MODAL VERBS IN ENGLISH

MODAL VERBS IN ENGLISH

Students usually consider MODAL VERBS in English something difficult to learn. Let's check that it isn't true. 

Now let's see the following explanation:

Verbs modals verbs 2 from Lavender Elizabeth


Here there's a video with all the uses and forms so you can understand "MODAL WORLD" in English ... :-)

Finally. let's practice ...

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2229

HOWEVER, IF YOU STILL HAVE SOME PROBLEM WITH MODALS, TRY MORE EXERCISES IN THE MENU AT THE RIGHT OF THE BLOG, AND, OF COURSE, ASK YOUR TEACHER FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION ... REMEMBER, I'M HERE TO HELP YOU... ;-)

ZERO AND FIRST CONDITIONALS (2nd CYCLE)

LET'S CHECK HOW CONDITIONALS WORK IN ENGLISH

Zero conditionals, first conditionals and time clauses from Lola Domínguez

FIRST CODITIONAL EXPLANATION AND EXERCISES (1st CYCLE)

LET'S WATCH HOW FIRST CONDITIONAL WORKS

First conditional from Elsa Maximiano

VOCABULARY ABOUT JOBS

LET'S LEARN VOCABULARY ABOUT JOBS

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Internationl Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. We're going to see a selection of short videos so we can learn different problems women find in many different situations.

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/resources.asp#.VOr4kHyG-E4

After watching the videos, let's discuss what we think about the different topics presented in each video.

Learning about New York through a song!!!

LET'S LEARN ABOUT NEW YORK

Let's see New York sights and learn about it with the help of Alicia Keys and Jay Z:

Firstly we'll work with the lyrics. Fill in the blanks with the missing words:

[Jay-Z]

Yeah,

Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,

now Im down in Tribeca,

right next to DeNiro,

But i'll be hood forever,

I'm the new Sinatra,

and since i made it here,

i can make it anywhere,

yeah they love me everywhere,

i used to cop in Harlem,

all of my dominicanos

right there up on broadway,

brought me back to that McDonalds,

took it to my stash spot,

5-60 State street,

catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping Pastry,

cruising down 8th street,

off white lexus,

driving so slow but BK is from Texas,

me I'm up at Bed Stuy,

home of that boy Biggie,

now i live on billboard,

and i brought my boys with me,

say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Mai-tai

sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,

N-gga i be Spiked out, i can trip a referee,

tell by my attitude that I most definitely from,

[Alicia Keys]

In New York,

Concrete jungle where ________ are made of,

Theres ____________ you can't do,

Now you're in New York,

these _________ will make you feel brand __________,

big __________ will inspire you,

lets _________ it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]

I made you hot n-gga,

Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,

sh-t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,

you should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,

but i got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,

welcome to the melting pot,

corners where we selling rocks,

afrika bambaataa sh-t,

home of the hip hop,

yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back,

for foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,

8 million stories out there and their naked,

cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it,

me i gotta plug Special Ed and i got it made,

If Jeezy's payin LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade,

3 dice cee-lo

3 card Monte,

labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,

Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,

long live the king yo,

I'm from the empire state thats,

[Chorus]

Welcome to the bright light..

[Jay-Z]

Lights is blinding,

girls need blinders

so they can step out of bounds quick,

the side lines is blind with casualties,

who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse,

don't bite the apple Eve,

caught up in the in crowd,

now your in-style,

and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,

the city of sin is a pity on a whim,

good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,

Mami took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,

everybody ride her, just like a bus route,

Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,

and Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends,

came here for school, graduated to the high life,

ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,

MDMA got you feeling like a champion,

the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien

[Chorus]

[Alicia Keys]

One hand in the air for the _______ city,

Street __________, big dreams all looking _______,

no _________ in the World that can compare,

Put your lighters in the _________, everybody say yeaaahh

come on, come,

yeah,

[Chorus]

Now look for all the verbs in the song and classify them into regular and irregular verbs.

             REGULAR VERBS                                                        IRREGULAR VERBS

Next write down all the possible forms of the irregular verbs you have found.

Then classify all the nouns in the song into countable and uncountable.

             COUNTABLE NOUNS                                                        UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Second Conditional

Find all the information about how Second Conditional works in English.

Second conditional from maypulido

Future Tenses

Click in the link below to see an explanation about Future Tenses.

Future will v going to from Cynthia Henriquez Perez

Passive Voice

Reported or Indirect Speech

LET'S TALK ABOUT FASHION!!!!!

Watch this video about fashion (by Misterduncan) and find out how it has developed. 

Now, read the following text and answer the questions:

A FASHIONABLE WEDDING Have you ever been to a wedding? The bride’s dress is one of the most important parts of the event, and most women spend a long time choosing the right one. But what is the right dress?  Wedding dresses, like other types of clothing, reflect the fashion of the time. In Ancient Rome, people believed white was the favourite colour of the god of marriage, so women wore white wedding dresses. But in the medieval period, colourful material was more expensive than plain material. Rich women wore colourful wedding dresses with a lot of cloth to show their status. Ordinary people wore practical dresses from plain cloth. After their wedding, they wore their wedding dress at church and for celebrations. The long white wedding dress of today became fashionable after Queen Victoriagot married in 1840. Many brides saw her wedding photograph and decided to wear similar dresses.   People began using machines to make cloth in the 19th century, so cloth wasn’t as expensive as before and more people had the money to pay for long dresses.  During World War II, people needed cloth to make uniforms, so brides wore short dresses. But when the war was over, long dresses were “in” again.  Since then, the style and length of wedding dresses has changed as different fashions have become trendy or outdated. So what do you think wedding dresses will look like a hundred years from now?

1. Why did some medieval women wear colourful dresses?      

      

2. What did other medieval women do with their dresses after their wedding?                                        

3. What type of wedding dress did Queen Victoria wear?              

4. What happened as a result of Queen Victoria’s wedding dress?

5. How did machines change fashion?

6. Why was cloth important during World War II?     

Then, Click HERE to do an interesting listening activity from the British Council website.

Next, read some teenagers' opinions about fashion, and in groups, discuss if you agree with them:

Sheila: "I'm interested in fashion. I enjoy reading fashion magazines and going to clothes shops, but I can't afford to buy fashionable clothes. They're so expensive!"

Madeleine: "Fashion isn't for me. I don't care about fashion and models. I usually wear comfortable clothes, like jeans, T-shirts and sports shoes or boots in winter."

Marina: "I think fashion is important because it says something about your personality. I'm a confident, ougoing person and I want my clothes to reflect that."

Finally, let's describe some pictures in which you can see how fashion has changed. Here there is some help:

1st. Focus on the main part of the picture at the beginning. 

Useful language:  This picture shows ... / There is / there are ... /  I can see  ...

2nd . Describe as much as you can.  

Useful language: In the foreground / in the background / On the right / on the left ...

3rd . Try to use your imagination to make assumptions. 

Useful language: I think... Maybe / Perhaps... / Modal verbs of deduction: she must / can’t / might be … / She looks…(happy.)/ She looks like …

4th. You can also use personal stories.

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