1. Modal Verb
CAN/CANT

2. Копытко Людмила Михайловна.
Методический материал по теме «Модальные глаголы CAN/CAN’T»
Работа выполнена учителем английского языка средней школы № 401 Колпинского района г. Санкт-Петербурга.
июнь 2005г.

3. Remember!
We use CAN to: talk about ability in the present I can ride a bike ask for permission Can I use your pen? give permission You can borrow my car make a request Can you open the window, please?

4. What Marry and Betty can do.
Marry can draw Micky Mouse well.
Betty can dance on a chair.
Mary can carry her bag on her head
Betty can make Teddy-bear.
Mary can skip
Betty can run
Sisters can make lots of fun.

5. Favourite activities play tennis play football read play the
ski sing violin

6. Problems. Can you mime these problems? Practice with a partner.
a ) I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. Please say it again.
b) There are lots of people and I can’t see.
c) I can’t wait! I’m in a hurry.
d) Please help me! I can’t do this exercise.
e) I can’t remember the answer.
f) Ugh! I can’t eat this!
g) Oh, no! I can’t find my money.
h) I can’t open the window.

7. Invent a robot
Draw your robot and tell a partner about it. Use verbs from the list.
Run fly play talk sing carry jump swim eat drink read write
My robot can write English
homework. And it can play
basketball It can sing, but it can’t talk.

8. a) Paul is a student. He can cook English.
There is something wrong with these sentences. Circle the mistakes and correct them.
a) Paul is a student. He can cook English.
b) Mary is a pilot. She can fly a bus.
c) Mike is an artist. He can play a picture.
d) Jane is a cyclist. She can ride a plane.
e) Sue is a music teacher. She can eat the piano.
f) Paul likes sport. He can throw football.

9. Match the words on the left with the actions on the right Match the words on the left with the actions on the right. a) A plane can play the guitar b) A film star can eat 250kg a day c) A penguin can fly d) A rock star can act e) A bus driver can speak English f) An elephant can swim g) An English teacher can drive a bus h) A tennis player can play tennis
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