Modal verb - Could

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Modal verb - Could

Southampton Parish, Bermuda

Imagen: Southampton. Creative Commons.

Instructions: Read the text. Look at the underlined words.

Could you explain me about the Southampton Parish, Bermuda?

I could. Southampton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named for Henry Wriothesley, 3r. Earl of Southampton. It is located in the southwest of the island chain, occupying all of the western part of the main island, except for the westernmost tip (which is part of Sandys Parish). It includes the chain’s southernmost point, and its north coast comprises much of the coast of the Little Sound (an arm of the Great Sound, the large expanse of water which dominates the geography of western Bermuda), in the east it is joined to Warwick Parish. Natural features in Southampton include Whale Bay, Church Bay, Horseshoe Bay and Riddell’s Bay.

Southampton Parish, Bermuda. Retrieved and adapted April, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_Parish,_Bermuda

Getting started: Sandys Parish

Instructions: Read the text. Then, do the activity suggested.

Sandys Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named for English aristocrat Sir Edwin Sandys. It is located in the south west of the island chain, occupying the three islands of Ireland Island, Boaz Island and the larger Somerset Island, as well as a small part of the main island of Bermuda. These islands make up the western coast of the Great Sound, the large expanse of water which dominates the geography of western Bermuda, where it is joined to Southampton parish.

Sandys Parish. Retrieved and adapted April, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandys_Parish

True or False

Instructions: Choose T (true) or F (false) for the following statements.

StatementTF
Sandys Parish is one of the eight parishes of Bermuda.

It is named for English aristocrat Sir Edwin Sandys.

It is located in the south west of the island chain.

It occupies Ireland Island, Boaz Island and Somerset Island.

Let’s learn about the Modal verb – Could.

Instructions: Look at the information about the Modal verb – Could.

Could is used to express possibility in the present or the future or ability in the past.

"Could" is used for any subject.

"After could”, the verb should be in the simple form.

Look at the word order in the positive form:

SubjectCouldVerb in simple formComplement.
MichaelcouldspeakFrench.
My best friendscouldcometo the party.
Icoulddancevery well.

Now, look at the negative form:

Subjectcouldn’tVerb in simple formComplement.
Michaelcouldn’tspeakFrench.
My best friendscouldn’tcometo the party.
Icouldn’tdancevery well.

Interrogative form:

CouldSubjectVerb in simple formComplement.
CouldMichaelspeakFrench?
Couldyour best friendscometo the party?
Couldyoudancevery well?

QUIZ

Little Sound

Instructions: The following sentences have mistakes. Can you write them correctly?

1. People travel could to the Little Sound in Bermuda.

2. They could imagined interesting stories from there.

3. Some children could invents extraordinary legends.

4. I could believed some of them when I was a kid.

5. My brothers think could about imaginary monsters there.

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QUIZ

Great Sound

Instructions: Make questions with “could” and the following prompts:

1. seamen travel to the Great Sound in the 15th century ?

2. some of them see the submerged remains of a Pre-Holocene volcanic caldera ?

3. people visit the natural harbour in the island ?

4. they swim in the northeast of the island open to the Atlantic Ocean ?

5. sailors navigate from the Little Sound to the Great Sound ?

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Evaluation

Warwick Parish

Instructions: Choose the best option.

1. Warwick Parish couldn’t be / couldn’t been named after a Spanish sailor.

2. People couldn’t swam / couldn’t swim to Warwick Long Bay.

3. Sailors couldn’t travel / couldn’t travels to the southeast.

4. Birds couldn’t hatch / couldn’t hatched in Warwick Parish.

5. People couldn’t practiced / couldn’t practice snorkelling there.

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