English Grammar - How To Use Modal Verbs

How to use Modal Verbs to improve your English grammar and your communication in functional English speaking situations

What you'll learn

Understand how to Use Modal Verbs in English Grammar

Learn how to use Modal Verbs to ask for advice, make suggestions, requests and offers and to talk about ability, obligations, prohibition and probability

Learn how to use Modal Verbs for a variety of everyday functional English speaking situations

Improve your English communication and grammar with this comprehensive course on how to use Modal Verbs

This course will teach you how to use English at a restaurant, at a train station and at the doctors as well as many other English speaking situations

Requirements

This course is suitable for all A2 (Pre-Intermediate) to B2 (Upper-Intermediate) English (ESL or EFL) students

Description

This Modal Verbs course is suitable for all speakers of English as a Second (ESL) or Foreign (EFL) Language from A2 Pre-Intermediate to B2 Upper Intermediate levels.The course focuses on the situations in which modal verbs are used in English and shows you how to communicate successfully in these situations, including:Train StationsRestaurantsIn the officeAt school or universityTelephone callsTravellingYou will study the use of modal verbs in past, present, future and perfect tenses as well as studying the grammar of questions, positive and negative sentences.This is an interactive course. It is taught and arranged just like face-to-face English lessons. Each section includes tasks for you to complete and I will give you the answers and explanations after each task.By the end of the course, you should have a a good undertanding of how to use modal verbs and be confident in using them out in the real world.Which Modal Verbs will you study in this course?Can & CouldShall & ShouldWill & WouldMay & MightMustThis course also covers other functional 'modal phrases' such as "be able to" and "have to."The course is organised functionally, so you will learn how to succeed in various situations using Modal Verbs.  The course will show you how to use Modal Verbs to:Talk about AbilityAsk for and give AdviceAsk for and give SuggestionsMake Requests and OffersTalk about Mistakes and RegretsTalk about Possibility and ProbabilityTalk about Obligation and Prohibition

Overview

Section 1: Meet Your Teacher

Lecture 1 Your Teacher

Section 2: Modal Verbs of Ability

Lecture 2 Talking about Present Ability

Lecture 3 Present Ability Task

Lecture 4 Present Ability Task Answers

Section 3: Asking Questions about Ability

Lecture 5 Questions and Short Answers about Ability

Lecture 6 Longer Questions about Ability

Lecture 7 Ability Questions Task

Lecture 8 Ability Questions Task Answers

Section 4: Modal Verbs of Past Ability

Lecture 9 Talking about Past Ability

Lecture 10 Past and Present Ability Task

Lecture 11 Past and Present Ability Task Answers

Section 5: Past, Future and Present Perfect Ability using "be able to"

Lecture 12 Talking about Future Ability

Lecture 13 Talking about Ability in the Present Perfect tense

Lecture 14 Talking about Past Ability using "be able to"

Lecture 15 Past, Future and Present Perfect Ability using "be able to" Task

Lecture 16 Past, Future and Present Perfect Ability using "be able to" Task Answers

Section 6: Asking for and Giving Advice

Lecture 17 Asking for Advice

Lecture 18 Giving Advice

Lecture 19 Giving Advice Corrections Task

Lecture 20 Giving Advice Corrections Task Answers

Section 7: Giving Travel Advice

Lecture 21 Giving Travel Advice in New York

Lecture 22 Travel Advice Task

Lecture 23 Travel Advice Task Answers

Section 8: Talking about Mistakes and Regrets

Lecture 24 Mistakes and Regrets

Lecture 25 Mistakes and Regrets Task

Lecture 26 Mistakes and Regrets Task Answers

Section 9: Using "can" and "could" in Transactional Situations

Lecture 27 Transactional Situations in English

Lecture 28 How do we use Modal Verbs in Transactions?

Section 10: At the Train Station

Lecture 29 Train Station Transaction Task

Lecture 30 Train Station Transaction Task Answers

Section 11: At the Restaurant

Lecture 31 Restaurant Transactions

Lecture 32 Restaurant Transactions Task

Lecture 33 Restaurant Transactions Task Answers

Section 12: Transactions Review - Requests and Offers

Lecture 34 Requests and Offers Review Task

Lecture 35 Requests and Offers Review Task Answers

Section 13: Telephone Transactions

Lecture 36 Booking an Appointment on the Phone Task

Lecture 37 Booking an Appointment on the Phone Task Answers

Section 14: Asking for and Making Suggestions

Lecture 38 Which Modal Verbs do we use for Suggestions?

