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modals should could

Complete with CAN/CAN'T- COULD/COULDN'T

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The digital landscape has put increased pressure on teenagers today, and we feel it. There are so many social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, you name it. I made a conscious decision to avoid Snapchat and Instagram because of the social pressure I saw them putting on my 14-year-old little sister. If my mum turned off the WiFi at 11pm, my sister would beg me to turn my phone into a hotspot1. She always needed to load her Snapchat stories one more time, or to reply to a message that had come in two minutes ago because she didn’t want her friend to feel ignored. If I refused, saying she could respond in the morning, I’d get the “You’re ruining my social life” speech. Even as a teenager as well, I sometimes find this craze a little baffling.

A new study has found that teenagers who engage with social media during the night could be damaging their sleep and increasing their risk of anxiety and depression. Teenagers spoke about the pressure they felt to make themselves available 24/7 and the resulting anxiety if they did not respond immediately to texts or posts. Teens are so emotionally invested in social media that a fifth of secondary school pupils will wake up at night and log on just to make sure they don’t miss out. Perhaps the worst thing about this is that teenagers need more sleep than adults do, so night-time social media use could be detrimental to their health. A lack of sleep can make teenagers tired, irritable, and depressed.

During the summer holidays, I lost my phone. And for the week that I was phoneless, it felt like a disaster. I love my phone. It gives me quick access to information and allows me to be constantly looped in with my friends, to know exactly what is going on in their lives. So when I didn’t have my phone for a week, I felt a slight sense of FOMO, or if you’re not up to speed with the lingo, fear of missing out. By the end of the week, I’d got used to not having a phone and I’d quite enjoyed the break from social media. But there was still a lingering sense of sadness at the back of my mind that there would be conversations I had missed, messages that had been sent, funny videos shared and night-time chats that I would probably never get to see.

Read and choose the correct modals - could be, might be, must be, can't be

to select correct modal verb should, would, could

may , can , could
ability , request and permission

Modals to use can, could, may, might, will.

Оберіть правильний варіант відповіді

MUST, HAVE TO, SHOULD, CAN, COULD

Fill in the text box, the whole word. Words could be written backwards. Напечатайте найденные слова прямо в ряд клеточек (слова могут идти задом-наперед). Слово печатайте целиком, где наоборот, так печатать.

Vocabulary  taking transportation

Modals verbs Should and Could

Going to to express the future

Counting Stars - One Republic

Lately, I've been _____________ sleep
_____________  about the things that we could be
But baby, I've been _____________ hard
Said, no more _____________ dollars
We'll be _____________ stars,
yeah we'll be _____________ stars

I see this life like a swinging vine
Swing my heart across the line
In my face is  _____________ signs
Seek it out and ye shall find

Old, but I'm not that old

Young, but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

On just _____________ what we're told

I feel something so right _____________ the wrong thing

I feel something so wrong _____________ the right thing

I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie

Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

Lately, I've been, I've been _____________  sleep

_____________ about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been _____________ hard

Said, "No more _____________ dollars, we'll be _____________ stars"

Lately, I've been, I've been _____________ sleep

_____________ about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been _____________ hard

Said, "No more _____________ dollars, we'll be, we'll be _____________ stars", yeah

I feel your love and I feel it burn

Down this river, every turn

Hope is our four-letter word

Make that money, watch it burn

Old, but I'm not that old

Young, but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

I'm just doing what we're told

I feel something so wrong _____________ the right thing

I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie

Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly

Lately, I've been, I've been _____________ sleep

_____________ about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been _____________ hard

Said, "No more _____________ dollars, we'll be _____________ stars"

Lately, I've been, I've been losin' sleep

Dreamin' about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been prayin' hard

Said, "No more countin' dollars, we'll be, we'll be countin' stars"

Can, could, may

Answer questions according to the possibilities

In this worksheet students think of the sue of could and of the gerundives after prepositions

Navigate Elementary WB Unit 5.1 shopping, can, can't, could, couldn't

Write the correct answer

Read the text and match the two halves of the sentences

Can-could-was-were Past Simple

write, correct order, use "could/couldn't"

Was/were allowed to/ had to/ could

students will write a letter to use the basic English language for academic purposes