Modal verb board games

In this modals of possibility activity, students practice asking and answering questions about the future using 'will' and 'won't' for predictions and the modal verbs of possibility 'may' and 'might'. Students go around their group asking each other the questions on their card and recording their group members' answers by writing their names in the appropriate column.

Students also ask follow-up questions to gain more information and note down the answers. When the students have finished, they join together with people who have the same cards and compare answers. Finally, groups give feedback about the information they found out. Guess the Place or Situation. In this engaging may, might and could game, students describe places and situations using modal verbs of possibility for other students to guess.

In pairs, students describe the place or situation on their card by writing five sentences with the modal verbs of possibility: may, might, and could. When everyone has finished, pairs take it in turns to read their sentences to the class who tries to guess the place or situation being described.

In the next 30 years In this free modal verbs of possibility activity, students ask and answer questions about what changes they think will take place in the next 30 years. This activity covers making predictions, adverbs of probability and modal verbs of possibility. In groups, students prepare questions based on the topic and prompts on their worksheet. Next, students make a group of four with the people from the other groups, students then take it in turns to ask and answer the questions and complete the chart with their classmates' answers.

When students respond to a question, they use one of the adverbs of probability on the worksheet in their answer and give a reason for their opinion. Afterwards, students return to their original groups to collate their answers for the whole class.

Each student then uses adverbs of probability and modal verbs of possibility to summarize their group's results. Finally, students take it in turns to present their group's results to the class. It might rain tomorrow.

In this modals of probability worksheet, students learn and practice modal verbs of probability by talking about the weather.

Students start by matching modal verbs of probability with the correct day in a weather forecast, according to the probability percentage. Next, students use the key they have created in Exercise A to complete sentences using modal verbs of probability. Students then create their own weather forecast for this week by drawing pictures and writing the percentage probability for each type of weather.

Students then write five sentences about the forecast using modal verbs of probability. Finally, in pairs, students take it in turns to choose a day from their forecast and read the weather type and percentage to their partner who tries to make an identical sentence to the one the student wrote. It's Possible. This modals of possibility and certainty activity can be used to help teach students modal verbs of possibility, adverbs of probability, predicting and expressing certainty. First, students prepare questions from prompts on the worksheet, e.

When students respond to a question, they use one of the modal verbs of possibility or adverbs of probability from the worksheet in their answer.

When the pairs have finished, they join with two other pairs to make a group of six. Working as a group, students write about the information they found out, e. It might be Inferences with Modal Verbs. Teachers Pay Teachers is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original educational materials. Are you getting the free resources, updates, and special offers we send out every week in our teacher newsletter?

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Not Grade Specific. April 25, at pm. This is exactly the sort of activity I was looking for as a follow-up to my previous lesson. Thank you!

June 24, at am. Very nice activity. Just like Bria; I will use it as a followup activity. I need to get more organised on the computer and share some activities that I have created over the years while teaching in Japan. October 17, at pm. Really great! Thank you very much. My students enjoyed it a lot and it was a great way to help them understand the nuances better. October 21, at pm. Great activity! Unfolding mysteries is a great way to engage Ss in grammar practice. I did something similar to practice Present Perfect Cont.

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Unfolding mysteries — a game to practise modals of deduction. Part two: mingle Students are each given a card from the game and asked to read their own clues.