I made them take turns as they explained about the rules of Islam requiring head covering unless a woman is with her close family members (only one of the Muslim women’s doesn’t wear one - nowadays, the women acknowledged, it’s more a matter of personal choice). When I called on one pair to demonstrate a short dialogue, one women indicated the other’s headscarf ( hijab) and asked, “Why must you wear this?” This sparked a clamor for responses from most of the Muslim women, each wanting to explain why they wear the headscarves. So last week I was teaching part of a lesson on modal verbs (can, could, should, may, must, might, etc.) and had the women practice asking each other polite questions using modals (e.g., “ Can you please tell me where the next bus station is?”). All of the women from Bangladesh and Morocco are Muslim. This particular class has about eight women from Bangladesh, two from Morocco, one from India, and one from Thailand. I’ve been teaching the same class of E2 (upper beginner/low intermediate) women every week and have loved getting to know them, learning about their cultures, and seeing their English improve. The project I’m teaching on offers free ESOL and Life Skills classes for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women who have been in the UK for less than two years and are on the path to settlement. You, we, they will be allowed to go.Over that past couple of months, I’ve been occasionally teaching ESOL classes for an amazing organization in east London called The Arbour. May he come to your party? No, he must not. When you use other tenses you have to replace them. You can only use them with the present tense. Modal verbs don't have a past form (except can) and a past participle (3 rd form). The most common modal verbs are can, may and must. We also use them to make requests and offers. Modal verbs are types of auxiliary verbs which express necessity, ability, permission or possibility.

Esol modal verbs exercises can