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Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Modal auxiliaries
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Begin review of verb tenses
Practice
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Begin noun clauses- next kind of clause
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Narrative writing- paragraph tomorrow
Friday
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7
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Noun clauses
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Test3- narrative paragraph (final 50-60m)
Next week:
adjective clauses
causative verbs
appositives
essays
Monday
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“Advanced-Level Verb Tense Exercises”.
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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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