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Can, could

I can recognize and use can and could for ability, permission and requests.

Can and could: ability 82 o 19.1 Look at the information about Chris,
Jane and Laura. Complete the missing words.
Then listen and check.
Affirmative Negative
Chris now Chris age 5
Present

I can play the drums. I can't play the piano. swim S dance
ski/ play a musical
Past instrument/

Jane and Laura now Jane and Laura age 5

Einstein could speak He couldn't speak
German and English. Japanese.

We use can/can't + base form to talk about ability
speak French and write their names
in the present.We use could/couldn't to talk about English y __
read/
ability in the past.The verb form stays the same speak Italian/
for I,you, he, she it, we, and they.

ÿ Chris can swim. He can't s~ki
* 1 Complete the sentences with can, can't, could 1 Young Chris could He _ playa
or couldn't to make true sentences.
musical instrument.
ÿ I can read.
2 Jane and Laura _ speak French and
1 Mozart _ read music.
English.They can't _ Italian.
2 Shakespeare - send text messages. 3 Young Jane and Laura _ write their

3 I _ speak Chinese. __
names.They couldn't
4 MichaelJackson _ sing and dance.
5 I _ count to ten in English.

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