ESL worksheets and activities: Modals of obligation

Resource centre - Modals of obligation - Broken Sentences

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Aim	To practise modal verbs
Activity	Students order words to make sentences, inserting a modal verb from the board
Organisation	Pair work
Preparation	Make enough copies of the activity for the number of pairs in your class. Cut up the sentences into individual words
What do I do?	1 Put the cut up sentences on tables around the room. 2 Write the missing modal verbs on the board: have to, must, don't have to. 3 Pairs move from table to table constructing and writing down the sentences and inserting one of the modal verbs from the board in the correct form. 4 Students take turns to write the sentences on the board. Other students correct if necessary.

ESL worksheets and activities - Modals of obligation - Broken Sentences