Page 59 - Friend plus 8 SB_Neat

6 LaNgUage fOCUs • can, could, be able to
I can talk about past, present and future ability.
Language note
1 Study the sentences from the texts on page 60. 4 Complete the report with the words and
Do they talk about ability in the past, present phrases in the box. You can use them more We use will be able to, NOT can to talk
or future? than once. about ability in the future: In the future,
1 After they graduate, many students will can can’t couldn’t will be able to more students will be able to attend this
be able to have very successful careers as school. (NOT In the future, more students
singers or actors.
2 Young people can join the school from the can attend this school.)
age of fourteen. HOMESCHOOLING
3 They can’t forget to do their homework!
4 If you study hard and have a passion for exercise 3
performing arts, you won’t be able to resist Many people think that homeschooling is much
the BRIT school. easier than going to school. They think homeschoolers Read out the first sentence and elicit the
5 People believed that girls couldn’t play 1 get out of bed at any time they like and answer as an example. Students choose
football as well as boys. simply have a relaxing day. The truth is that homeschoolers
2 do whatever they like: they have a the correct words to complete the
2 Match sentences 1–5 in exercise 1 with rules timetable like students at ordinary schools. In the past,
a–c. sentences. With weaker classes, students
teachers or parents taught children at home who
3 go to school. This was often because could work in pairs for this. Check answers
rULes they lived too far away from the nearest school. Today, with the class.
a We use can and can’t to talk about ability many parents choose to homeschool their children.
in the present. They believe that ANSWerS
b We use could and couldn’t to talk about if they teach their 1 Can you 2 will be able to
ability in the past. children at home, they
c We use will / won’t be able to to talk about 4 learn 3 couldn’t 4 can 5 could students
ability in the future. 6 can’t
better this way. They
also think their children
3 Choose the correct options. 5 get better exercise 4
1 ‘Will you be able to / Can you hear the bell exam results in the future.
in your classroom?’ Students read the report and complete it
‘Yes, we can. It’s really loud!’ with the correct words and phrases. Check
2 In the future, we could / will be able to do 5 Use IT! Work in pairs. Which of these answers with the class.
all our exams online. school issues are the same now as in the
3 At my last school, we won’t be able to / past? Which will be different in the future? ANSWerS
couldn’t use tablets in class. Use can, can’t, could, couldn’t or will / won’t
4 These days, many students can / could be able to. 1 can 2 can’t 3 couldn’t
find out what their homework is from the 4 will be able to 5 will be able to
school’s website. 1 choice of subjects 4 class size
5 ‘In the past, will students be able to / 2 ways of learning 5 rules exercise 5 USe IT!
could students use computers in class?’ 3 school uniforms
‘No, they couldn’t.’ Read through the five issues with the
6 Turn the music down. I can’t / couldn’t study. The issues we think are the same
now as in the past are … class and check that students understand
everything. Focus on the first issue and
In the past, students couldn’t read out the example comment. Ask
choose unusual subjects. In the questions to prompt students to think
future, they will be able to make more about this issue in the past, present
more unusual choices.
and future, e.g. What subjects could
students study in the past? Can they study
more subjects now? Do you think they will be
Learn 61 able to study more subjects in the future?
Allow students time to prepare their ideas
individually, then put them into pairs to
Language focus • can, able to is the same as can and could, and discuss the issues and decide which issues
could, be able to explain that we also use it to talk about they think are the same now as in the
past, and which ones they think will be
ability in the future.
different in the future. Ask pairs in turn to
Aim exercise 1 tell the class their ideas, and hold a brief
Talk about past, present and future Students read the sentences and decide class discussion.
ability. if they are talking about the past, present ANSWerS
or future. Check answers with the class Students’ own answers.
and check that students understand all
Warm-up the sentences. More practice
Refer students back to the reviews on Workbook page 39
page 60. Ask: Can students at the BRIT ANSWerS Practice Kit Grammar 12
School study dance? (Yes, they can.) Could 1 future 2 present 3 present
girls go to River Plate School in 1928? (No, 4 future 5 past Assessment
they couldn’t.) exercise 2 Five-minute test, Teacher’s Resource Disk
Write on the board: Students at the BRIT Students work in pairs to match the
School can study dance. Girls couldn’t go to sentences with the rules. With weaker
River Plate School in 1928. Underline can classes, read through the rules with the
and could and ask students to translate the class, then read through the sentences
sentences into Vietnamese. and elicit which rule each one matches.
Ask students to find the parts of the
reviews that give the information in the ANSWerS
sentences on the board. Point out the use 1 c 2 a 3 a 4 c 5 b
of be able to: BRIT School students are able to
take classes … , Girls weren’t able to attend
the classes. Elicit that the meaning of be

Unit 6 T69