Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1, 3, and 5: students circle what the underlined helping verb tells. Pages 2 and 4: students circle the sentence with the meaning asked for. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.
Write class rules with must, class choices with may, and things everyone can do. Talk about how one word changes a rule into a choice.
Turn household rules into must sentences and treats into may sentences: You must brush your teeth. You may have a snack.
The helping verbs can, may, and must, and what each tells: able to, allowed to, might, or has to. Students name what a helping verb tells and choose the sentence with the meaning asked for.
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