HAVE TO and DON’T HAVE TO – a set of activities to teach these two verbs
I usually deal with complex grammar points, but this time I will share a set of activities focusing on just one verb: HAVE TO. It is quite simple, and students pick up the grammar quickly. However, it HAS TO be taught, and the following activities will hopefully help you.
In this post, you will find a song, a video explanation, an infographic, and a speaking activity. I hope you find them useful.
Song
I like starting my lessons with songs. They are a perfect point of entry. Students hear the target form, and it is then easier to teach it.
To make the listening more interactive, use the following gap-fill exercise.
Video explanation
The following video explanation covers everything. Students watch the explanation and try to understand the grammar. You can pause the video if you feel that some parts need further clarification. In the second part of the video, students have to create sentences using all the words on the screen along with HAVE TO.
Infographic
Once, the grammar is explained, it is important to fix it. Print the following infographic and ask the students to complete it with HAVE TO, HAS TO, DON’T HAVE TO and DOESN’T HAVE TO.
Students then keep the completed copy for later revision.
Speaking activity
I call the following activity the 444 Speaking Activity. It is very simple to prepare and administer. Moreover, it encourages students to produce a lot of language.
First, print and cut the following document into cards. Each page contains three cards, and you will need one card per pair of students.
Students fold the card in the middle so that the text is visible. They hold it in such a way that one student sees the questions while the other sees the answers. The student with the questions reads them aloud, and the other student looks for the correct answers and reads them aloud.
Once they have found the answers to all the questions, the student with the questions reads them again, but this time their partner answers using their own ideas.
When they finish, they swap the card, and the student who answered the questions now asks, while their partner answers.
At the end, they exchange their card with another pair who have different questions. Continue like this until you run out of different cards or until you feel the students have spoken enough.
Thanks God for His inspiration.
