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MODAL VERBS AND REVIEW – SIMPLIFIED VERSION

🌈 Remember, all exercises must be written down in your notebooks!

A. Present Simple vs Present Continuous

🔵 Choose the correct option

  1. She ___ tennis every weekend.
    🔹 plays / is playing
  2. Look! They ___ now.
    🔹 run / are running
  3. I ___ my homework now.
    do / am doing
  4. My parents ___ in an office.
    🔹 work / are working
  5. Why ___ you ___ your phone?
    do…check / are…checking

🟢 Complete the sentences

✏️Use these verbs:
study – eat – not watch – go – meet

  1. We _______ for the test now.
  2. He usually _____ at 7 pm.
  3. They ___________ TV now.
  4. She _______ to the gym on Mondays.
  5. I _________ my friend later.
Swirling streams of light with clock faces and digital times floating in space
An artistic representation of flowing clocks and time streams in space

B. Past Simple vs Past Continuous

🔵 Choose the correct option

  1. I ___ when the lights went out.
    🔹 was reading / read
  2. They ___ football when it rained.
    played / were playing
  3. What ___ at 9 p.m.?
    did you do / were you doing
  4. She ___ the bus.
    missed / was missing
  5. We ___ dinner when the phone rang.
    were having / had

🟢 Complete

Use:
walk – see – not listen – explain – play – snow – drop – run – watch – go out

  1. While I ____________, I ______ my friend.
  2. She ______________ when the teacher ___________ the test.
  3. They ____________ outside when it _______.
  4. I ____________my keys while I ________________.
  5. We _____________ a film when the power ____________.

E. Relative Pronouns

🔵 Choose

who – which – that – where – whose

  1. The teacher ______ explained the rule was really patient with us.
  2. The book ________you gave me was awesome.
  3. The café _____________ we meet isn’t far from here.
  4. The student _______ project won the contest is from China.
  5. The film ________ we watched last night was scary.
Two children studying together at a desk, one excitedly holding a pencil and suggesting to explain, while a second child listens attentively. An open notebook lists grammar topics: Simple Past, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, and a light bulb above the first child's head symbolizes an idea.

C. Modal Verbs

🔵 Fill in

Use:
can – could – must – should – might – have to – don’t have to – mustn’t

  1. You ________ finish today.
  2. Students _________ talk in exams.
  3. I _______ go to the doctor.
  4. When I was a child, I ______ swim.
  5. It _______ rain.
  6. You __________ study more.
  7. She ________ be at home.
  8. We _________ leave early.
  9. You ________ park here.

D. Dialogue

Use: can – should – have to – don’t have to

A: I don’t understand. ______ you help me?
B: OK! But you _______ read the instructions first.
A: Do we ________ finish today?
B: No, we ___________.

Two students studying together at a table with digital illustrations of creative and neural concepts between them
Two students share creative ideas while studying together in a library

🤝 2. COOPERATIVE LEARNING VERSION

(Pair work + group work)

A. Pair Work — Grammar Detective

Each pair receives 6 sentences with mistakes.

Correct them together.

  1. She is go to school every day.
  2. I am knowing the answer.
  3. They was playing when it rains.
  4. You must to study more.
  5. The girl which lives here is my friend.
  6. He can to speak English.
  7. We didn’t were listening.
  8. It mights rain later.
  9. The café who we meet is closed.
  10. I am meeting usually my friends on Friday.
  11. She mustn’t to talk.
  12. When I was child, I can swim.

B. Group Work — Build a Dialogue

Groups of 3–4 students.

Create a short dialogue that includes:

  • 2 modal verbs
  • 1 present continuous
  • 1 past continuous
  • 1 relative pronoun

Example starter prompts:

  • “You won’t believe what happened yesterday…”
  • “I need help with my homework…”
  • “We must decide what to do…”

C. Grammar Relay Race

Stations around the classroom:

  1. Station 1: Present Simple vs Continuous
  2. Station 2: Past Simple vs Continuous
  3. Station 3: Modal verbs
  4. Station 4: Relative pronouns

Students rotate every 3 minutes and complete 3 quick tasks per station.

Bright classroom group work verb timelines whiteboard

🔥 3. WARM‑UP ACTIVITIES

A. Quick Fire (2 minutes)

Teacher says a verb → students shout:

  • “Simple!”
  • “Continuous!”
  • “Past!”
  • “Modal!”

Example:
Teacher: run → Students: “Simple!”
Teacher: must → “Modal!”

B. Picture Prompt

Show a picture of:

  • someone studying
  • someone running
  • someone talking
  • someone driving

Students write one sentence in the tense you say.

🌙 4. COOL‑DOWN ACTIVITIES

A. Exit Ticket

Students must write one correct sentence using:

  • a modal verb
  • OR a relative pronoun
  • OR a continuous tense

They hand it to you before leaving.

B. “Two Truths and a Lie — Grammar Edition”

Students write:

  • 2 correct sentences
  • 1 incorrect sentence

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© L. R. Capuana

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