Lecture 39 Other Ways to Ask for and Give Suggestions

Lecture 40 Suggestions Language Task

Lecture 41 Suggestions Language Task Answers

Section 15: Suggestions and Responses

Lecture 42 Matching Suggestions and Responses Task

Lecture 43 Matching Suggestions and Responses Task Answers

Section 16: Making Holiday Suggestions

Lecture 44 Holiday Suggestions Ordering Task

Lecture 45 Holiday Suggestions Ordering Task Answers

Section 17: Modal Verbs of Deduction and Speculation

Lecture 46 Deducing about Present Situations

Lecture 47 Speculating about Present Situations

Lecture 48 Deducing and Speculating Task

Lecture 49 Deducing and Speculating Task Answers

Section 18: Deducing and Speculating about Pictures

Lecture 50 Deducing and Speculating about a Picture Task

Lecture 51 Deducing and Speculating about a Picture Task Answers

Section 19: Speculating about the Future

Lecture 52 How do we Speculate about the Future?

Lecture 53 Using "will + adverb" to Speculate about the Future

Lecture 54 Speculating about the Future Matching Task

Lecture 55 Speculating about the Future Matching Task Answers

Section 20: Speculating about the Past

Lecture 56 Deducing and Speculating about the Past

Lecture 57 Deducing and Speculating about the Past Task

Lecture 58 Deducing and Speculating about the Past Answers

Section 21: Modal Verbs of Deduction and Speculation Review

Lecture 59 Deducing and Speculating Photo Task

Lecture 60 Deducing and Speculating Photo Task Answers

Section 22: Modal Verbs of Obligation, Prohibition and Advice

Lecture 61 How to use "must" and "should" for Obligation, Prohibition and Advice

Lecture 62 Obligation, Prohibition and Advice Task

Lecture 63 Obligation, Prohibition and Advice Task Answers

Section 23: Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition at Work

Lecture 64 An Overview of Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition

Lecture 65 Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition at Work Task

Lecture 66 Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition at Work Task Answers

Section 24: Comparing Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition

Lecture 67 Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Comparison Task

Lecture 68 Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Comparison Task Answers

Section 25: Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition in a Job Advert

Lecture 69 Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Job Advert Task

Lecture 70 Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Job Advert Task Answers

Section 26: Using "musn't" and "don't have to"

Lecture 71 "Mustn't" vs "Don't have to" Task

Lecture 72 "Mustn't" vs "Don't have to" Task Answers

Section 27: Asking Questions about Obligation and Prohibition

Lecture 73 How do we ask questions about Obligation and Prohibition?

Lecture 74 Obligation and Prohibition Questions Task

Lecture 75 Obligation and Prohibition Questions Task Answers

Section 28: Obligations and Prohibitions in the Past Tense

Lecture 76 Past Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition

Lecture 77 Past Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Task

Lecture 78 Past Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Task Answers

Section 29: Asking Questions about Past Obligation and Prohibition

Lecture 79 Past Obligation and Prohibition Questions Task

Lecture 80 Past Obligation and Prohibition Questions Task Answers

Section 30: Past Tense Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Review

Lecture 81 A Quick Review of Past Tense Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition

Section 31: Obligation and Prohibition in the Future

Lecture 82 Future Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition

Lecture 83 Future Modal Verbs of Prohibition

Lecture 84 Future Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Task

Lecture 85 Future Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition Task Answers

Section 32: Modal Verbs Review

Lecture 86 "Can" and "Could"

Lecture 87 "Should" and "Shall"

Lecture 88 "May" and "Might"

Lecture 89 "Must"

Lecture 90 "Will" and "Would"

Section 33: Modal Verb Rules

Lecture 91 What are the Modal Verb Rules?

Lecture 92 Modal Verb Rules Task

Lecture 93 Modal Verb Rules Task Answers

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) students who want to improve their English grammar and their functional communication skills