A Detailed Lesson Plan in English Grade 9

I.Objectives

At the end 60 minutes discussion of the lesson the students will be able to:

a. Identify the use of modal verbs

b. Relate the use of modal verbs to real life situations.
c. Demonstrate the use of modal verbs for several different functions.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Modal verbs

Material: Powerpoint Presentation

III. Teaching Procedure

A. Routinary Activity

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“Good afternoon class!” “Good afternoon maam!”

“Let us pray” (One student will lead the prayer)

(Class arrangement)

(The teacher will ask the students to arrange (The students will arrange their cameras in
their cameras in proper way.) proper manner.)

“Before we start may you please open all your

cameras” “Okay maam”

Prior knowledge

“Before we start our discussion first let me “A modal verb is a type of verb that is used to
ask you,what is your idea about modal indicate modality and expresses necessity or
verbs?” possibility.”

New Knowledge

“Aside from that, modal verbs also vary in

 likelihood, ability, permission or obligation.
Words like: can/could, may/might,
will/would, shall/should and must.”

B. Introduction

Motivation

“To give our lesson a simple familiarization “Okay ma'am”

of what we will be going to discuss today,
here are some activities in which you will
identify the correct modal verb in a sentence.”

Identify the correct modal verb in a sentence.

The choices are; can, could, may, might, must,
should, will. Expected answers:

1. I ____ speak mandarin. 1. I can speak mandarin.

2. I ____ make you breakfast if I am not 2. I could make you breakfast if I am not
late to school. late to school.
3. It ___ rain tomorrow morning. 3. It may rain tomorrow morning.
4. He’s worried that he ____ be late. 4. He’s worried that he might be late.
5. She ___ be here by now. 5. She must be here by now.
6. You ___ quit smoking. It is unhealthy. 6. You should quit smoking. It is
7. I ___ turn 22 next month. unhealthy.
7. I will turn 22 next month.
Presentation

The teacher will discuss the modal verbs and

its use in certain situations.

“To further understand the lesson let us now

tackle the modal verbs.”

“So what are modal verbs? As I have said

earlier modal verbs are used to indicate
modality including likelihood, ability,
permission, request, capacity, suggestions,
order, obligation, or advice.

“But to specify it’s different used here are the

different forms of modal verbs”

“ Will you please read them?” Ability

Possibility
“These are the types of modal verbs which we Obligation
are going to discuss, first is..” Prediction
Ability

“Will you please read the definition?” “We use this modal verb to talk about either
general ability or specific ability in a
First is the modal verbs of ability are ‘can’, particular situation.”
‘could’. Ability can be expressed in the past,
present, or future.

Ability in the present

‘Can‘ is a modal verb that describes what

someone is able to do. It is used in different
forms to describe past and present abilities.

● Peter can cook Italian food.

● They can help you with
building your house.

To talk about ability in the past we use

‘could‘, which is the past form of ‘can‘.

● I can’t dance rumba now

(present ability), but I could
when I was younger (past
ability).
● I could read when I was four.

“Next is Possibility, will you please read the “We can use modal verbs to talk
definition?” about possibility or to express
uncertainty in the present and
future using modal verbs may,
might and could.”
Some suggest that ‘might‘ is less certain than
‘may‘, but in spoken English there is really no
difference. However, ‘might‘ is more common
in spoken English. The word ‘may‘ is less
common, and we can only use ‘could‘ in the
positive form, not the negative form, for
talking about possibility.
Here’s how ‘may‘, ‘might‘ and ‘could‘ relate
to other modal verbs of probability

Can’t - certain something isn’t true

May, might, could - something is probably

true

Must - certain something is true

“Thus, we use ‘may‘, ‘might‘ and ‘could‘

when we think that something is possible.
Statements with ‘may’, ‘might’ and
‘could‘ can refer to past, present, or future
possibilities.”

Examples:

● It’s cold outside. It may snow

later on.
● Joe might come to our party
next weekend.
● Your daughter is really smart.
She could be very successful
someday.

“We use may to indicate that something will

possibly happen or be true in the future, but
you cannot be certain.”

Ex. Sam may be coming to meet us tomorrow.

