Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila

ENGLISH 9

Understanding One’s Self

Quarter 1 Module 1
Most Essential Learning Competency:
Express Permission, Obligation, and Prohibition
Express permission,
HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before you start answering the module, I want you to set aside
other tasks that will distract you while enjoying the lessons. Read the
simple instructions below to successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit.
Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every

page of this module.
2. Write on your notebook or any writing pad the concepts about the
lessons. Writing enhances learning, which is important to develop
and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

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PARTS OF THE MODULE

• Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after

completing the lessons in the module.
• Pre-Test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to
be mastered throughout the lesson.
• Looking Back - This section will measure what learnings and skills
that you understand from the previous lesson.
• Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the
lesson.
• Activities - These are activities designed to develop critical thinking
and other competencies. This can be done with or without a partner
depending on the nature of the activity.
• Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications
of the lessons.
• Checking your Understanding - It will verify how you learned from
the lesson.
• Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the
entire module

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Lesson 1 - Modals of Permission,
Obligation, and Prohibition

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to --

A. Differentiate sentences that express permission, obligation and
prohibition;
B. Identify modals of permission, obligation and prohibition in sentences;
and
C. Use modals of permission, obligation, and prohibition appropriately in
sentences using visual cues, situations, and relevant issues.

Identify the modals that express permission, obligation, and

prohibition. Write the modals on the space provided.

1. ____________ One must always pay attention to his or her surroundings.

2. ____________ Could you please keep this folder in a safe place?
3. ____________ You should not attend a party during this trying times.
4. ____________ May I go to my friend’s party and stay overnight?
5. ____________ I can’t join you today for practice because of prior
commitment.
6. ____________ I have to plan for my brother’s birthday party.
7. ____________ Can I have the last piece of cake?
8. ____________ Many students cannot go to school as soon as they like.
9. ____________ Everybody has to wash his/her hands to prevent illness.
10.____________ You may now have your turn to present your report.

MODALS are helping verbs that denote intention or feeling of the speaker.
They indicate likelihood, permission, ability, possibility, suggestions, prohibition,
advice, order or request. It is always accompanied with a verb in its base form:
modal + V (base form) = can eat, should walk, may pay

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In this lesson, you will learn how you can use words that will help you win
someone’s consent to do things -- modals of permission, how one realizes one’s
duties and responsibilities – modals of obligation, and how some things are not
permitted to be done because of social norms and laws – modals of prohibition.

Permission is a consent or agreement given to a request. It is usually

expressed by using modals of permission: can, could, or may + verb (base form).

May - a polite modal verb used to ask for or give permission. Here are some
examples:
May I use a calculator on the test? You may use a calculator on the
test.
May I have another piece of cake? You may have another piece of cake.

The polite answers using may are as follows:

Yes, you may. No, you may not.

Could - It is less formal than using may. Here are some examples with could:
Could I have some more juice? You could have some more juice.
Could I bring a friend to the party? You could bring a friend to the
party.

Can - It is the least formal of the modal verbs used to ask or give permission. Here
are some examples with can:
Can I play music? You can play music.
Can I wear shorts? You can wear shorts.

Obligation is a sense of duty demanded by conscience, custom or gratitude. It is

expressed by modals seen in the table below with their examples in sentences.

Modal Sample sentences

have to / strong obligation (possibly from outside)
need to
Children have to go to school. (sometimes 'have got to')
I need to go to work to earn a living.
must
strong obligation (possibly based on the speaker's
opinion)
I must study today.

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Prohibition is an act of restraining or stopping an action by an authority. Modals
used here are the same in modals of permission or obligation but with the word
NOT.

Doctors must not (mustn’t) make mistakes.

She could not (couldn’t) play such a rough game of politics.
You cannot (can’t) smoke in any public place.
You may not eat in the classroom during break time.

