BIG DECISIONS
Look at this man:
What big decision do you think he has just made?
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Can you think of your big decisions: from the past, the present or the future?
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Now look at these suggestions for someone who wants to stop smoking:
They describe:
Things that are very important to do, things that are suggestions or possible, things that are forbidden, that you can’t do or things that are not necessary:
Which do you think are good ideas?
Complete the boxes with examples of the forms you studied
It’s possible, you can do this: Eg. Subj. + can + verb base form: you can try hypnotism.
Positive Obligation: it’s important to do this: Negative obligation
“Forbidden” Not necessary
Now choose one of the “Big Decisions” from activity 2) Write three or four important things you should do in this situation. (The rest of the group will then guess what the situation is so don’t make it too obvious)
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Answers:
It’s possible to do this: Subj. + can + verb base form
Subj. + should + base form Positive Obligation Subj. + need to + base form
Subj. + have to + base form
Subj.+ must + base form Negative obligation
“Forbidden” Subj. + mustn’t + base form
Subj. + can’t + base form Not necessary Subj. + don’t need to + base form
Subj. + don’t have to + base form
Description
This worksheet goes with the third lesson in the English Conversation series. You can download it if you have been in class or if you are thinking of attending this class. It contains communicative activities to help you work on modal auxiliaries of obligation.
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