Vocabulary
Household tasks
Qualities of good friends
Free-time activities
Grammar
Modal Verbs I
(permission, obligation & prohibition)
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| Affirmative | Subject + modal verb + base verb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Negative | Subject + modal verb + not + base verb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interrogative | Modal verb + subject + base verb? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can | Be allowed to | Must | Have to |
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| I can leave early | I’ m allowed to leave early | You must wear a helmet | I have to work tomorrow |
| I can’t be here | I ‘m not allowed to enter | You mustn’t park here | I don’t have to wake up early |
| Can you smoke here? | ⚠️ Are you allowed to stay here? | ⚠️ Do you have to leave now? |
Modal Verbs II (ability and advice)
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| Affirmative | Subject + modal verb + base verb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Negative | Subject + modal verb + not + base verb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interrogative | Modal verb + subject + base verb? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can | Could | Should | Be able to |
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| I can swim | I could dance when I was a kid | You should rest | I will be able to watch this movie when I’m older |
| I can’t swim | I couldn’t run back then | You shouldn’t be rude | You won’t be able to beat me in this game |
| Can you swim? | Could you dance 5 years ago? | Sould we smoke here? | ⚠️ Will you be able to sleep with this noise? |
Reading
Five people – Frankenstein, Wednesday, Astrid, Count Dracula and Jack Skellington – have written to the problem page of a magazine. Read them all and look up the vocabulary you don’t know.
Dear therapist,
I’ve got a problem and I need some advice.
My parents don’t like my friends. They blame them for everything that goes wrong. They say I have to stop going out with them. What should I do?
Wednesday Addams, 15
Hi,
I’m writing to ask you some advice with my problem. I never have any money and I’m always broke. As soon as I get my pocket money from Dr. Frankenstein, I spend it the first time I go out.
Frankenstein, 18
Hello,
I’m writing to you because I need advice. These days I´m very stressed with homework and tests. I feel like I don´t have time for anything, like meeting my friends!. I can´t have a quiet rest because the only thing that I think about is homework and studying.
What should I do?
Astrid Deetz, 16
Dear counselor,
Some people told me my brother has some new friends who are often in trouble with the police. Do you think I should tell my parents?
Jack Skellington, 16
Hello,
I moved here two months ago from Romania and still don’t know anyone apart from the people I work with. I don’t like going out during the day because the sunlight hurts me, so I find it very hard to meet people.
Count Dracula, 14
Writing
An email
You work on an advice website which helps teenagers with their problems. Here is the answer to Frankenstein’s mail. Choose one of the other five people’s mail (Wednesday Adams, Astrid Deetz, Jack Skelington or Count Dracula) and write an email giving them advice about what to do. Follow the structure below.
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| Greetings | Dear Frankenstein, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paragraph 1: say thanks for the email / express understanding of the problem. | Thank you for your mail. I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble. This is a problem a lot of people have. I know how hard it is to save money when there are so many cool things to spend it on. Here’s what I think you should do. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paragraph 2: formulate ideas to help that person with the problem. Use modal verbs (should, shouldn’t, ought to, have to… and connectors(so, because, firstly, also…). | Firstly, maybe you shouldn’t take all your money with you when you go out. You can try to take only what you need and leave the rest at home. Also, I think you should leave your credit card at home, because it is much easier to spend too much money when you use it. Another good thing is to keep an account of what you spend every day, so you can be aware of how much you are spending. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paragraph 3: conclusion. Express your support again by saying you hope your advice will be helpful. | You’re not alone in this, and there are people who want to help you succeed. I hope this helps you solve your problem. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closure | Best wishes, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Signature | (Your name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thank you for your email. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I think you should… | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In my opinion, you shouldn’t | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why don’t you…? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You have to… | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You can try… | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The best advice I can give you is… | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I hope this can help. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Write me and let me know how things go. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project
Project Builder 1
Create a bubble chart to show how you spend your time.
You can follow this example:
Project Builder 2
Write 10 house rules using modal verbs for permission and obligation (can/can’t, should/shouldn’t, must/mustn’t…). Include different areas of home life (housework, homework, TV, Internet, going out…).
Example: 1. Everybody must clean their dishes when we finish having lunch.
Project Builder 3
Write some sentences about how to manage online friendships. Use modal verbs to give advice (should, ought to). Here you have some ideas:
- What kind of information should you share? With whom?
- What should you do if you get a follow request from a stranger?
- Should you engage in deep discussions? Why? Why not?
Project Builder 4
Give some advice to the people who need you! Read each person’s problems and think of some pieces of advice for each one.
Final Project
Create a poster in Canva called ‘My teenage survival guide’. Give advice on the problems teenagers have to face nowadays.
Sections:
- HOMELIFE
- FREE TIME
- ONLINE FRIENDSHIPS
How to do it?
- Write the title
- Use Canva
- Clear and appealing images
- Include the information from your Project Builders!
- Use MODAL VERBS
- Only Keywords and images, NOT long explanations
- Make it look attractive!
- Speak for two (2) minutes