Lesson Plans: Modals

ESL lesson plans for teachers of the English language. Check out our collection of lesson plans filed under the 'Modals' grammar topic.

Abilities of Animals Can/ Can’t Games

Can & Can’t Drawing Coin Game

Can & Can’t- Coin Games

Can and Be Able to Present and Past Ability Discussion Questions

Can you eat your house? Abilities Mix and Match

Can, can’t and prepositions dice game

Christmas- Modals of deduction

Guessing how likely descriptions are to be about Xmas in different countries

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Conspiracy Theories- Speculating about the Present and Past Practice

Do you have + May I have Games

Driving Rules (Modal Verbs)

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Exploring Modal Auxiliaries - Winter Weather Conditions

Festivals and Celebrations- Modals of Obligation, Prohibition and Permission

Good and taboo can for ability questions

Fun can/ can't practice with real small talk questions using that language, and a little cultural training

Guess the Place- Speculating Practice

Making Arrangements- Cultural Differences Modal Practice

Modals and Conditional Sentences

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Modals of Deduction - Guess the Country

Modals of Deduction Practice- Guess the Sport

Modals of Obligation, Prohibition and Permission- Class Rules

Modals Review

Modals with probability and other meanings review

Modals- Green Initiatives Debate

Modals- Language Learning Advice

Present and Past Ability- Sentence Completion Games

Questions with can dice games

Yes/ No questions with can speaking game

Should Have for Past Regrets and Advice

What places used to be called- Trivia Quiz

World History Past modals of possibility and probability discussion questions

must/ might/ may/ could + have + past participle to discuss likely and unlikely explanations for historical events

Yes/No questions with "can"