Needless to say, the winner is the group that gets more points.Hi guys. Read the post-it notes to see which group guessed correctly. Read the sentence explaining the picture. Take the first picture and turn it around. He must have saved someone or he must have discovered a bomb Ask students to write their assigned number on the post-it note. Then when they reach an agreement, they will need to write their suggestion on the post-it note using the modal “must” in the past.In their groups they will have to discuss the different possibilities using the structure may/might/could +have+ past participle.Now, ask students to stand up and have a look at the different pictures.They will need a post-it note for each picture. You will need to give them as many post-it notes as pictures on the walls. Give each group a different number and some post-it notes.On the walls of the class display the pictures you want to use.

They’ll win one point if their answer is the same as the one written on the back of the picture. Tell them that on the back of each picture you have written the answer to the question. Ask students to try to guess the answers to the questions in the pictures and then, write them down on the post-it notes provided using the modal must in the past to speculate about what must have happened. On the walls of the class display the pictures you want to use. Drill pronunciation of must/might…+have+past participle Remind students of the use of the structure modal+have+past participle to make suppositions about actions that did or did not take place in the past.Įxplain that for this activity they will be working with the modal “ must” to speculate about the past and with the modals could/may/ might in the past to discuss different possibilities. Materials: post-it notes and pictures to display (see mine here)Īlthough this is an activity to reinforce learning and the grammar should have been explained beforehand, it might be a good idea to revise orally or on the board the targeted grammar. So, what else could one wish for?Īim: The focus of this lesson is on students integrating grammar, speaking and writing using modals of certainty and possibility in the past.

They will need to interact with other classmates and use English to discuss English grammar while having fun at the same time.

The focus is on grammar but, at the same time this activity gets them out of their seats and moving. It’s the kind of activity that I like because it includes movement and it encourages interaction between students. In today’s post I want to share with you an activity I did with my B2 students that worked really well. Let me start thanking you for all your comments, likes and shares on my posts.

Esl past modal verbs exercises