Watch the video segment and think what can/must/might have happened.

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1 BACH. IT IS "MODAL VERBS" TIME

WE will be revising modal verbs the next two weeks. Start having a look at videos about the grammar of these verbs. 

This is basic and the explanation is in Spanish.

And this is in English. There are lots of them online if you want to compare.

TRANSLATION MODAL VERBS 1 BACH

MODALS
MAKING SURE YOU CAN TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH THESE IDEAS

1.-Pode que me atope con ela esta noite. -E serás capaz de falarlle?
2.Deberiamos recordarlle ás autoridades que hai demasiados refuxiados esperando por axuda. A xente fíxoo onte en Barcelona.
3.-Non fai falta que veñas a verme todos os días.- Debería ter sabido que non dicía a verdade.
4. Parece que aprobou as matemáticas. Debe ter estudiado durante semanas xa que non entendía nada.
5.Poderiamos invitalos a quedarse aínda que  non temos camas de sobra.

MODAL VERBS 1 BACH

Watch the movie segment. Speculate about the reasons why the main character and her daughter are leaving everything behind in such a hurry. What might have happened?

BIG EYES

MODAL VERBS
I. You will watch a scene in which a father is setting the rules with his recently adopted children. First, read the rules below and decide which ones you think are forbidden and which ones are permitted.

1.___ touch something.
2.___ touch the floor.
3. ___ touch the air.
4. ___ bother him while he is working.
5. ___ cry.
6. ___ whine.
7. ___ laugh.
8. ___ giggle.
9. ___ sneeze
10. ___burp.
11. ___ fart.
12. ___ make annoying noises.
13. ___ eat.

II. Watch the segment and check your guesses. Now write the rules, using YOU WILL (NOT) if the activity is forbidden and YOU MAY if the activity is allowed.

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Man of Steel: Could x Managed to

  Man of Steel: Could x Managed to

 MODAL VERBS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

We use could to talk about an ability somebody had in the past.

 We use managed to to talk about a specific event in the past.

Examples:

I could swim when I was six.

Last Saturday evening was tough. I felt good because I was able to swim 6,500 meters.

He could speak French quite well.

He managed to speak French to the policeman to explain what had happened.

She could design beautiful outfits. 

They managed to design a dress which pleased that customer immensely. 

However, with verbs that refer to the five senses, see, hear, smell, feel, taste, and with verbs that refer to thought processes, understand, believe, remember, decide, we normally use could, even when we are talking about specific occasions.

. Talk to  a partner.

1. Imagine that you are a person with super powers. Make a list of five powers you would like to have, ranking them in order of priority.

a) ______________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________

2. Show your partner your list and come up with five powers you both would like to have.

a) ______________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________

d) ______________________________________________________

e) ______________________________________________________

3. Think about three things that you could do very well when you were a child/teen.

a) ______________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________

4. Think about one or two situations in which you managed to do something that you didn't expect you would be able to do successfully, but that you actually did.

a) ______________________________________________________

B) ______________________________________________________