A. Use the appropriate modal (may, could, can) to complete the

sentences below. Write your answer in the space provided.(COMMUNICATION)
1. A student ________ run for Supreme Student Government office, provided he
or she is qualified.

2. I __________ run for Grade 10 Representative if I join your political party.

3. You ________ now nominate a member of your class for the position of
Secretary.

4. Anybody _________ run for office as long as he or she is a bone fide student of the
school.

5. ___________ you give me an endorsement letter for my candidacy?

B. Write one obligation and one prohibition you must do in the following
situations:
1. When camping --

a._________________________________________

___________________________________________

b._________________________________________

___________________________________________

2. While studying ---

a._________________________________________

___________________________________________

b._________________________________________

___________________________________________
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3. In the movie theater –

a._________________________________________

___________________________________________

b._________________________________________

__________________________________________
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C. Study the following illustration. Is the scene familiar to you? Is this

possible to happen or has this happened before? Make a list of things students are
permitted to do (3 sentences), obligated to do (4 sentences) and not allowed to do (3
sentences) based on the picture you see. Be sure to write your sentences with
modals of permission, obligation and prohibition.

1. ________________________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________________________

7. ________________________________________________________________________

8. ________________________________________________________________________

9. ________________________________________________________________________

10. _______________________________________________________________________

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D. What can you contribute to
make the Zero Waste Management
Program of your school
successful? Give at least three
sentences: one with modal of
permission, one with modal of
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obligation, and one with modal of
prohibition.

1. _____________________________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________________________

Underline the modals in the following sentences.

1. Students need to be diligent in studying and participating in class.
2. Parents must listen not only to what the children are saying but also to what
they are not saying.
3. Children may join activities outside the school premises, provided their
parents know about it.
4. Students cannot choose which rules to obey.
5. People must be mindful of their words and actions. It affects others on many
levels.
6. Some may express their own opinions but they have to be tactful about it.
7. Words can hurt or they can be encouraging.
8. Anybody could take the entrance test in the vocational school.
9. You can’t graduate if you fail one course.
10. You mustn’t waste your life in something to temporary or trivial.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct answers based on what you have learned
today.
1. ___________ are verbs that express a certain mood or feeling intended by the
speaker usually with another verb in the base form.

2. Modals of permission are __________ that give consent to do or ask something

from someone else.

3. Modals of ___________ express an inaction. It prevents someone to do a task.

4. When one expresses a strong obligation, the modals __________, _________,

_________ are used in sentences.

5. The modal _______ is usually used for informal expression of permission.

Fill in the blanks with the correct modals of permission, obligation, and
prohibition.
We _____________ (obligation) learn to help our government
1. ____________ (permission) I borrow this book for a week?
2. Every examinee _________ (obligation) follow the directions.
3. He _________ (prohibition) sneak out of the lecture room immediately.
4. Every citizen _________ (obligation) render service to our country.
5. She ___________ (prohibition) accept the project proposal if it lacks
references.
6. Honorable people ___________ (obligation) pay their debts.
7. Miss Saldana, _________ (permission) go out for a minute?
8. You _________ (permission) hand in your project later in my office.
9. Man __________ (prohibition) take away another else’s life intentionally.

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Lesson 2 – Know Your Better Self

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to

A. Determine the purpose of the author;
B. Get the meaning of unfamiliar words and expressions used in the poem;
C. Identify the differences in the stages of man’s life;
D. Identify figures of speech and imagery used in the poem; and,
E. Relate one’s roles based on the meaning of the poem.

Fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrases. Choose from the pool of
words given.
1. _____________________________, also called “The Bard”, was the greatest
writer in the English language.

2. He was married to ______________________, the same name as the American

actress.

3. He was not only a poet but also a _________________, and an ______________.

4. Man has many ____________ of development in life like any other living thing.

5. “No man is an ____________.” Man cannot live totally alone forever.

6. The play “______________________” is where the poem “Seven Ages of Man”

was taken.

