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Let us understand the use of modals.
Modal Use
Example sentence
can to show ability
I can speak three languages.
for permission
Can I borrow your pen, please?
for request
Can you wait for a moment?
for suggestion
Can we order pizza tonight?
for possibility
It can get cold soon.
to offer
I can look after the pup for you.
could
to show ability in the past
I could speak French when I was a child.
for permission
Could I leave early today?
for probability
He could have left it by mistake.
for request
Could I use your phone to make a call?
for possibility grammatical structures explained
It could get very hot in Jaisalmer.
to offer
I could lend my ladder for a day.
may for possibility using tables and pictures to
It may rain today.
stimulate learner’s interest and
for permission
May I sit here, please?
for suggestion
May I help you?
must for force help grasp the concepts better
We must obey traffic rules.
for advice
You must see a doctor. • page 23 • page 38
for surety
It is quite dark. It must be very late.
should for advice • page 50 • page 60
You should board the bus carefully.
for polite suggestion
Should I call a doctor? • page 70 • page 90
for prediction
Your work should finish in an hour.
will for polite request
Will you help me with my homework?
for prediction
It will rain on Friday.
for spontaneous decision
I will help you carry the bag.
for habits
Manya will always be late!
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E. Now, change the dialogue in the story into indirect speech.
Little Red Riding Hood waves goodbye to
activities for reinforcement the One day, in Little Red Riding Hood’s her mother.
cottage…
grammatical structure learnt Here dear, take this Take care, dear! Don’t
talk to strangers
experiential learning and art- basket of food to on the way.
your granny.
integrated education
• page 36 • page 45
• page 122 I won’t,
Mother!
Little Red Riding Hood remembers
On the way, Little Red Riding Hood stops to her granny…
Let’s Play look at the lovely flowers in the forest.
Get into pairs. Then, draw as indicated.
• three things that use a before them
Ah, such
lovely
flowers!
Oh, how Grandma
They smell would love these
so good. exercises designed to
pretty flowers!
stimulate learner’s interest
a a a A big bad wolf is watching Little Red Riding The wolf talks to her in a friendly way.
and help grasp the concepts
I’m fine, my dear!
• three things that use an before them Hood from behind a tree. better And where are you
off to all by yourself?
• page 47 • page 126
• page 130 • page 140
Oh, I’m going to my
Oh! Hello, Mr Wolf! grandmother’s house.
morning?
an an an How are you this
• three things that use the before them
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the the the
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