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PERFECT MODALS ACTIVITIES

Aim: The focus of this lesson is on students integrating grammar, speaking and writing
using modals of certainty and possibility in the past.
Level: B2 (upper intermediate) Time: 20-30 minutes
Materials: post-it notes and pictures to display.
Although this is an activity to reinforce learning and the grammar should have been
explained beforehand, it might be a good idea to revise orally or on the board the
targeted grammar.
Procedure
On the walls of the class display the pictures you want to use. Ask students to work in
threes.
Give each group a different number and some post-it notes. You will need to give them as
many post-it notes as pictures on the walls. They will need a post-it note for each picture.
Now, ask students to stand up and have a look at the different pictures.
In their groups they will have to discuss the different possibilities using the structure
may/might/could +have+ past participle.
Then when they reach an agreement, they will need to write their suggestion on the post-
it note using the modal “must” in the past. Ask students to write their assigned number on
the post-it note. Ex. He must have saved someone or he must have discovered a bomb
Ask students to sit down. Take the first picture and it turn it around. Read the sentence
explaining the picture. Read the post-it notes to see which group guessed correctly. Award
them one point. Needless to say, the winner is the group that gets more points.
http://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=7412

Cards against humanity (perfect modals version)


By Victoria Fernandez
This game has the same premise as the original but adapted therefore, it can only be used
with adults and teenagers. The cards should look something like this:
A man walks into a An old woman sighs
hospital, holding his and says: “I
stomach. He ______________.”
___________.
Possible answers:
Possible answers: “I shouldn’t have gotten
“He might have been married”
shot” “I might have been
“He shouldn’t have adopted”
eaten so many tacos” “I could have said ‘no’”
“He could have been
practicing belly-dance”

The game goes like this:


1. Each S gets a mini whiteboard where they can write.
2. T will have a set of black cards with sentences on them.
3. One student takes one of the black cards and reads it out for the others.
4. Ss take one minute to write a possible sentence for the blank space in the card.
5. T must motivate Ss to be as creative as possible.
6. When the minute is over, Ss share their sentences with the class.
7. The S who has the black card chooses the one s/he thinks was the most
fun/original/crazy and gives the black card to that person.
8. The process is repeated with different Ss picking the black card.
9. The S with more black cards wins the game.
Rules:
a) If the sentence doesn’t have the correct structure, it doesn’t count.
b) If the sentence is repeated, it doesn’t count.
c) No cuss words or insults can be used.

Referencias
Cabal, C. (March 1st, 2016). Blog de Cristina: A new Language means another vision of life .
Obtained from Blog de Cristina: An Engaging Activity to Work with Modals in the Past:
http://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=7412
A man walks into a An old woman sighs
hospital, holding his and says: “I
stomach. He ______________.”
___________.
Possible answers:
Possible answers: “I shouldn’t have
“He might have been gotten married”
shot” “I might have been
“He shouldn’t have adopted”
eaten so many tacos” “I could have said
“He could have been ‘no’”
practicing belly-
dance”

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