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Skating Day at Northgate Ice Rink: Can, May and Must

Grade 4 grammar practice with modal verbs such as can, may, must, might and should, set during a class skating day at an indoor ice rink.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.1.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students tell what the modals can, may, must, might and should show in a sentence.
Students choose the modal that fits a condition such as a rule, a choice or a possibility.

How to use

Talk about rules, choices and maybes at a place your students know, then let them complete the sheet on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.1.c

Use modal auxiliaries, such as can, may, and must, to show different conditions.

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Skating Day at Northgate Ice Rink: Can, May and Must

Use modal verbs to show ability, permission, need and possibility.

What does the modal show?

Ms. Lindqvist's fourth grade class is spending the day at Northgate Ice Rink. Modal verbs such as can, may, must, might and should go before another verb. They show if something is possible, allowed or needed.

Match each modal verb to what it shows.

can
may (as in "You may sit here.")
must
might
should

A. it is a rule or is needed
B. it is a good idea
C. someone is able to do it
D. it could happen, but it is not certain
E. someone is allowed to do it

What does the modal verb show in each sentence? Sort the sentences.

You may borrow a helmet from the front desk.All skaters must leave the ice when the whistle blows.Aisha can skate backward.Everyone must tie their laces tightly.Ben can spin on one foot.Parents may watch from the stands.