| LESSON OVERVIEW
Thanks to this worksheet, students will discover and practise modal verbs (can, have to, should), watch a video and discuss different travelling tips and rules.
B1 / Intermediate60 minStandard LessonPremium Plan
WARM‐UP
The worksheet starts with a warm‐up activity. Students get three photos and have to think of four words connected with them. Then, using the words they’ve come up with, they describe the photos. After that, they get two questions about travelling and their preference when it comes to spending holidays.
VIDEO & MODAL VERBS
First, students watch the first part of the video and say what it is about. That first part includes three tips for travelling cheap and based on them we created three short texts with tips. Student read the tips and choose correct words to complete the rules for using modal verbs (can, have to, should). It is a typical discovery technique. Next, they practise the modal verbs by doing one more task. What’s more, before watching the second part of the video, students discuss how they can save some money in given areas when travelling and use modal verbs: can/can’t, have to/don’t have to, should/shouldn’t. Then, the watch the second part and mark which things the speaker talks about.
SPEAKING
The speaking part of this worksheet consists of two activities. First, students complete a few questions with the words that come from the video (e.g. destination, spots, locals, etc.) and then, discuss them. In the next activity, they choose a topic and give tips and rules by completing the sentences with the modal verbs. There are six topics to choose from.
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I’m so happy about the A2 lessons. I’ll be doing this lesson with my A2’s tomorrow. Thanks =)
Thanks! I hope your students will enjoy it!
It’s insightful and thought-provoking. Each time I do your lessons I think to myself I should have done something like that long ago 😉
Thank you, it’s so nice to hear that 🙂
This is a really great lesson especially for lower levels. Everyone loves talking about holidays and holiday plans and so it’s a great way to get them talking. A real plus is the grammar element which doesn’t frighten grammar shy learners as you can really get them to use the modal very.
An excellent lesson-more like this please 🙂
Whoops I can’t edit- I of course meant modal verbs!!!
Thank you so much for such positive feedback! The most important thing is that students are eager to talk and practise grammar structures in speaking 🙂
Great lesson !!! Could you make more lessons about travelling, I`d really appreciate it.
Thanks! You can find more of our travelling lesson plans here
Thank you! A2 lessons are very much needed!
Great lesson, guys! Timely, relevant, engaging and useful. Worked really well my students and it started some good chats too.
That’s great! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
This was a huge hit with my students. thank you so much.
Great to hear that! Thanks 🙂
thank you very much
The download of the files doesn’t seem to be working for me. They download as an unrecognized format (not pdf). Tks!
It seems unusual, so please contact us at [email protected] and we will help you.
Hi, I have never heard or seen “outside of season” like in exercise 8, letter a. Where do people say that, please?
Hi! It is actually used by the woman in the video [00:26] when talking about travelling, but it’s also a phrase used in many different contexts. See some examples: The Guardian, The News Daily, Australian Sports Commission, Missouri Department of Conservation
Great lesson. My students love talking about travel.
Excellent practice for using Modal verbs, even for higher-level students.
The English in the video is a bit too difficult for some lower-level students,
so if it’s too difficult for them, I skip playing the video.
Another well-designed lesson. Keep them coming, please.
Great job Ewa.
Sorry, I meant Justa not Ewa.
No worries, there are a lot of people involved in creating teaching materials for you and we’re all happy to hear that this lesson comes in handy and students enjoy it 🙂 Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!
This is a great lesson! I used it in many one-to-one lessons, and it was very fun. I even used it with B2 level students who enjoy traveling. Congratulations on the material. I added a critical thinking segment after the video, where students reflect on how their lives compare to the girls in the video and which tips would be useful for them. Since I have students with kids or with less flexibility for various reasons, it was interesting to discuss the girls’ perspective and how it applies to each student’s reality. Overall, it’s a great, fun lesson.
Hi Barbara! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I’m happy the lesson is so successful 🙂 Also, great to hear that you could even use with higher-level students. Your idea to ask students to compare their experiences with the girl sounds very cool and I guess it sparked a lot of discussion 🙂 Thanks for sharing it with us!