1. UNIT 8 A1
Help! I Can’t Swim!
Part I

2. Objectives Talking about abilities
‘Can’: affirmative and negative forms
Action verbs and useful phrases

3. Slow down, kids.

4. ► Slow down, kids.
Useful phrases [Part 1]

5. Slow down.
Hurry up.

6. Get ready.

7. “Come on”
Come on in.

8. Let’s climb up.

9. ► Let’s climb up.
Action verbs
[Part 1]

10. Climb
Climb up
Climb down

11. It’s not easy to climb a mountain.

12. Jump
jump up
jump down
jump into

13. Let’s jump into the water.

14. Ride

15. Eddie rides a bike to school.

16. Kick

17. Please stop kicking the door.

18. Throw

19. Throw me the ball over here.

20. Juggle

21. He can juggle ten balls at the same time!

22. I can climb the tree too.

23. ► I can climb the tree too.
(positive)

24. “Can”
Example

25. I can climb a tree.
We can ride a bicycle.
Mary can speak English.

26. I can’t climb it.

27. ► I can’t climb it.
‘Can’
(negative)

28. can I
cannot climb
can’t climb
climb
not
a tree.
Example

29. Lily
can’t
cannot
jump high.

30. I
can’t
cannot
hear you.

31. Penguins
can’t
cannot
fly.

32. The end

33. UNIT 8 A1
Help! I Can’t Swim!
Part II

34. Objectives Talking about abilities ‘Can’: question forms
Action verbs and useful phrases

35. Can you get down, Eddie?

36. ► Can you get down, Eddie?
‘Can’
(question)

37. Mira
Mira
Can
can
swim ? . ?
Example

38. Can Eddie jump into the water?
Can you help me?
Can chickens fly?

39. No, I can’t.

40. ► No, I can’t.
Answering

41. X A: No, I can’t. A: No, I cannot. A: Yes, I can.
Q: Can you speak English?
A: No, I can’t.
A: No, I cannot.
A: Yes, I can. X

42. Now stay with your mum.

43. ► Now stay with your mum.
Action verbs
[Part 2]

44. Stay
Stay!

45. Stay right here, please.

46. Move

47. Can you move your legs?

48. Hold

49. Can you hold my bag for a moment?

50. Hop

51. Tim loves to hop around the playground.

52. Cry

53. She often cries to get what she wants.

54. Bark

55. His dog always barks at me.

56. Help! Help!

57. ► Help! Help!
Useful phrases [Part 2]

58. Help!
Help me!

59. Be careful! Be
quiet !

60. Be right back!

61. Summary
Talking about abilities

62. My friend, Tim, can do many things.
He can swim and dive.
He can ride a bike and climb a tree too.
I can’t swim or climb a tree.

63. But I can ride a horse.
Can you ride a horse?
It’s not hard. I can teach you.
Come on. Hurry up. Let’s ride a horse!

64. The end