B6 English Language · Term 3, Week 1

Modals

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Curriculum details

Strand
Grammar Usage at Word and Phrase Levels (Strand 3)
Sub-strand
Modals (3.9)
Content standard
B6.3.9.1 - Apply the knowledge of modals in speech and in writing
Indicator
B6.3.9.1.1 - Use modals to express a variety of meanings
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 1 (Week 25 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 192

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Revise modal auxiliaries.
- Can: conveys ability
- May: asks for permission, expresses politeness, possibility
- Must: obligation or compulsion, necessity
- Shall/will: prediction, intention, determination etc.
- Could: tentativeness, politeness
- Would: politeness etc.
- Might: possibility
- Should: obligation
- Used to: for past activity/event
- Have to/ought to/need to: for obligation
- Introduce them in context one or two at a time.
- With examples, assist learners to use the modals in sentences to convey specific meanings such as politeness.