They should be allowed to do it! (modal verbs)

Apr 01, 2025Apr 04, 2025

LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

practise modal verbs of permission and obligation,
talk about legal age limits,
read and discuss an article about a smoking ban,
watch a video about the minimum age for voting in New Zealand,
explore tactics to promote non-smoking,
practise word formation.

This lesson set allows students to practise modal verbs of permission, obligation and advice, as well as verbs to talk about prohibition. Students first discuss legal age limits for activities like driving, drinking and voting. In the second lesson, they get more practice while talking about a ban on cigarettes.

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Lesson 1

Introduce modal verbs of permission, obligation and advice

modal verbs of permission and obligation

Standard Lesson 60 min Unlimited Plan

Old enough to decide

General Grammar

Students practise using modal verbs (must, have to, ought to) and other verbs (be allowed to) while talking about age limits. They also watch a video about voting age in New Zealand and discuss if legal age limits in different areas should be changed.

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Lesson 2

Encourage students to practise modal verbs further

Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min Unlimited Plan

A ban on cigarettes

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Students discuss different ways to discourage people from smoking and talk about the article they read at home. They also do a word formation activity (e.g. responsible - irresponsible, logical - illogical). Encourage students to use modal verbs in ex. 5 and 6 (slides 13-17).

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