The modal verb might is most often used to

express the possibility that something is true.
Ex. It looks nice but it might be very
expensive.

‘Could‘ is usually used in unreal conditions –

when we are imagining a possibility if
something in the past had been different:

Ex. If we had started this project earlier, we

could have finished on time.

Next is Obligation

Will you please read the definition?

“ When we say obligation, it means you are

obliged to do something while necessity is the
fact of being required or indispensable or
absolutely necessary. This category is simpler
and there are two main meanings found in
academic writing.” “Modal verbs for obligation are one of the
functions of English modal verbs. those that
primarily express a firm obligation or
Personal obligation- A person states what he necessity.”
or she obliged to do and believe and therefore
a person use must or should.

First is Must,

Must is for simple present. It usually shows

general obligations, like in these examples:
 ● Travellers must show their
passport before boarding a
plane.
● You must use a pencil on the
test.

It is formal and normally used in writing.

Notice how this example is formal:

● All employees must wear

proper safety equipment.

Next is should,

Will you please read them?

"Should" is a modal verb most commonly
used to make recommendations or give
advice. It can also be used to express
Always remember we use “should” mainly obligation as well as expectation.”
to;

● give advice or make recommendations

● talk about obligation
● talk about probability and expectation
● express the conditional mood

Examples:

When you go to Berlin, you should visit the

palaces in Potsdam. (recommendation)
You should see the new James Bond
movie. It's great! (Advice)

You should be wearing your seatbelt.

(Obligation)

I should be at work now. (duty)

Lastly, the modal verb of prediction.

Will you please read them?

and here we will focus on how the modals

will and would and how they can distinguish.
prediction- will and would are commonly
used in academic writing to predict future “This area of meaning clearly relates to future
events or states that are not caused by anyone. time. This is a large and complex area of
Very often the period or point in time is not English grammar.”
mentioned.
Here are the following examples;

Most patients will also require counselling for

social and personal difficulties.
The details of this are complex and will not be
discussed here.
Virchow at first regarded cancers as arising
from formless material which would later
develop into cancer cells.
“Always remember that will is used for real
possibilities while would is used for imagined
situations in the future.”

Unlocking of Difficulties
 In the following sentences choose the
appropriate meaning expressed by the modal
verb.
He was the only person who could tackle the
present chaotic state of affairs.
(Ability, possibility)
You could cause an accident driving like that.
(Ability, possibility)
He should go to the pharmacy first thing in
the morning.
(Obligation, necessity)
Our trip to China must be postponed for a
while.
(Obligation, necessity)
I think he will get a promotion next month.
(Intention, prediction)
Finally, I will consider the role of the
individual in winning the fight against global
warming.
(Intention, prediction)
C. Integration
Generalization
Moving on, let us now have a general recap of
our whole discussion.
1. What are the types of modal verbs that
we have discussed today?

2. What is the meaning of modal ability?

 3. How about the modal of possibility?

“The type of modal verbs that we have

discussed today are modal of ability,
possibility, obligation and prediction.”
4. What about the modal of obligation?
“We use this modal verb to talk about either
general ability or specific ability in a
5. And the modal of prediction is? particular situation.”

“We can use modal verbs to talk

about possibility or to express
6. Lastly, what are the modal verbs that uncertainty in the present and
we have discussed today? future using modal verbs may,
might and could.”

D. Evaluation “those that primarily express a firm obligation

or necessity.”
Give at least two sentence examples of each
modal form which are modal of ability, “This area of meaning clearly relates to future
obligation, possibility and prediction. . Write time. This is a large and complex area of
it on your prepared paper or on your English grammar.”
notebook.
“Those are can/could, may/might, will/would,
should and must.”
E. Assignment
Write an essay about the 2022 Philippine
election with the use of modal verbs.
Activity Fill in the gaps
In considering whether these reasons are
strong enough, we not neglect the fact that
some offences of manslaughter ... fall little
short of murder.
Throughout this book, I have emphasized that
we not think of genes as conscious,
purposeful agents.

We use modal verbs of obligation when we

want to express a person's obligation to do
something – that is when we want to tell
somebody whether they are required or
expected to do something.