Monster Modals: Speaking Activity
somdn_product_pageThis B2/C1- modal verbs speaking activity gives teachers of teens and adults an engaging way to practise speaking. The printable modal verbs speaking cards use spooky, open-ended scenarios to practise modal verbs of advice and modals of speculation and deduction, including past modals of deduction. At C1, use the cards as a fluency challenge: ask learners to compare explanations, justify their views and respond to counterarguments.
Level: B2/C1-
Time: 60–80 minutes
This lesson comes with:
Teacher’s Copy – Includes teacher’s notes, suggested answers and the vocabulary answer key.
18 printable scenario cards and an optional vocabulary warm-up.
Overview: Modal Verbs Speaking Activity
Students take turns choosing a scenario, responding to its grammar prompt and explaining their ideas. Partners or group members can ask follow-up questions and offer different interpretations; the mystery scenarios have no fixed answers.
1. Choose a scenario
Use the prompts as cut-out cards or display the full pages for students to choose from.
2. Respond and explain
Students use the target modal forms to give advice, consider possibilities or speculate about what may have happened, then explain their reasoning.
3. Share and discuss
Partners or group members ask follow-up questions and compare their ideas. Encourage imaginative answers, provided they fit the scenario and use the grammar correctly.
Skills Developed
- Speaking fluency and turn-taking
- Giving advice and discussing possibilities
- Speculating, making deductions and supporting ideas with reasons
- Asking follow-up questions
Lesson Objectives
- Use modal verbs to give advice and suggest possibilities.
- Use modal forms to speculate and make deductions about present and past situations.
- Explain ideas and respond to other people’s suggestions.
Try this modal verbs speaking activity in class today!
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