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uo 14.2 Match 1-8with a-i,then listen and Write eight sentences using words
check. Practise saying the sentences. and phrases from below.Write some

ÿ Can you play d _ sentences about now and some about
the past.Write some sentences that are
1 Icouldn't find _ true and some that aren't true.
2 Icould say _

3 Icouldn't see _ I can skate\>oar¿.
4 Ican hear _
I coulA swim wben I Was four.
5 Can you design things _

6 Ican't hear _
7 Emily's dad could run _

8 Ican't cook —
a on the computer? Yes, Ican.
b my book bag.
can
c an egg.
d a musical instrument? No, Ican't. can't

e the tree at the end of the garden. could
f some birds and the sea. couldn't
g some words in Spanish when I was four.
h any cars or people.
swim underwater
i 10 km fifteen years ago.
speak English
use a computer
Complete the conversations with can, skateboard
can't,couldor couldn't.Then act the O cook an egg
conversations in pairs.
ride a bike
IIUC U t_»l l\C
ÿ O How far ca, you run? make a cake

QAbout two kilometres. play a musical instrument
i O _ you dance? do a headstand

Q No, but I _ when Iwas young.

2 O How did you know there was a fire?
Q I _ see lots of smoke.
when I was
3 O Does Leo know how to cook? four /five /six ...

Q No, he _ even make a
in 2006
sandwich!

4 O Did you ride your bike yesterday?
Q No,I didn't. Itwas brokenand I

_ fix it.

5 O What's that noise?
_
Q What noise? I hear anything. * j Work in groups. Read your sentences
*
6 O Does Libby like playing the piano? to the other students. Can they guess
which sentences are true for you?
Q Yes, she loves it. She _ play
some songs when she was three. I can cook or e99- Tbat's nottrue.

I t\s true! I can cook an egg!

80 Can and could for ability and permission