Wishes and regrets

I wish by Skee-Lo

Wishes and regrets explanation video

 

Wishes in movie segments video

Collaborative activity

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/wishes-regrets/

Wishes and regrets individual activity

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g7-wishes-and-regrets.php

Unit 11.- Grammar.- Past Modals and wishes

Modal and semi-modal verbs

Modal and semi-modal verbs are used to express following functions:

1. Permission or request: can, could and may, e.g., May I go to the loo?
2. Ability: can, could, be able to and be capable of, e.g., I could rollerskate when I was 12.
3. Obligation: must and have to, e.g.,  You must listen to me.
4. Prohibition: mustn't and can't, e.g., You can't smoke indoors.
5. Lack of necessity or obligation: don't have to, didn't have to, needn't, didn't need to, and don't need to, e.g., You don't need to wear a uniform in college.
6. Advice: should, ought to, must, need to and could, e.g., If you have a headache, you should take an aspirin.
7. Possibility and probability or speculation or deduction: can, may. might, could, must, can't and mustn't, e.g., Nobody's at home, so Susan must be out.
8. Necessity: must, need to, and have to, e.g., You need to save some money if you want to buy a car.

Toy story introductory video

Past modals

1.- Simple modals: could,  was/were able to, had to, didn't need to and didn't have to., e.g.,We could run fast when we were younger. 

2.- Perfect modal: might have + Past Participle, could 

have + Past Participle, can't have + Past Participle, should have + Past Participle, ought to have + Past Participle, need have + Past Participle and needn't have + Past Participle, e.g.,You should have studied for the final exam.

Past Modals explanation video

Past Modals

1.- Simple modals in past.

1.1.- could.- Past abilities: I could rollerskate when I was twelve.

1.2.- would.- Future in the past.- Before the pandemic, I would be at school at this time.

1.3.- had to.- Past obligations: I had to stop using prints.

2.- Perfect Modals. (See the chart below)

Perfect modals online exercise

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/past-modal-verbs/

I wish by Skee-Lo

Wishes and regrets explanation video

 

Wishes in movie segments video

Collaborative activity

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/wishes-regrets/

Wishes and regrets individual activity

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g7-wishes-and-regrets.php

Individual unit 11 grammar task on Ellevate.