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Could--May--Might--Must
Helping verbs and modals are the focus of this activity. Students read and answer 8 questions in 2 different ways using the past forms of modals. Very good grammatical practice for upper-elementary students.
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Make, Let, To Be Allowed To Exercise
In this modal verbs of obligation instructional activity, students read 18 sentences with missing verbs and fill in the correct modal verb form of "make, let, or to be allowed to".
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Modals and Idiomatic Expressions
This activity provides a good review of idiomatic expressions. Not only do students have a chart detailing the different types of meanings, they also are given 25 questions to practice this skill.
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Worksheet 12: Modals, Part 1, Expressing Ability
When learning vocabulary, students have to identify the subtleties in word usage. This learning exercise, which has students practice basic grammar and vocabulary, requires students to distinguish the meaning of a word in context in 12...
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Modals, Part 1 Expressing Ability
In this expressing ability worksheet, students read ten sentences that have missing words. From four choices, students complete the sentences by checking all possible completions.
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Using "Can"
English language learners or young native English speakers practice using the word can in the six sentences provided. They match the beginning of each sentence provided with the appropriate phrases in the word pool.
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Vocabulary Review
In this expressing ability instructional activity, students read 10 sentences and choose the appropriate multiple choice answer that best completes each sentence grammatically correct.
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May and Might
In this may and might learning exercise, students determine usage in sentences. In this short answer and multiple choice learning exercise, students write fourteen answers.
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Levels of Ability
For this levels of ability worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct forms of can, could, be able to, may, or might. Students complete 13 multiple choice questions.
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Now You SeeIt, Now You Don't: Using SeeIt to Compare Stacked Dotplots to Boxplots
How does your data stack up? A hands-on activity asks pupils to collect a set of data by measuring their right-hand reach. Your classes then analyze their data using a free online software program and make conclusions as to the...
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Easily Confused Words: Can and May
Can is one of the most commonly misused words. In actuality, may should be used in many of the sentences can tends to appear in. Review these example sentences with your third and fourth graders, and then have them complete the short,...
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Social Problems
An adult ESL class brainstorm what they believe to be the major problems in Namibia. In groups, they use the list of problems and put them into the order of the most critical and the reasons why. They research possible solutions and...
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Blowin' In The Wind
In this song lessons worksheet, students listen to the song by Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind." They search for key phrases that use the words, "How many," and list each one with the noun that follows the phrase. Students listen to the...
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Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary practice worksheet, students choose the correct word out of the 2 words given that completes each of the following 16 sentences.
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Reading: Messy Yards
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a detailed text about the problem of mess yards in residences in a county in Virginia. Students then answer 6 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Reading: The Mayans 1
In this reading comprehension with glossary worksheet, students read a passage about the Mayan civilization and the accompanying glossary and illustrations, and then identify true statements from the reading and by inference. Students...
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Law and Order
In this ESL instructional activity, learners read 14 sentences about what is legal. Students complete each sentence with either "can, have to, don't have to, mustn't" so that each is correct for their own country. Example: In my country,...
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Worksheet 5. Reading: Ad for a Professional Job
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the ad for the position of Director of Outreach Programs. They then answer the 8 questions on the second page.
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Reading: Ad For a Professional Job
In this reading advertisements activity, students read an ad for a job as Director of Outreach Programs at a College of Public Health. Students answer 8 true and false questions about the text.
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Advice/ Expectation
In this advice and expectation activity, students read 10 sentences and use the word "should" to make a new sentence which has the same meaning.
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Worksheet 10. Crossword
In this crossword puzzle instructional activity, students use the clues on the page to complete the crossword puzzle. There are 7 clues to solve.
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Worksheet 4. Food Groups
In this food groups instructional activity, students choose 2 words or phrases from the word pool that belong in each food category. There are 7 food categories to fill in.
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Worksheet 3. Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete the sentence in column A with the letter of the correct word or phrase from Column B. There are 10 sentences to complete.
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Creating Opposites Using Prefixes
In this creating opposites activity, students write the opposite of the word in bold in 8 sentences. They use one of the prefixes; dis, in, and un to begin each word and to complete each sentence.