Island actor Anne Hathaway

stages playwright Seven Ages of Man
William Shakespeare Stratford-upon-Avon

Historically, the English language came from England but the Filipinos use
the American English. Our Filipino forefathers learned from the volunteer
American soldiers. What name do we call the second group of teachers of the
Filipinos? They are the Thomasites because 600 teachers arrived from the naval
ship USS Thomas in 1901. Nevertheless, the influence of the English language is
globally encompassing.
(en.wikipedia.org)

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A. Author’s Background

William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 -

April 23, 1616) was born in England and one of
the most famous writers in the English language.
He is called “The Bard” and mostly favored by the
monarchs because of the dramas he wrote, acted
in, and produced. Most of his plays have been
adapted to many forms over the centuries. The
lines in his plays are written like poetry with
rhythm and rhyme.
In his play “As You like It”, a character named Jacques who is leading a life
of exile, recited a speech, the poem “Seven Ages of Man.”
(en.wikipedia.com)

B. Vocabulary Study
Let’s learn some old English expressions from the poem “Seven Ages of
Man.” Match the expressions or words on the left column to the modern meaning
on the right column. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

Old English Modern English

1. A school boy carrying his satchel on his
way to school. ___________ a. Like tapered pants
2. He is as fierce as a pard. ______ b. School bag
3. He wears his pantaloons. ______ c. Fleeting fame after a war
4. His sharp spectacles gazed wisely on me.
________ d. without
5. His consciousness drifts sans his senses.
_______ e. old sayings
6. A young man seeks the bubble
reputation in the canon’s mouth. ____ f. leopard
7. The old man is full of wise saws to tell
younger men. _______ g. eyeglasses

Let us read and understand the poem “Seven Ages of Man” by William
Shakespeare.

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The Seven Ages of Man
By William Shakespeare

1 ‘All the world’s a stage,

2 And all the men and women merely players.
3 They have their exits and their entrances,
4 And one man in his time plays many parts,
5 His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
6 Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
7 Then, the whining school-boy with his satchel
8 And shining morning face, creeping like a snail
9 Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
10 Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
11 Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then, a soldier,
12 Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
13 Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
14 Seeking the bubble reputation
15 Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then, the justice,
16 In fair round belly, with a good capon lin’d,
17 With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
18 Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
19 And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
20 Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,
21 With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
22 His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide
23 For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
24 Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
25 And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
26 That ends this strange eventful history,
27 Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
28 Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.’

(A Journey through Anglo-American Literature Learner’s Material: Grade 9, p.9)

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A. Complete the table based on the poem “Seven Ages of Man”.
STAGE STAGE PICTURE LINES FROM QUALITIES/
(from (Your own THE POEM TRAITS
poem) word)
Infant 1 mewling, puking 8

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School boy 2 shining face, 9
whining,
image: unwilling to go to
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Lover 3 sighing, woeful 10

ballad to
mistress’
eyebrow

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Soldier 4 bearded, strange 11
oaths, quick in
quarrel, seeking
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cannon’s mouth

Justice 5 round belly, 12

capon lined,
eyes severe, full
of wise saws
and modern
instances
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Pantaloons 6 spectacles on 13
nose, old hose
saved, shrunk
shank, big manly
voice turned
toward childish
treble, pipes and
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Second 7 second 14
childishness childishness,
sans teeth, sans
eyes, sans taste,
sans everything.
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B. Understanding Expressions: There are other words and expressions you
might have to understand fully. In the given sentences, some expressions from the
poem are used in a simpler context. Choose the letter of the meaning of the
underlined expression. Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. The baby is mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.

a. whimpering and laughing
b. crying and vomiting
c. crying and drooling

2. He writes a woeful ballad to his love.

a. sad poem b. bad song c. joyless essay

3. The octogenarian’s days pass by in oblivion as he sits all day.

a. fruitlessness
b. forgetfulness
c. fondness

4. He has a fair round belly lined with capon.

a. rich man like a chicken lined with fat
b. rich man bribed with chickens
c. rich man with bribes in his pockets

