QUESTIONS & ANSWERS- MODALS
Write or say about something that you can do well.
1. What did your parents tell you that you must do?
2. What must you do to get a driver’s license?
3. What must you do to get into a university?
4. What must your best friend be doing right now?
5. What must a doctor have?
6. What must a person bring to your country?
7. What is something you must not talk about?
8. What kind of weather might we have tomorrow?
9. What is something you might not do ever?
10. What might you do when you finish this English program?
11. What is something you might do if it rains?
12. What will you do after class?
13. What can a millionaire do that you cannot do?
14. What can you do that a family member cannot do?
15. Where can you find people to speak English?
16. What should you stop doing?
17. Where would you like to have lunch today?
18. What do students have to do?
19. What are you going to be able to do next year?
20. What are you supposed to do for your family?
21. What could you do if you do not understand your teacher?
22. What would you rather do than study?
23. What did you use to do as a child?
24. How many languages can you speak?
25. What is an adult supposed to do?
26. What can you tell your best friend but no one else?
27. What is something a person ought to know before visiting your country?
28. What should you do this weekend?
29. Whose advice should you listen to?
30. What is something you could do when you were little that you can’t do now?
31. What do adults have to do that children do not have to do?
32. Would you rather see a movie or watch a video?
Situations
1. Invite one of your partners to go to a specific restaurant for lunch.
2. Politely request that one of your partners run to a nearby coffee shop to get you a cup of coffee.
3. Tell one of your partners three things that are necessary for you to do.
4. Tell all of your partners that it’s not necessary to stand and applaud when your grammar teacher enters the room. (But if they want to get an A, it’s a good idea.)
5. Give one of your partners some advice: he/she has been invited on a date by a teacher of the opposite sex. (The teacher is attractive, and your partner likes him/her.)
6. Give one of your partners some very strong advice: if he/she doesn’t like grammar class, but likes the rest of the program, . .
7. In classrooms, students are expected to actively participate. Tell your partners this.
8. The teacher strongly expects the students to arrive for class on time, with their homework finished. Tell your partners.
9. One of your partners is homesick. Make a possible suggestion to help him/her.
10. Your favorite classmate isn’t in class today. You are 95 percent sure you know the reason. Tell your partners.
11. What time is it in your home country? Tell your partners what your family/friends are perhaps doing right now. (You are less than 50 percent certain.)
12. Tell three things that were necessary for you to do before you left your hometown.
13. Tell three things you have the ability to do well.
14. Tell three things you had the ability to do well when you were younger.
15. Tell what you think one of the people you live with is not doing right now. You are 99 percent sure.
16. Your classmate had a car accident last week. Why do you think it happened?
You are 95 percent sure.
You are less than 50 percent certain.
17. Your teacher was 45 minutes late for class yesterday. Why? (You are 95 percent certain.) 25.Same as 24, but you are less than 50 percent sure.
18. You are 90 percent sure your friend will do well on the midterm exam. Tell him/her.
1. What did your parents tell you that you must do?
2. What must you do to get a driver’s license?
3. What must you do to get into a university?
4. What must your best friend be doing right now?
5. What must a doctor have?
6. What must a person bring to your country?
7. What is something you must not talk about?
8. What kind of weather might we have tomorrow?
9. What is something you might not do ever?
10. What might you do when you finish this English program?
11. What is something you might do if it rains?
12. What will you do after class?
13. What can a millionaire do that you cannot do?
14. What can you do that a family member cannot do?
15. Where can you find people to speak English?
16. What should you stop doing?
17. Where would you like to have lunch today?
18. What do students have to do?
19. What are you going to be able to do next year?
20. What are you supposed to do for your family?
21. What could you do if you do not understand your teacher?
22. What would you rather do than study?
23. What did you use to do as a child?
24. How many languages can you speak?
25. What is an adult supposed to do?
26. What can you tell your best friend but no one else?
27. What is something a person ought to know before visiting your country?
28. What should you do this weekend?
29. Whose advice should you listen to?
30. What is something you could do when you were little that you can’t do now?
31. What do adults have to do that children do not have to do?
32. Would you rather see a movie or watch a video?
Situations
1. Invite one of your partners to go to a specific restaurant for lunch.
2. Politely request that one of your partners run to a nearby coffee shop to get you a cup of coffee.
3. Tell one of your partners three things that are necessary for you to do.
4. Tell all of your partners that it’s not necessary to stand and applaud when your grammar teacher enters the room. (But if they want to get an A, it’s a good idea.)
5. Give one of your partners some advice: he/she has been invited on a date by a teacher of the opposite sex. (The teacher is attractive, and your partner likes him/her.)
6. Give one of your partners some very strong advice: if he/she doesn’t like grammar class, but likes the rest of the program, . .
7. In classrooms, students are expected to actively participate. Tell your partners this.
8. The teacher strongly expects the students to arrive for class on time, with their homework finished. Tell your partners.
9. One of your partners is homesick. Make a possible suggestion to help him/her.
10. Your favorite classmate isn’t in class today. You are 95 percent sure you know the reason. Tell your partners.
11. What time is it in your home country? Tell your partners what your family/friends are perhaps doing right now. (You are less than 50 percent certain.)
12. Tell three things that were necessary for you to do before you left your hometown.
13. Tell three things you have the ability to do well.
14. Tell three things you had the ability to do well when you were younger.
15. Tell what you think one of the people you live with is not doing right now. You are 99 percent sure.
16. Your classmate had a car accident last week. Why do you think it happened?
You are 95 percent sure.
You are less than 50 percent certain.
17. Your teacher was 45 minutes late for class yesterday. Why? (You are 95 percent certain.) 25.Same as 24, but you are less than 50 percent sure.
18. You are 90 percent sure your friend will do well on the midterm exam. Tell him/her.