Reading, listening and In this enjoyable teaching activity, students play a game where speaking activity, group they practice giving advice with the modal verb 'should'. work Procedure Language Focus Divide the students into groups of four. Asking for and giving Give each group a set of cards. advice with 'should' Ask the students to shuffle the cards and place them face down in a pile on the desk. Aim To give advice with the Students take it in turns to pick up a card, read out the situation modal verb 'should'. on the card and ask for advice.
The other students then each give a different piece of advice for Preparation the situation using the modal verb 'should'. Make one copy of the The student with the card listens and awards the card to the cards for each group of person who gives the best advice. four and cut as indicated. The next student then picks up a card and so on. Level This continues until there are no more cards left. Pre-intermediate The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
Time Afterwards, have a class feedback session and find out the best 30 minutes advice given for each situation.
