.
Level:Intermediate | Theme:Places | Study Area:Modals
Making Arrangements- Cultural Differences Modal Practice
Students use modal verbs and similar forms like "have to" to discuss cultural norms in making arrangements, brainstorm language for doing those things, then use modal verbs to suggest arrangements, say no politely, etc.
Level:All Levels | Theme:Profession, work or study | Study Area:Modals
Modals and Conditional Sentences
Level:Intermediate | Theme: | Study Area:Modals
Modals of Deduction - Guess the Country
Students use strong and weak modals of probability to make guesses as their partners give hints on which places they are thinking of, first with countries and then with cities, with a modal verbs grammar presentation in between.
Level:All Levels | Theme:Nationality or ethnicity | Study Area:Modals
Modals of Deduction Practice- Guess the Sport
Students use strong and weak modals of probability to guess which sport their partner is describing, with useful names of sports and descriptions of sports phrases, and a modal verbs grammar presentation.
Level:All Levels | Theme:Sport | Study Area:Modals
Modals of Obligation, Prohibition and Permission- Class Rules
Students practise "have to" etc as they make rules for things that students should be forced to do, be encouraged to do, be banned from doing etc, then compare with real class rules.
Level:All Levels | Theme: | Study Area:Modals
Modals Review
Modals with probability and other meanings review
Level:Advanced | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Modals- Green Initiatives Debate
Controlled practice of have to, don't have to, etc with students' own ideas for green policies, then adding the right modal verbs to suggested ecologically friendly ideas, with useful environmental vocabulary.
Level:Intermediate | Theme: | Study Area:Modals
Modals- Language Learning Advice
Students practise modals of obligation, advice, etc as they discuss good and bad ideas for language learning, also good for learner training.
Level:All Levels | Theme: | Study Area:Modals
Present and past abilities dice games
Can, could, was able to and managed to speaking practice through five different dice games.
Level:All Levels | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Present and Past Ability Bluff
Different past forms of can practice through a fun lying game.
Level:Intermediate | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Present and Past Ability- Sentence Completion Games
Three fun games to practise different past forms of can, including typical sentences to complete and a lying game, finding abilities students share, and guessing people's abilities.
Level:All Levels | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Questions with can dice games
Yes/ No questions with can speaking game
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Should Have for Past Regrets and Advice
Past modals with should for regrets and advice about the past lying game and thinking of the best ideas challenge.
Level:Advanced | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
World History Past modals of possibility and probability discussion questions
must/ might/ may/ could + have + past participle to discuss likely and unlikely explanations for historical events
Level:Advanced | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
Xmas things with can and can’t games
Can you for abilities questions on Christmas vocabulary, including testing each other on actions, noises, spelling and pronunciation
Level:All Levels | Theme:Festivals and Celebrations | Study Area:Modals
Yes/No questions with "can"
Closed questions with can oral pairs card game, with one point for the same answer to "Can...?" questions matching the two cards that are chosen, including common abilities topics and verbs.
Level:Beginner/Elementary | Theme:General | Study Area:Modals
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