Aims: w ords describing fam ilies and relationships • m odal verbs • Structuring paragraphs and essays • Structuring a Task 2 opinion essay Part 1: Language development Howard Susan

Rewrite these sentences to make them less definite.
1 
Children w ho don't study will fail their exams. (-» a possibility)
2
University must prepare people for the best jobs. (-» a suggestion)
3 Children need to follow their parents' advice. (-» a suggestion)
Family 
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Part 2: Skills development
1
Look at the structure of a good example paragraph.
I believe 1the family is one of the most 
important structures in society. It is 2within 
the family that children can learn how to get 
on with other people and how to behave. 
and these things are important for life in 
the wider world. The fa m ily ^ houic^also be 
a stable unit that 3provides love and support 
to children. W ithout this love and support, 
children might find it difficult to manage 
in the wider world. For example, children 
w ithout loving, supportive parents could 
feel unable to do the things they would like 
to do, like go to university.
Read these statements and write T (true) or F (false).
1 
A paragraph should have more than one 
main idea
.............
2 
A paragraph should have more than one 
supporting idea
.............
3
The first sentence of a paragraph should contain the 
main idea
of the paragraph.........
4 The last sentence of a paragraph should contain the 
main idea
of the paragraph..........
5 You should mainly use definite modal verbs, e.g. 
w ill/ m ust
.............
6 You should mainly use less definite modal verbs, e.g. 
can / m ight / could
/ 
should
.........
2
Now read the following paragraphs and decide which one follows the rules in Exercise 1.