Race to Witch Mountain - Modals and Collocations

Seth and Sarah are two aliens who are on Earth for a mission. Although they don´t intend to do anything harmful they are being chased by government agents. Seth and Sarah count on a taxi driver named Jack Bruno to help them.

1 – Watch the video segment and check St for Seth and Sr for Sarah according to their abilities and write the sentences.



( ) Fly - ______________________________________________________________________________
( ) Read peoples´ mind - _______________________________________________________________
( ) Manipulate fire - __________________________________________________________________
( ) Resist great impacts - _____________________________________________________________
( ) Pass through solid objects - _______________________________________________________
( ) Control peoples´ actions - _________________________________________________________
( ) Move objects using his/her mind - __________________________________________________

2 – The modal verb “can” can be replaced by:
( ) Be supposed to ( ) Be able to ( ) Recommend to ( ) be possible to

3 – In the sentence “They will overtake our vehicle…” there is the modal verb “will”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Advice ( ) Inevitability

4 – In the sentences “It would appear we have not….” There is the modal verb “would”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Inevitability

5 – The sentence “We should just keep moving” There is the modal verb “Should”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion ( ) Ability ( ) Inevitability

“Should” can be replaced by:
( ) possible to ( ) recommend to ( ) suggest to ( ) be able to

6 – The sentence “We cannot trust him”. There is the modal verb “Can” in the negative. Its context is:
( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Advice

“Cannot” can be replaced by:
( ) advice to ( ) suggest to ( ) impossible to ( ) possible to

7 – The sentence “We must”. There is the modal verb “Must”. Its context is:
( ) Obligation ( ) Possibility ( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion

“Must” can be replaced by:
( ) Have to ( ) Advice to ( ) be able to ( ) recommend to

8 –The sentence “What could go wrong?” there is the modal verb “could”. Its context is:
( ) Remote possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Inevitability

Vocabulary:
9 – The agent shouts “look out” during the scene. Do you synonyms of this phrasal verb? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to look”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11 – What does Jack Bruno mean when he says “get down”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to get”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Answer key
1- Read people´s mind - Sr - Sarah can read people´s mind
Resist great impacts - St - Seth can resist great impacts
Pass through solid objects - St - Seth can pass through solid objects
Move objects using his/her mind - sr - Sarah can move objects using her mind
2- be able to
3-Inevitability
4-Hypothesis
5-Suggestion
Recommend to
6-Possibility
Impossible to
7-Obligation
Have to
8-Remote possibility
9-Watch out, Be careful
10-Look up, look for, look at, look around, look like, look beautiful...
11-He wants Seth and Sarah to protect themselves.
12-Get over, get lost, get yourself together, get real, get up, get in, get on, get out, get away...

PS I Love You - Modal Verbs

PS I Love you
Modal verbs
Advise, Suggestions, Necessity, Logical deduction


A class by @TeacherBrunoGon

1 – Watch the segment and pay attention to Gerry´s letter. Using the modals bellow complete the sentences accordingly:

Should – (not) Have to – Must – Could



a- Dear Holly, I don't have much time. I don't mean literally, I mean, you're out buying ice cream and you'll be home soon...
He _________ finish the letter fast otherwise she´ll see it.

b- I have a feeling this is the last letter
It __________ be the end of his help to her.

c- It isn't to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp.
He ________________ protect her, she can handle it.

d- It's to tell you how much you move me. How you changed me. You made me a man by loving me, Holly...
He ______________ love very much

e- You made my life, Holly, but I'm just one chapter in yours.
She _______________ have more experiences.

f- Don't be afraid to fall in love again.
She ______________ continue her life and she ___________ fall in love again.