5. He gives wise saws and modern instances to those who will listen.
a. Wise sayings and current issues
b. Old sayings and examples
c. Old sayings with modern twists

C. Figures of Speech. The following figures of speech are used in the poem.
Understand as you read.
Metaphor - is a figure of speech containing an implied comparison between
two unlikely objects or subjects.
Ex. My uncle is the black sheep of the family. Uncle = black sheep

Simile – is a figure of speech expressing similarities of characteristics

between two unlike objects or subjects using words like: like, as, resemble
Ex. He is as strong as an ox. He = (as_____ as) ox

Repetition – is a figure of speech that repeats the same words or phrases a

few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.
Ex. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…

Antithesis - a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is

expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted
with, each other.
Ex: Man proposes, God disposes.
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." - Neil
Armstrong
(www.myenglishpage.com)

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Have you understood what is explained? Write one or two examples for each figure
of speech and place them in the empty boxes in the graphic organizer. Copy from
the lines in the poem.

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Comprehension. Answer the following questions by encircling the letter of your
answer.
1. What does the author mean about “exits and entrances” on the man’s
stage?
a. walking in and out of life
b. door passages in a man’s life
c. death and birth of man

2. To what is the stage compared?

a. world b. life c. theater
3. At what stage of a man’s life does he pursue romantic love based on the
poem?
a. Childhood b. adolescence d. adulthood

4. The lover’s description in the poem implies ____________ of man’s actions

in expressing his love.
a. silliness b. sarcasm c. seriousness

5. What “strange oaths” does the author mean in the soldier’s act?
a. Beliefs he fights for
b. Promises he can’t keep
c. Weird vows of love

6. What is the feeling conveyed by the “man in pantaloons”?

a. He wants to fit into his old clothes again.
b. He wants to sing with a rich baritone voice.
c. He wants to be youthful again.

7. What does the author mean by second childishness?

a. Going to elementary school again.
b. Feeling like a child and playing again.
d. Acting like a child and learning things again.

A. Complete the graphic organizer below. What feeling is evoked by the given
description of images? Be guided by the lines taken from the poem.
•creeping like snail •walking slowly •________________
•sighing like a furnace •huffing and panting •________________
•bearded like a pard •fierce and unkept •________________
•sans teeth, sans eyes, sans •without teeth and without the •________________
taste, sans everything other senses

WORDS /LINE
IMAGES CREATED FEELING EVOKED
FROM THE POEM

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B. Complete the chart by reflecting on the different roles you play in the
world you live in.

ROLES YOU FEELING YOU HAVE HOW TO STRENGTHEN OR

PLAY ABOUT IT BE BETTER AT IT
STUDENT

FRIEND

MEMBER OF
THE FAMILY

Below is a prose version of the poem “Seven Ages of Man.” Fill-in the blanks
with your own words similar to the expressions and meaning found in the poem.
Refer to the lines indicated in the poem.

The whole world is a stage, and all the men and women merely actors. They
have their exits and their entrances, and in his lifetime (1. Line
4)____________________________, his life separated into seven acts. In (2. Line
5)_______________________, whimpering and puking in his nurse’s arms. Then he’s
the whining schoolboy, with (3. Line 8) ________________________, creeping like a
snail unwillingly to school. Then he becomes a lover, huffing and puffing like a
furnace as he writes (4. Line 11) _______________________ eyebrows. In the fourth
act, he’s a soldier, full of foreign curses, with a beard like a panther, eager to
defend (5. Line 13) ____________________________________. On the battlefield, he puts
himself in front of the cannon’s mouth, risking his life to seek (6 Line
14)_______________________________ In the fifth act, he is a judge, with a nice fat
belly from all the bribes he’s taken. His eyes are stern, and he’s given his beard a
respectable cut. He’s full of (7. Line
18) ______________________________________________: that’s the way he plays his
part. In the sixth act, the curtain rises on a skinny old man in slippers, (8 Line
21)____________________________________ at his side. The stockings he wore in his
youth hang loosely on his shriveled legs now, and his bellowing voice has shrunk
(9. Line 23) _______________________________. In the last scene of our play—the end
of this strange, eventful history— (10. Line 27) _______________________, enters his
second childhood: without teeth, without eyes, without taste, without everything.
(SparksNotes Editors, sparknotes.com)

