Modals

Before you watch, read the rules and do the tests:

Модальные глаголы – modal verbs (RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH)

Unit 25 – can and could Тест

Unit 26 – may and might Тест

Unit 27 – have to; must Тест

Unit 28 – should

Unit 29 – have to … Тест

Modal verbs and modal words (RUSSIAN)

PRESENT AND PAST FORMS OF MODAL VERBS (RUSSIAN)

Modal Verb Tutorial (ENGLISH)

Modal Forms (ENGLISH)

Answer the questions about the video:

1. What game did Holly want to play with Ben? What went wrong?
2. What did she turn Ben into first, second and last?
3. Where did the girls find Ben the Frog?
4. Who was found in the nest?
5. Was Nanny Plum happy with Holly and Violet’s magicking?
6. Who needs more spell practice?
7. Who wanted to have a go at making spells?

Choose the correct modal verb and change its form if necessary:

can, should, let, must, maybe, need, be allowed, have to, have got to

1. ________ Ben come out to play?
2. ________  play Princes and Princesses.
3. I ________  be the Princess, because I am a princess.
4. And I ________  be the prince.
5. ________  we just pretend I am a prince?
6. Ben, if you ________  hear me, croak.
7. ________  you help me turn Ben into himself again?
8. Come on, ________  go and find him.
9. Holly, look! - Yes! That ________  be Ben.
10. You really ________  have waited like I told you.
11. Oh, ________  this frog isn’t Ben. - ________  that one looks a bit like Ben.
12. We don’t ________  Nanny Plum, I know lots of spells.
13. You see, I told you I ________  do it.
14. That nest is very high. And We are not ________  to fly high.
15. Now we ________  just ________  to turn Ben into Ben again.
16. Now he’ll hop off somewhere and we will ________  to find him all over again
17. Sorry Nanny but Ben kept wandering off and we ________  to keep finding him.
18. Well it just shows that you both ________  a lot more spell practice.
19. Fairies of your age really ________  be able to get a simple spell right.
20. When you turned Ben into a frog, you ________ not have turned him into a bird.
21. No at the start you ________ have made him Ben again.
22. You see girls? It’s easy - anyone ________ do it.
23. Ok, ________ I have another go?
24. No, if anyone ________ do it, I want a go.
25. Mmm, ________you just need a teeny tiny bit of magical help.
26. But have you forgotten anything? You ________ to turn them back into girls again.

Learn the words HERE

Learn the text by heart after you translate it:

When Holly turned Ben into a frog she should have gone to ask Nanny Plum to help her. But she must have wanted to have a go at making spells herself. Her friend Violet thought she could help her turn Ben back into Ben again but she was not successful either. The girls might have done a better job if they had practiced their magic more often. Nanny Plum thinks that fairies of their age really should be able to get a simple spell right.

Translate from Russian into English:

1. Бен, если ты меня слышишь, квакни.
2. Можешь ли ты помочь мне превратить Бена обратно в Бена?
3. Холли, смотри! Должно быть это Бен.
4. Может быть эта лягушка не Бен?
5. Феям не следовало превращать Бена в лягушку.
6. Феям не разрешается летать так высоко.
7. Феям нужно больше практиковаться в магии.

EXERCISES AND RELATED TOPICS (INTERMEDIATE) HERE

MORE EXERCISES (MIXED LEVELS)  HERE

English Tenses

1. Watch the video from Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom “Daisy and Poppy” and answer the questions below:

1. Where are Holly and her family going to get porridge from?

2. What did Nanny Plum teach the twins?

3. What is King Thistle afraid of?

4. Why did the flood happen again?

5. What were Nanny Plum’s first words?

6. How did Queen Thistle punish the twins?

7. What do King and Queen Thistle want Holly and her friends to do?

8. What does Fleur think about the twins?

9. What did Daisy do to Fleur?

10. Where are the twins not allowed to go?

11. What game are the children going to play?

12. How did the twins get Fleur’s wand and escape?

13. Why do Ben and Barnaby think they can find the twins?

14. Who helps the boys?

15. What does Mrs. Elf want to do when she sees Daisy and Poppy?

16. How did the children find the twins?

17. Why did Daisy and Poppy stop magicking?

18. Who wasn’t turned into animals?

19. Who broke the spells?

20. Does Wise Old Elf agree that no harm was done?

21. What did Wise Old Elf do after the girls turned Nanny into a frog?

22. Why does Queen Thistle think the twins have had a busy day?

23. What are the twins dreaming about?

2. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the correct form:

1. Nanny Plum ______ (teach) Daisy and Poppy a simple porridge spell.

2. Daisy and Poppy ______ (practice) so hard.

3. My friends ______ (come) round to play.

4. ___ you (want) to hold my wand?

