Thursday, 3 April 2025

WI567 Class 32

 

Good afternoon

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Modal auxiliaries

·      Begin review of verb tenses

Practice

·      Begin noun clauses- next kind of clause

·      Narrative writing- paragraph tomorrow

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7

·      Noun clauses

·      Test3- narrative paragraph (final 50-60m)

 

Next week:

adjective clauses

causative verbs

appositives

essays

 

Monday

·      “Advanced-Level Verb Tense Exercises”.

·      Continue noun clauses

 

 

I have a headache.

I have got a headache. TALKING

I suddenly got a headache.

I just got a headache.

I feel a headache coming on.

 

headache- pain in your head, an inconvenience

 

My sister gets migraines / migraine headaches.

My sister has a migraine.

 

crutch-

Translating apps can be a crutch for English learners.

 

 

 

Modals/ Modal Auxiliaries

model

modal(adj) mode(n)

music modes-

auxiliary- extra verb, helper verb


 

one-word modals

-can

-could

-may

-might

-must

-shall

-should- advice, suggestion,

recommendation

-will

-would

 

 

 

 

two-word modals

-have to

-need to- stronger than ‘have to’

-ought to- advice, suggestion,

recommendation

-used to

 

three-word modals

-be able to

-be going to

-be supposed to

-have got to- strong ‘must’

CASUAL TALKING I got to go.

CONTRACTION I’ve got to go.


 

GRAMMAR modal + infinitive – ‘to

might + to go = might go

must + to be = must be

 

I shall ...  Forget it!

polite invitation: Shall we go? Let’s go.

Shall we dance?

Shall We Dance Japanese movie

 

 

 

Verb structure for modals:

 

modal + infinitive – ‘to’

e.g.    will + to watch= will watch

Mei will watch her sister play violin in the orchestra tonight.

She used to drink coffee, but (now) she switched to yerba mate.

She used to drink coffee, but now she prefers yerba mate.

 

He can speak Chinese, but he can’t write it.

She might go to the party or she might not.

He used to be able to write Chinese characters, but he forgot most of them.

He was able to write Chinese characters, but he forgot most of them.

used to use to

 

She used to be able to speak Arabic, but she forgot a lot of it.

He didn’t used to like sushi, but now he can’t get enough of it.

IDIOM can’t get enough- really like it

 

I lived in Turkey.

I used to live in Turkey.

 

I was able to live in Turkey. I was not able to live in the US.

He was not able to enter the US.

She was not able to enter the US legally, so she snuck across the border.

 

 

 

Complete the sentences with appropriate modals. Write your sentences on your own paper:

1.    You _______ finish your homework before going out.

2.    It’s very cloudy; it _______ rain later.

3.    You _______ bring an umbrella; it’s going to rain.

4.    _______ I borrow your pen?

5.    She _______ sing beautifully.

6.    You _______ forget your keys.

7.    If I were you, I _______ not waste time.

8.    You _______ be joking!

9.    She _______ be the one who took the book.

10.                       She _______ have taken it by mistake.

11.                       You _______ exercise regularly to stay fit.

12.                       If I were rich, I _______ travel the world.

13.                       You _______ have studied harder; you _______ have done

much better in the exam.

14.                       _______ I help you with that?

15.                       _______ he join us tomorrow?

16.                       Players _______ arrive 15 minutes before the game starts.

17.                       Spectators _______ remain quiet during the performance.

18.                       _______ you go to Sarah’s party?

19.                       _______ I leave class early today?

20.                       You _______ complete the project.

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s practice writing some sentences with modals, or try the “Advanced-Level Verb Tense Exercises”.

1.    arrived, had left / left

2.    had studied / studied, moved

MY NOTE: We usually subsitiute simple past instead of past perfect.

3. will launch / is going to launch (plan)

4. have been working – more work to do- present perfect progressive

have worked- sounds like finished

5. will finish / is going to finish, has been working

6. had travelled / travelled, settled down

will travel, settle down

7.

 

 

 

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