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Name: _______________________Grade and Sec.______________

REFLECTIVE LEARNING SHEET

Directions: Write a reflective learning on the modals learned by answering the

questions inside the box. You may express your answers in a more critical and
creative presentation of your great learning. Have fun and enjoy!

Understanding one’s What learnings have I What other example

self guides me to found from this can I contribute to
reflect on … lesson? explore and think
more?

What learnings can I What good character What is my conclusion

share with my family have I developed from on the lesson?
and peers? this lesson?

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Acknowledgements

Writer: Adeline C. Tejada, MT II

Editor: Daisy S. Orines, Head Teacher VI
Reviewers: Vicente M. Victorio, Jr.-EPS,
Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim-Schools Division Superintendent
Aida H. Rondilla-Chief Education Supervisor
Lucky S. Carpio-EPS
Lady Hannah C. Gillo, Librarian II-LRMS

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Pre-Test Activities Remember
1. Obligation A. 1. May 1. Modals
2. Permission 2. can 2. Verbs
3. Prohibition 3. may 3. Prohibition
4. Permission 4. can 4. Have to, must,
5. Prohibition 5. could need to
6. Obligation 5. can
7. Permission B. (Answers vary)
8. Prohibition
9. Obligation C. (Answers vary)
10.Permission
D. (Answers vary)
Post Test Checking Your
1. Must/have Understanding
to/need to 1. Need to
2. Could/may 2. msut
3. Has to / must 3. may
4. Cmay/can 4. can’t/cannot
5. cannot/can’t 5. must
6. Have to 6. may
7. May not 7. can
8. Must 8. could
9. Can 9. can’t
10.Cannot / can’t 10.must not /musn’t
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Pre-Test Brief Introduction Activity A
1. William 1. Baby; 2. Child
1. B
Shakespeare 3.Teenager/adolescent
2. F 4. Young man
2. Anne Hathaway 3. A
3. Playwright, actor 5. Adult/40’s-50’s
4. G 6. Old geezer/60’s-70’s
4. Stages 5. D 7. Very old man/ 80’s
5. island 6. C onwards
6. “As You Like It” 7. E (Possible Answers)
8. helpless, needs care
9. innocent, self-
absorbed, childish
10. sentimental romantic,
lovesick
11. temperamental,
stubborn
12. arrogant, know-it-all
13. weak, frail
14. “senility”, death
Activity B Remember Post Test
1. B *reluctance/hesitation/ (possible answers)
2. A opposition 1. He plays many parts
3. B 2. The first act as an infant
4. C *sentimental/heartsick 3. With young bright face
with school bag
5. A 4. Sad poems about his
*angry/temperamental
mistress’ eyebrows
*confusion/unawarene 5. His honor and quick to
Checking Your fight
ss/dying 6. Fame that vanishes
Understanding
7. Wise saying and current
issues
B. 1. C 8. Glasses on his nose and
2. a purse on his side
3. b 9. To a squeak
10. Full of forgetfulness
4. a
5. a
6. c
7. d
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Activity C
All the world’s a stage
All the men and women merely
players
They have their exits and
entrances
And then the justice
…with good capon
lined
Sans teeth, sans eyes, His youthful hose…for
sans taste, sans everything his shrunk shank
SIMILE
[Grab your
Creeping like a snail;
sighing like a furnace;
bearded like a pard