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3.3.1 Modal Auxiliaries

English · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • The modal auxiliaries may, might, will, shall, would, should, can and could
  • Using modal auxiliaries to express permission, requests, ability and obligation
  • Creating and recording a dialogue that features modal auxiliaries

What you will be able to do

  • identify modal auxiliaries in a passage
  • use modal auxiliaries in sentences to express different moods
  • value the importance of using modal auxiliaries in communication

Key questions

“Which words do we use to express requests, permission, ability and obligation?”

Lessons

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  1. Finding modal auxiliaries
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Identify the nine modal auxiliaries and group them by permission, request, ability and obligation.
  2. Modals in a spoken dialogue
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Create and record a dialogue that uses modal auxiliaries to ask, allow, promise and oblige.