Modal crosswords
Task 1. Complete the crosswords
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Across: 2. It's quite possible that none of our clients will like the new product. 3. I'd better write it down otherwise I could easily forget. 5. It's just about possible that we’ll have finished the project by the end of March. 6. There's a slight possibility that the whole project will be abandoned.
Down: 1. The weather may well improve by the weekend. 2. There's a strong possibility that our offices are going to be moved from the city centre to the outskirts.
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Across: 2. I'd say there's a strong likelihood of him getting a first class degree. 3. He's not likely to make the same mistake again.
Down: 1. You've got such a good level of English that you should have no difficultly in landing the job. 2. There's little likelihood that we’ll manage to meet our deadline.
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Across: 1. We might be going out later. 2. Their machines are notoriously unreliable and they're bound to break down before long.
Down: 1. They must be making a lot of money with so many customers. 2. You must all be wondering why I have called this meeting. |
Task 2. Match the sentences with their usage.
Possibility
It's quite possible that none of our clients will like the new product. |
Used in the following structure: There’s a ____ + that + sentence to express stronger possibility |
I'd better write it down otherwise I could easily forget. |
It’s____ + that + sentence to express stronger possibility |
It's just about possible that we’ll have finished the project by the end of March. |
Used with may/might/could to express a strong possibility |
There's a slight possibility that the whole project will be abandoned. |
Used with may/might/could to express a strong possibility |
The weather may well improve by the weekend. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + that + sentence to express possibility |
There's a strong possibility that our offices are going to be moved from the city centre to the outskirts. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + that + sentence to express possibility |
Probability
I'd say there's a strong likelihood of him getting a first class degree. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + that + sentence |
He's not likely to make the same mistake again. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + of + gerund/noun |
You've got such a good level of English that you should have no difficultly in landing the job. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + infinitive |
There's little likelihood that we’ll manage to meet our deadline. |
Used to say that you expect something is or will be true |
Certainty
We might be going out later. |
To express things you are certain about because you have evidence |
Their machines are notoriously unreliable and they're bound to break down before long. |
To express a weaker possibility (with modals of possibility: may/might/must) |
They must be making a lot of money with so many customers. |
To talk about things happening now, in progress, or arranged for the future |
You must all be wondering why I have called this meeting. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + infinitive |
Teacher’s version
Possibility
It's quite possible that none of our clients will like the new product. |
It’s____ + that + sentence to express stronger possibility |
I'd better write it down otherwise I could easily forget. |
Used with may/might/could to express a strong possibility |
It's just about possible that we’ll have finished the project by the end of March. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + that + sentence to express possibility |
There's a slight possibility that the whole project will be abandoned. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + that + sentence to express possibility |
The weather may well improve by the weekend. |
Used with may/might/could to express a strong possibility |
There's a strong possibility that our offices are going to be moved from the city centre to the outskirts. |
Used in the following structure: There’s a ____ + that + sentence to express stronger possibility |
Probability
I'd say there's a strong likelihood of him getting a first class degree. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + of + gerund/noun |
He's not likely to make the same mistake again. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + infinitive |
You've got such a good level of English that you should have no difficultly in landing the job. |
Used to say that you expect something is or will be true |
There's little likelihood that we’ll manage to meet our deadline. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + that + sentence |
Certainty
We might be going out later. |
To express a weaker possibility (with modals of possibility: may/might/must) |
Their machines are notoriously unreliable and they're bound to break down before long. |
Used in the following structure: ____ + infinitive |
They must be making a lot of money with so many customers. |
To express things you are certain about because you have evidence |
You must all be wondering why I have called this meeting. |
To talk about things happening now, in progress, or arranged for the future |
Unit 5
Infinitives and verb + -ing forms
5.1. What do you know about early automobiles? (PW)
Material: Worksheets for each student
Start the activity by asking who made cars affordable to masses of people or who developed assembly line. (Henry Ford)
Students first work individually and complete the story with the correct forms (either infinitive or gerund or both). Then they work in pairs and check each other.
