ENGLISH 5
Q1W4
Let the pupils read the dialog orally.
Mark: I can make different figures
out of sand.
Reiner: May I be of help to you?
Mark: See what Kuya and I make.
Jenny: What a long tunnel! What’s
inside that?
Reiner: That’s our top secret.
Jasmine: I may build a sand tunnel
just like yours.
Reiner: Okay, but you must be
careful while building it.
Find Out and Learn
Read the sentences below then answer the questions that follow.
e. What are the modal verbs
used in sentences?
f. When do we use can?
g. When do we use may?
h. What do these two modals
express?
swer on a manila paper.
play
I
may
watch
TV
We
read
books
Do and Learn
Write sentences about the pictures using modals can or may.
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Listen to each question carefully
then answers orally.
1. What can you do for mother
today?
2. What may you do on a rainy day?
3. Who can always help us?
4. Who can give me a pet?
5. Who may play basketball?
Write About it
Write two to three paragraphs about the picture below using the modals can and may.
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Modal verbs are used to
express two different types of
ability:
open
possibility,
generally expressed by forms
of the modal verb can, and
authority or potential ability,
generally expressed by forms
of the modal verb may.
Can
1. To talk about what you
are able to do
2. To talk about a general
possibility
3. To say that something is
allowed
May
1.
It
is
used
for
permissions.
2. It is used to express
probability or prediction.