Friday, 17 October 2025

EF23 Class 31

 

Butter

Golden Doodle

10 years old

acts like a puppy

loves people

He doesn’t care about food.

He only cares about affection.

patted on his head, scratch his ears

He has turned many people with dog phobias into dog lovers.

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7

·      Begin new type of verb- Modals/Modal Auxiliaries

·      New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

·      Time to work on spoken presentations

·      Quiz5 (final 30m)

 

Monday

·      Continue modals

 

Tuesday

·      Spoken presentations 1

·      “Phrasal Verbs” HANDOUT

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Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations 2

 

Thursday

·      Spoken presentations 3

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week8

 

Friday

NO SCHOOL

ProD

 

 

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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7

We will do next week, and that’s it.

As we get closer to the end of the course, these are getting more important. The goalsetting is not just for this class, but also the after this class is finished.

I hope that you will continue to set goals for yourself, and make plans to reach those goals.

When I set goals and make a plan, I improve.

When I don’t set goals and make a plan, I tend to go around in circles and not improve. 

Link our goals to the PLOs.

e.g.

EF2 A1 “express ideas and feelings”

EF3 C1 “past and present tenses, including simple and progressive”

 

 

 

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Modals / Modal Auxiliaries

 

Modals are auxiliary verbs that are used with other verbs to write or talk about your ability “can”, your obligation/necessity “must”, possibility “might”, requests “can” “could” “may”.

 

GRAMMAR:         modal + infinitive – ‘to’

e.g.    can + to see  = can see

We can see a rainbow.

 

 

Below is a list of the most useful modals and their most common meanings:

 

Modal         Meaning                                   Example

 

can              to express ability                    You can speak English very well.

                                                                        Her son can’t play guitar.

 

can              to request permission           Can I help you?

Can you tell me where the post office is?

 

could          to express possibility             Joe could paint the room

tonight.

We could go to the movies tonight if you want.

 

could          suggests the past                   He could run fast when he was in

high school.

We couldn’t sleep well last night.

 

 

may             asking permission (polite)    May I have a cookie,

please?

May I borrow your eraser?

giving permission (very polite) You may leave if you finish

your work.

 

might          to express possibility             She might call you later.

                                                                        Mei might go shopping tonight.

I may go out tonight. UNUSUAL

I might go out tonight. AUTHENTIC

Maybe I will go out tonight.

 

must           to show obligation                 Sarah must pick up her son

everyday.

                                                                        Jun must take his medication

everyday.

must= EF4 have to  I have to go now. I must go now.

 

should        to give advice                          You should go to the doctor.

I should learn English more seriously.

 

will              to show future                        I will not take my car today.

She will go to the park tomorrow.

 

would         to request or offer                 Would you like some coffee?

                                                                        I would like to change places.

 

These are the most important and useful one-word modals.

can

could

may

might

must

should

will

would

 

Shall we take a break? ‘shall’ is rarely used

Should we take a break?

Can we take a break?

 

Continue Monday

 

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New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

Let’s get into small groups and practice the dialogue. We can perform the dialogues in a few minutes.

Finish Monday

 

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Quiz5

Write a sentence for each. Vary your sentence styles: simple, compound, complex.


1.    office          go-simple past

2.    game          play-simple present

3.    friend         run-present progressive

4.    family         buy-simple future

5.    people        walk-simple future

6.    dinner        eat-simple past


 

 

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