At the end of the activity you can ask if they found out anything new about early automobiles.
5.2. I will survive (IW)
Material: Worksheets for each student, track with the song “I will survive” by Gloria Gaynor
The material has been taken from busyteacher.org
Ask students if they know the song by Gloria Gaynor “I will survive”. If they do, ask what it is about. And if they don’t, let them guess.
Spread the worksheets. Students complete the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets, then listen to the song and check the answers. Before listening you can give them a chance to compare their answers and prove their point of view.
Students listen to the song once again and decide whether the words in bold are right or wrong. They correct the wrong ones.
If you have enough time, sing the song.
Keys:
At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side Then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong And I learned how to get along And so you're back from outer space I just walked in to find you here, with that sad look upon your face I should have changed that stupid lock I should have made you leave your key If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother me Go on now, go walk out the door Just turn around now 'coz you're not welcome anymore Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh no not i, I will survive For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive I've got all my life to live And I've got all my love to give I'll survive I will survive
Hey hey It took all the strength I had not to fall apart Just trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high And you see me, somebody new I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you And so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to be free But now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving me
What do you know about early automobiles?
Student A
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form
Early automobiles
Many inventors were trying ________ (build) gas-powered, self-propelled vehicles in the late 1800's. A French inventor succeeded in creating a steam-powered tricycle in 1769. A German engineer, Niklaus August Otto, is known for _________ (invent) the four-stroke gas-powered engine in 1876. Both Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz managed to build and sell autos in Germany in the 1880s. By 1898 there were 50 companies responsible for ________ (market) cars in the United States alone. That number happened to expand to 241 by 1908. It was in 1908 when Henry Ford started ______ (make) automotive history. It was in that year that he managed to put together the first assembly line and lower the price of automobiles so that everyone could buy one. He began ________ (arrange) workers so that they could each do a small part of the job in sequence. This prevented repeating a log of unnecessary steps in the assembly process. By 1913 he managed ________ (produce) 250,000 cars a year. His first mass-produced car, the Model T, guaranteed to give modest-incomed Americans decent transportation for a reasonable ($500 USD!) price. Henry Ford went on ________ (lead) the U.S. automobile industry for many years. Though he tried, he failed to get elected to the U.S. Senate in 1918. His company was started with just $28,000 and, by 1913, managed ________ (pay) dividends of $11 million.
While Ford declined to give away more than a modest amount during his lifetime, the Ford Foundation arran-ges ________ (donate) millions of dollars each year to deserving causes. |
Student B
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form
Early automobiles
Many inventors were trying to build gas-powered, self-propelled vehicles in the late 1800's. A French inventor succeeded in ________ (create) a steam-powered tricycle in 1769. A German engineer, Niklaus August Otto, is known for inventing the four-stroke gas-powered engine in 1876. Both Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz managed ________ (build) and _______ (sell) autos in Germany in the 1880s. By 1898 there were 50 companies responsible for marketing cars in the United States alone. That number happened __________ (expand) to 241 by 1908. It was in 1908 when Henry Ford started to make/making automotive history. It was in that year that he managed ________ (put) together the first assembly line and _______ (lower) the price of automobiles so that everyone could buy one. He began to arrange/arranging workers so that they could each do a small part of the job in sequence. This prevented ________ (repeat) a log of unnecessary steps in the assembly process. By 1913 he managed to produce 250,000 cars a year. His first mass-produced car, the Model T, guaranteed ______ (give) modest-incomed Americans decent transportation for a reasonable ($500 USD!) price. Henry Ford went on to lead the U.S. automobile industry for many years. Though he tried, he failed ________ (get) elected to the U.S. Senate in 1918. His company was started with just $28,000 and, by 1913, managed to pay dividends of $11 million.
While Ford declined _______ (give) away more than a modest amount during his lifetime, the Ford Foundation arranges to donate millions of dollars each year to deserving causes. |