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Answer Key
a- Must/ Has to
b- Could/ Should
c- Must/ Has to
d- Must/ Should
e- Must
f- Has to/ Must - Could/ Should

Monica´s Gang - Modals

1 – Which are the modals used my Monica and Jimmy Five? Which are their contexts?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2 – Is it possible to change them for other modals? If so, which ones? If not, why not?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3 – The modal sentences below can replace some of the modal verbs? Which them and for what?
To be supposed to ______________________________________
To be able to __________________________________________
To be obligatory _______________________________________

4 – What does Monica do to blackmail Jimmy Five to do what she wants? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 – What is Jimmy Five justification to accept? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
6 – The expression “get even” is about revenge. Do you know other ways to express the same idea? List them below.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
7 – The word “Horrible” is a synonym of what word bellow?
( ) Terrific ( ) Terrible
What other synonyms do you know? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
And opposites? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Answer Key
1-
Should, suggestion.
Might, possibility
Would, hypothesis
Can, Permission

2-
"Should" can be changed by Ought to
All 3 "Might´s" can be changed by May
First "Would" can´t be changed
"Can" can be changed by May
Second "Would" can be changed by "Could"

3-
Yes, Should
Yes, Can
Not possible

4-
She threatens Jimmy Five by reminding him of the knots he tied on Sansom´s ears

5-
He´s not the one who does the laundry

6-
Get back to
Payback

7-
Terrible
Synonyms: Awful, Sucks, Very bad, Disgusting.
Opposites: Amazing, Wonderful, Fantastic, Excellent, Oustanding.

I should have known - Modal Verbs

I should have known
Foo Fighters

A class by @TeacherBrunoGon



Warm-up:
If it was possible to time travel back would you like to change something? Would you try something harder? What and why? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1- Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

I should have known
That it _________ end this way
I should have known
There was no other way
Didn´t hear your warning
Damn my heart gone deaf

I should have known
Look at the shape you´re in
I should have known
But I dove right in
One thing is certain
As I´m standing here
I should have known

Lay your hands in mine
Heal me one last time
Though I _________ forgive you yet
No, I _________ forgive you yet
You leave my heart in debt

I should have known
I was inside you
I should have known
There was that side of you
Came without a warning
Caught me unaware

I should have known
I´ve been here before
I should have known
Don´t want it anymore
One thing is for certain
I´m still standing here
I should have known

Lay your hands in mine
Feel me one last time
Though I _________ forgive you yet
No, I __________ forgive you yet
To leave my heart in debt
No, I _________ forgive yet
No, I _________ forgive yet
You leave my hear in debt
I should have known

Maybe you was right
Didn´t want a fight
I should have known
I should have known
_________ read the signs
_________ see the light
I should have known



2- It´s very common to people say “If I should known” or “If I knew it before” when something went wrong or not as foreseen. What do you believe has happened to the author?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3- Revise the modals:
Should: _________________________________________________
Would: _________________________________________________
Could: __________________________________________________
Can: _____________________________________________________
4- In the sentence “One thing is for certain as I´m standing here…” seems that the author is overcoming this problem. Is it possible to take all mistakes as lessons?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5- Read the sentence and answer.
“I should have known
Couldn´t read the signs”
In here seems like that we don´t see things or we don´t want to see them. Have you ever gone blind because you were insisting on something? Do you believe that the future is written or we are able to “control” it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This class was inspired by a song class made by Wise Up language institute.
Hereby I state that no activity was copied from the original class

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-ANSWER KEY-
Warm up-
Personal answer

1-
Would
Cannot
Cannot
Cannot
Cannot
Cannot
Couldn´t
Couldn´t

2-
Personal Answer

3-
Should: Advise and Suggestions
Would: Hypothesis
Could: Remote possibilities and Past abilities
Can: Possibilities, permision and Present abilities

4-
Personal answer

5-
Personal answer

Modal Verbs - Should, Ought to and Had Better

Hi guys
Long time no see, right?
Sorry about my absense, I´ve been working a lot so I couldn´t find time to record my classes. But now I´m here.
In this video I explain the uses of the modal verbs Should, Ought to and Had Better thru simple examples. Possibilities in the past and present, Advice and Strong Advice.



Exercises for your practice
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