5. I’m sure they ____ (not mean) to turn me into a kitten.

6. What’s that noise? It ____ (come) from over there.

7. Poppy, Daisy! What ______ you _____ (do)?

8. The little darlings ____ (get) really good at magic.

3. Name and explain the usage of tenses in these sentences:

1. Today, we’ll be having porridge for breakfast.

2. We will have this porridge cleared up in a flash.

3. Oh! I see your friends have brought a little kitten along.

4. That rabbit is wearing my dad’s hat.

5. Daisy and Poppy have been doing a bit of magicking.

6. I wonder what sweet little dreams they are having.

4. Correct the mistakes if any:

1. Daisy and Poppy practice their magic this morning.

2. When I was a baby the first words I had said was “Bang!”

3. I’m helping them count. I will be very good at counting.

4. I think we’ve found my little sisters.  

5. They were turning all the elves into rabbits.

6. Barnaby and Ben, had you seen the girls?

7. They turn us all into rabbits.

8. We won’t have needed any more magic today.

9. They had had a very busy day, Your Majesty.

5. Learn the words from the video HERE

6. Translate from Russian into English:

Articles. Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom.

Unit 59 – a/an  Тест

Unit 60 – flower/flowers (singular and plural) Тест

Unit 61 – a car/some money (countable/uncountable 1) Тест

Unit 62 – a car/some money (countable/uncountable 2) Тест

Unit 63 – a/an and the  Тест

Unit 64 – the  Тест

Unit 65 – go home/go to work/go to the cinema  Тест

Unit 66 – I like music I hate examinations  Тест

Unit 67 – the (names of places) Тест

1. Read the rules HERE and do the test HERE.

2. Watch the video from Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 'The Royal Fairy Picnic' and answer the questions below:

 

1. What is the day perfect for?
2. Who loves picnics?
3. What is Nanny Plum going to make for pudding?
4. Does King Thistle want magic jelly for pudding?
5. What happened when they had jelly last year?
6. Who does Holly want to invite to the picnic?
7. Why can’t Holly invite Ben?
8. Why did King Thistle allow Holly to invite Ben?
9. What did Ben take with him?
10. Does Nanny Plum need help with the picnic basket?
11. Who did they meet on their way to the picnic spot?
12. Who can speak Ladybird language?
13. What does King Thistle think about Gaston?
14. Why is King Thistle surprised that Ben brought food to the picnic?
15. Why don’t they want to eat Ben’s food?
16. Where do the fairies get their food from?
17. Are the fairies happy with Ben’s choice of drinks?
18. What did Ben choose and why?
19. What drink did Gaston have?
20. Were the fairies happy with the portion of the jelly they got?
21. Why did the flood happen?
22. Can Nanny Plum use a stronger spell to stop the flood?
23. Why did King Thistle declare a Royal Emergency?
24. What happened to their food?
25. What happened to Ben’s food?
26. Has King Thistle ever eaten elf food before? Does he like it?

3. Fill in the gaps with articles:

1. This is ____ perfect day for ____ royal fairy picnic.

2. Come to _____ castle as quick as you can.

3. We’ve never had ____ elf on our royal picnic before.

4. It’s ____ magic basket.

5. I declare this ____ royal emergency.

6. Let’s sit and enjoy ____ view.

7. When you have _____ fairy picnic, always take ____ elf.

8. Ben, you can have anything you like in ____ whole wide world.

4. Explain the usage of articles in these sentences:

1. Mummy, can Ben come on the picnic?

2. Ben is an elf.

3. Nanny, try a stronger spell!

4. If you promise not to flood the entire kingdom with jelly like last year.

5. Ah, here we are - the royal picnic spot.

6. You mean you actually bring food with you to a picnic?

7. Ben, perhaps you would like to choose the drinks for the children.

8. I remember – the jelly flood.

9. I could use the stop magic spell.

5. Correct the mistakes (articles) if any:

1. I love the picnics.

2. We always have a magic jelly at the royal picnic.

3. I’ll put in a whole strawberry.

4. It’s a food for a picnic.

5. We can have the nice time without a picnic.

6. Oh, but a basket is empty! You’ve forgotten your food.

7. Magic basket, oh, so old, let’s have a fairy juice, sparkling and cold.

8. What do the ladybirds like to drink?

9. But, Nanny, you said fairies don’t eat the elf food.

6. Learn the words from the video HERE.

7. Translate from Russian into English:

8. Do an exercises on Articles HERE