Modals & Conditionals

What this lesson covers

Modals & Conditionals is a 10-part Class 8 English lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.

How it begins

A modal verb sits before a main verb and changes its meaning, expressing possibility, ability, permission, obligation or advice. can · could · may · might · must shall · should · will · would · ought toThey behave differently from ordinary verbs: they never take -s for he/she/it, and they are always followed by the base form. She can swim ✅ She cans swim ✗ He must go ✅ He must to go ✗

The 10 parts

1. Modal verbs change the mood
2. What each modal expresses
3. Degrees of certainty
4. Must, have to, and the negatives
5. The four conditionals
6. Choosing the right conditional
7. Where these are used
8. Where it usually goes wrong
9. What to remember
10. Watch one worked through