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am, 10 the Yangtze River,” it said. After three minutes’ preparation,ask several students to share their answers in the whole check the answers from the whole class. Suggested answers: Ask the students to read the whole passage together. Step 2 Grammar T:Okay,so much for the ,we are going to revise modal much do you know about modal verbs?Let me give you a quiz about modal ’s see how much do you know about them. (Show the following sentences on the screen.) Decide whether the sentences are true(T) or false(F). verbs have only one form in the present tense.() verbs all have a present,past and future form.() modal verbs have more than one meaning.() verbs are followed by the infinitive with to.() ask questions with modal verbs you use the auxiliary verb do.() make a modal verb negative you use don’t.() Ask the students to finish them individually,and then call back their answers. Suggested answers: T:,4,5 and 6 are wrong you know how to correct them?Who’d like to do .(Encourage the students to volunteer to answer your questions.) Sa:Not all modal verbs have a present,past and future example:Must only has one form. T:Wonderful job!. Sa:Modal verbs are followed by the infinitive without to. T:Yes, all know modal verb +原形 v. ( Finish the four questions like this.) T:I can see you have know the basic rules of modal ’s do some other at Activity sentences are all from the passage in them and answer the questions following them. (Show the following sentences on the screen.) __________go anywhere they wished. __________go on those ships. __________be any other foreigners. just __________show our passports. __________see the sun setting behind the white pagoda. verb is used as the past of must? verb indicates an ability to do something? verb makes a prediction about the future? verb is used to give advice? verb indicates the permission to do something? They are easy for the students to answer. Suggested answers: ’t ’t to to ’t ’t T:So much for this think you have got a good understanding of modal ’s do a further underline the correct verb in the following sentences. (Show the following on the screen.) should/shouldn’t visit the Three ’re beautiful. can/can’t reach the upper part of the Yangtze ’s too dangerous. should/shouldn’t go in water’s too low. must/mustn’t show their documents when they ’s the law. could/couldn’t see the mountains in the peaks were shining in the sunlight. children could/couldn’t find their way out of the were lost. had to/must return by the end of started work again in March. This part is also easy to two or three minutes’ preparation,ask the students to say the words they choose individually. Suggested answers: ’t ’t ’t to Then pair the students to ask and answer questions based on the sentences in the activity