Modals of obligation, prohibition and permission games/ worksheets

Modal verbs of obligation, prohibition and permission

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for have to, can’t, etc.

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Teaching modals of obligation, prohibition and permission article

How to teach the language of prohibition

Photocopiable modals of obligation, prohibition and permission classroom activities

Making arrangements cultural differences and useful phrases modals practice (need to, don’t have to, etc)

Language learning advice modals practice (must, mustn’t, could, should, shouldn’t)

Festivals and celebrations rules (discussing how a company should deal with seasonal events with modals, starting with Xmas)

House rules with can and have to speaking

Past and present modals of obligation and permission sentence completion games (bluffing, guessing and things in common)

Explaining cultural differences modals practice (with functional language review)

Classroom rules modals practice

Green initiatives modals ranking debate

Needs analysis and language learning rules

Good and bad rules discussion

Prohibitions guess the place

Prohibitions signs pictionary

Rules and regulations bluff game

School and university rules modals (academic vocabulary)

School and university rules have to had to didn’t have to

Cultural rules modals pairwork

Modals personalised sentence completion games (guessing or bluff)

Rules and regulations pictionary

Accommodation rules guessing game

Crime 20 questions

Transport in the UK trivia quiz

Travel advice guess the country

British and American business etiquette modals

Business idioms and modals

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Updated 27 August 2025