exercise 2: fill in can, could, have to, must, might or should.
In the third lesson in our series we make special note of the use of could to express general ability (I could run fast when I was young) vs. Examples of modal verbs include: can/could, able to, must, shall/should, would, could, may/might, will/would, have to The most common modal verbs are often associated with the following uses: Can, Could, Be Able to Are used to express ability, possibility, ask or give permission, offer suggestions. Modals in English Grammar, Use of Modals, Exercise and Examples for Class 8 to 10.
We finalize the lesson by introducing the use of could for requests ( Could you help me?): We then introduce a number of exercises mixing the use of can, could, can’t and couldn’t to express ability, possibility and permission. In our second lesson designed for teaching can and could to your ESL students we introduce the past form, could/coiuldn’t (I couldn’t come to the restaurant last night).
We then cover the use of can to express permission ( Can you come to the game on Saturday?). We then introduce the question form ( Can you play tennis?). We use a series of matching, sentence correction and gapfill exercises to offer practice of the form. In our introductory lesson we begin by teaching the basic construction of can/can’t + verb. We have 3 lessons covering the use of can and could to express ability:
We use can’t to show that something is not possible and that we don’t know how to do something (pigs can’t fly). Native English speakers use this construction frequently in daily conversation so it is important to teach the construction at an intermediate stage in learning. We use can to show something is possible (cheetahs can run fast), and to show that we know how to do something (he can run 10km in one hour). In English, the construction of subject + can/can’t + verb is used to express ability and possibility. Teaching Can and Could to Express Ability We have 4 lessons for teaching can and could in our Verbs-Modals category: M1.1 – Ability-Can-Could – 1, M1.2 – Ability-Can-Could – 2, M1.3 – Ability-Can-Could-BeAbleTo – 3, M2.1 – Requests-Would-Could-Can-May-Might – 1. In English, can and could are used to express ability ( I can run quickly) and requests ( Can you help me carry the bag?). exercise 4: fill in the best modal: can, could, be able to, may or might. exercise 3: choose between met can, could and to be able to. exercise 2: choose between can, can’t, could, couldn’t and will be able to. We have 4 Verbs-Modals lessons that are designed for teaching can and could to your ESL students! exercise 1: choose the correct modal verb to express ability. Teaching Can and Could to your ESL students is an important learning concept to achieve natural speech.