Unit 9 Rules and Regulations

V – VI level English
Distance Modality
II PERIOD
Unit 10
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Grammar:
• Present permission, prohibition
& obligation
• Past permission, prohibition &
obligation
•Talking about ability
Vocabulary:
• signs & rules
• internet / verbs with law
Reading & Listening:
• R= Page 98: two anecdotes
• L= Discussing internet
restrictions
Vocabulary:
Permission and prohibition
• Verbs
Find four pairs of synonyms in the box.
allowed / banned / compulsory / limited /
obligatory / permitted / prohibited /
restricted
allowed permitted
It is allowed / permitted to wear casual clothes
banned prohibited
Students are banned/prohibited from chewing gum in class
compulsory obligatory
It is compulsory/obligatory to take the Interactive Activity 4
limited restricted
The project made only limited progress due to the incompetent manager.
Vocabulary:
Permission and prohibition
• Actions
Find actions in the box to describe each of
the signs. Which two actions are not
represented.
bathing, carrying firearms,
disturbing the wildlife,
feeding the pigeons, flash
photography, skating or
scooting, trespassing,
using a mobile phone,
walking through a building
site, wearing a helmet,
wheelchair access.
Vocabulary:
Complete the chart with the words in the box
common, legal, legible, logical, necessary,
possible, relevant, responsible, usual
il- im- ir- un-
illegal impossible irresponsible unusual
illegible irrelevant unnecessary
illogical uncommon
Grammar
Permission, prohibition & obligation: present
Modal verbs & phrases: make / let
permission prohibition obligation lack of
obligation
(1)…… can….. mustn’t, .
must, (5) don’t have to
is are allowed (2) …. can’t… (2) …. have to…
to isn’t / aren’t
(3) …..allowed…..
We usually use MUST on signs or when giving
direct orders.
We tend to use HAVE TO talk about
obligations in general.
Examples:
-People MUST wear helmets when they ride
motorcycles.
- We HAVE TO work 8 hours daily.
Make / let + object + BARE infinitive
We use Make to talk about obligations.
Examples:
They make us switch them off.
The teacher always makes the students speak in her/his class.
The manager made the salesmen attend the conference.
The instructor makes me do push-ups.
Make / let + object + BARE infinitive
We use let to talk permission and prohibition.
Examples:
John let his daughter swim with her best friend.
Our teacher lets us use our mobile phones.
Our teacher doesn’t let us use our mobile phones.
Our boss doesn’t let us eat lunch at our desks; we have to eat
in the cafeteria.
Complete the extracts with words form the box.
chatrooms / computers / internet / laptops /
mobile phones / music sites / WiFi
laptops that we can use to access the internet.

We have ________
music sites
We can’t access You Tube or Facebook and a lot of _________
chatrooms are blocked.
and __________
music sites or chatrooms
Students aren’t allowed to access _________
computers
on the school _________
mobile phones to class.
Students are allowed to bring their ______________
WIFI which isn’t
We don’t have to rely on the school _______
always very efficient.
internet
They mustn’t misused the ____________
internet
They have to learn about good and bad ____________ use
and I think that’s something we really must help them with.
mobile phones to
Our general studies teacher lets us use our _____________
access sites that are blocked on the computers.
mobile phones They make us

Most of the teachers hate _____________!
switch them off as soon as we enter the class.
Match each sentence in the previous exercise to
functions a-d
a. Permission 1, 4 , 8 can / are allowed to / let
b. Prohibition 2, 3 , 6 can’t / aren’t allowed to / musn’t
c. Obligation 7, 9 have to / make
d. Lack of obligation 5 don’t have to

Vocabulary:
Verbs with law
Match the verbs that combine with the
people who do them: general public,
politicians, and the police.
break / challenge / change (amend) /
enforce / introduce / make / make a stand
against / obey / pass
Vocabulary:
break / challenge / change (amend) /
enforce / introduce / make / make a stand
against / obey / pass
general public politicians POLICE
break change/amend enforce
challenge introduce obey
make a stand against make
obey obey
Grammar - Past
Permission, prohibition & obligation in past
Modal verbs & phrases
permission prohibition Obligation lack of
obligation
(1)…… could….. couldn’t, wasn’t (3) …. had to… (4) …. didn’t …..
was/were (2) …. weren’t … have to
allowed to allowed
Examples:
Smoking was allowed in this area.
Bars weren’t allowed to choose.
Everybody had to go out on the street to smoke.
Customers didn’t have to go out to smoke.

S+ MAKE / LET + object + BARE infinitive
We use MAKE to talk about obligations.
Examples:
He made them stand.
The manager made the salesmen attend the conference.
We use didn’t make to talk about lack of obligation.
He didn’t make them stand.
S + MAKE / let + object + BARE infinitive
We use let to talk permission and prohibition.
Examples:
John let his daughter swim with her best friend.
He let his costumers smoke.
We use didn’t let to talk about prohibition.
He didn’t let his costumers smoke.
Talking about ability in the past and present
General ability
can
We use ______________ could in the past.
to express ability in the present and ___________
The machine can help me get to places that I couldn’t go to before.
Manage & succeed

We use manage to + INFINITIVE and succeed in + verb + ing to refer to one ability to do
at specific time
something __________________________
managed to convince the authorities.
We ______________
succeeded in boarding the plane.
We ________________
Notice we use both manage and succeed to talk about something which is difficult and
requires skill or effort.
Exercises:
Rewrite the sentences with the same
meaning with the verbs in brackets
1. I did all my homework this week. (manage)
I managed to do all my homework this week.
_______________________________________
2. I couldn’t go to class. (manage)

I_______________________________________
didn’t manage to go to class.
Exercises:
Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning with
the verbs in brackets
3. I’ve passed all my exams this year. (succeed)
I’ve succeeded in passing all my exams this year
_______________________________________
4. I still haven’t found a good replacement for my old
phone. (succeed)
I haven’t succeeded in finding a good replacement for
my old phone.
_______________________________________
I understand, but
I need to
practice more
I don’t
understand

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V – VI level English

laptops that we can use to access the internet.

mobile phones They make us

b. Prohibition 2, 3 , 6 can’t / aren’t allowed to / musn’t

c. Obligation 7, 9 have to / make

d. Lack of obligation 5 don’t have to

Bars weren’t allowed to choose.

Everybody had to go out on the street to smoke.

Customers didn’t have to go out to smoke.

The machine can help me get to places that I couldn’t go to before.

Manage & succeed

2. I couldn’t go to class. (manage)

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