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Modals have got to, ought to, must, mustnt

Answer these questions about your school/college.

a) Do you have to wear a uniform?
b) Do you have to sign in when you arrive?
c) Do you have to do homework every night?
d) Do you have to stay at school until youre 16?

Think of three questions youd like to ask a British teenager about school.
Write them down.
Ideas: lunch, subjects, length of school day, number of lessons per day, exams, holidays

Here are some rules from the Heron Secondary School.

Put the words in the correct order, adding must or mustnt.
a) school you wear uniform
b) before arrive you 9.00 am
c) animals bring

You must wear school uniform.

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d) in or corridors you the eat classrooms sports hall laboratories

e) litter drop you

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f) gum chew you

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g) you polite and teachers to adults be

h) give on time you your in homework

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Kerry is 15 and lives in London. She lives with her mum, her dad and her sister, Cheri. Her
older brother has left home now. Read about some of the rules in her house.

Rules are simple in our house. I must always be home on time. I must
help with the chores around the house. My particular jobs are to empty the
rubbish bins and ironing. I mustnt watch TV until Ive done all my homework
and I mustnt spend more than half an hour on the phone.
What are the rules in your house? Write about them in the same way.

Work in groups. You are members of a student council. Talk about things you want to
change at school / college, for example behaviour, sports, appearance, exams.
Use should / shouldnt and ought to / oughtnt to + infinitive.
Examples:

We ought to have a drinks machine in the changing rooms.

There should be fewer rules.
We shouldnt have to wear a uniform.
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Work in pairs. Make recommendations to each other, using must, ought to or should and
the prompts below. Read the two examples first.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

the new Chilis CD

the new Brad Pitt film
the double chocolate ice cream
the new clothes shop on the corner
the new beach caf
yoga

You must read the

new Stephen King!
Its brilliant.

Modals have got to, ought to, must, mustnt

You ought to/should

try this new make-up.
I love it.

A strong recommendation

A weaker recommendation

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Some people have done the wrong thing. Use these past forms to say what went wrong:
should/shouldnt have; ought to/oughtnt have. Write two comments on each situation.
a) Sue had a party while her parents were away. There was a terrible mess the next day. It
took hours to clear up. Her friends didnt help.
b) Mark went for a swim in the lake on his own. He didnt tell anyone before he went. He
had a problem while he was in the water and nearly drowned. Luckily there was a
fisherman on the lake.
c) I went on holiday with my friends, Danny and Clem. We stayed at a campsite. One day
we went to the beach. We left our money and passports in our tent. Danny said the
campsite was safe. There was a security man but somebody stole everything.
d) A top athlete won lots of world records. She thought she would do better if she took
some steroid drugs. Her trainers told her not to. The Athletics Association found out
about the drugs. Now she has lost her world records.

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