ESL Modal Verbs: Requests and Possibility Worksheet: Garden Requests — Grade 7
Grade 7 esl modal verbs: requests and possibility practice on garden requests. Five tasks with matching answers, teacher guidance, and Letter/A4 printing. Save as PDF from the print window.
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Ages 12-13 · About 30 minutes · Independent practice
- What students will do
- Distinguish a polite modal request from an uncertain possibility.
- Age and response support
- Read the short model first. Allow oral rehearsal, then request a calculation, text detail, or explicit criterion appropriate to the task.
- Before assigning
- Print student pages separately from answers. Read the scenario and model assumptions before assigning. No external account, equipment, or audio is needed.
- Materials
- Pencil
Grade indicates the context, not English proficiency. Adjust reading support independently and allow rehearsal without lowering the topic’s age relevance.
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ESL Modal Verbs: Requests and Possibility Worksheets for Grade 7 →Independent activity · About 30 minutes · Pencil · Language level: Developing academic language support · English language support
About this practice
Grade 7 · English Learning / ESL · Matching answer key included · US Letter and A4
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Teaching guide, sample answers and curriculum references
Before you begin
Read or listen to the model and identify what the task asks before responding.
How to use this worksheet
- Write the polite request from the model.
- Explain whether the reply promises availability.
- Write a follow-up question that checks when availability will be known.
A common mistake to discuss
When could I check whether it is available?
What to practice next
Create a different example that preserves the learning goal, and explain how you would check it.
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