Have to and Must for Obligation
Have to / Don’t Have to & Must / Mustn’t
Many students often confuse the use of the modals ‘must’ and ‘have to’. While the meaning is generally maintained in incorrect usage in the positive forms, a mix-up in the negative forms can cause confusion.
Here you can use daily routines and an interviewing game to help students master these […]
‘Would rather’ for preference
In my teaching environment I’m blessed with great Access to IT and my students have constant Access to the internet, consequently I use this as a teaching tool regularly in my classes. One thing I often do is a quick bit of googling to find a topic relevant to the grammar point my students are […]
Modal Verbs for Speculation
Presentation #1
? Bring in mystery objects for the students to guess what they are, eg a wrapped up bottle of shampoo or a wrapped up mandarin
? Take one of the parcels and pass it around the class
? Ask the students what they think it is and write the suggestions on the board in four separate […]
Giving advice; using should, need and have to
? Draw a picture on the board of a tramp or a homeless person.
? Elicit the person’s problems eg. Long dirty hair and nails, tatty clothes, smoking and drinking problems
? Ask the students ‘How can we help this person?’
? Say ‘I think he should …. He needs to …..’
? Drill.
? Invite the students to continue […]