LICEO INDUSTRIAL DE SAN MIGUEL

AGUSTIN EDWARDS ROSS

DEPARTAMENTO PEDAGOGICO
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Profesoras: Doris Arratia-Ana Navarro

GUIAS Y APUNTES EXAMEN FINAL INGLES 1 MEDIOS 2011

Unit 7 Modal verb CAN
Content: can/cant (ability; can you swim.?)
Objective:
-Producir informacin sobre las habilidades y posibilidades del cuerpo humano.
- Extraer, interpretar y sintetizar informacin especfica.

CAN (ABILITY)
El verbo 'Can' pertenece a los verbos modales y se ubica antes del verbo principal en infinitivo.
Significa 'poder'. Se utiliza para expresar habilidad, permiso, posibilidad. En esta unidad trabajaremos
can para mostrar habilidad (ability). Can presenta la misma forma para todos los pronombres.
Example: "We can speak English", or "He can sing well."
Here are the Simple Present forms of can for ability. (Estas son las formas de can en presente
simple)
Statements (afirmaciones)

Questions

I can play the piano.

She can drive a car.

Can you play the piano?

Can she drive a car?

Negatives
I cannot play the piano.
She cannot drive a car.

Contractions (Forma contrada de cannot)

Cannot and can't are the same:
Example:
- I cannot cook well.

I can't cook well.

Can't is much more common in spoken English. (Cant es mucho ms comn en ingls hablado)

Exercises I
Complete the sentences with can. Use the verbs from the table.
draw
use

jump
catch

make
teach

Example:

I can draw a picture

1.- My father ___________________a fish.

2.- Judy ______________________ the rope.

3.- Mrs. Sims ____________a cake.

4.- The teacher ________________Mathematics.

5.- She _____________a computer.

Exercises II
Complete the sentences with can /cant. Use the verbs from the table.
play
sing

Look after
ride

Jump
ride

Example:

He can ride a bike. (+)

2.- Sara__________________ the rope. (-)

1.- My father______________ the baby. (-)

3.- Alex _______________the electronic guitar.(+)

4.- The man __________________a horse. (+)

5.- She____________________ a song. (-)

CAN/CANT In YES/NO Questions

Pay attention to this short conversation.
A: Can he play soccer?
B: No, he cant.
He cant play soccer.

A: Can Superman fly?

B: Yes, he can.
He can fly.

Exercises III
Complete the sentences with can and a verb from the box. Then answer the
questions like the examples. (Completa las preguntas con can y un verbo de la tabla.
Luego responde las preguntas como los ejemplos).
Swim
Drive

Run
Fly

Mend (Arreglar)
Play

1.- A: _____________the mechanics ____________ a car?

B: Yes, _____________________________.
He ______________________________.

2.- A:___________ a bus driver __________a plane?

B: No,__________________________.
He __________________________.

3.- A: __________ a pilot ____________a car?

B: Yes, _________________________.
He __________________________.

4.- A: ___________ Lisa ______________ baseball

B: Yes,_________________________.
She _________________________.

5.- A: _________ the marmalade ___________ ?

B: Yes, __________________________.
She __________________________.

6.- A: _________ a dolphin _____________?

B: No,___________________________.
It ____________________________.

(Los cinco sentidos)

Exercise IV
Choose the correct option.

1.- You can smell with your:

A) nose

B) mouth

C) ears

D) eyes

C) ears

D) eyes

C) hands

D) eyes

C) ears

D) eyes

C) ears

D) eyes

2.- You can see with your:

A) nose

B) mouth

3.- You can touch with your:

A) nose

B) mouth

4.- You can taste with your:

A) nose

B) mouth

5.- You can hear with your:

A) nose

B) mouth

Exercise V
Complete with can or cant.
1.- You ________________taste with your mouth.
2.- You ________________ touch with your eyes.
3.- You ________________ hear with your nose.
4.- You ________________ smell with your nose.
5.- You _________________taste with your eyes.
6.- You _________________ see with your eyes.

CORRECT ANSWERS
Exercise I
1.- can catch

2.- can jump

3.- make

4.- teach

5.- use

Exercise II
1.- cant look after

2.- cant jump

3. can play

4.- can ride

5.- cant sing

Exercise III
1.- can - mend
Yes, he can.
He can mend the car.
4.- can - play
Yes, she can.
She can play baseball.

2.- can
- fly
No, he cant.
He cant fly a plane.
5.- can
- swim
Yes, she can.
She can swim.

3. can - drive
Yes, he can.
He can drive a car.
6.- can - run
No, it cant.
He cant run.

Exercise IV
1.- A

2.- D

3.- C

4.- B

5.- C

Exercise V
1.- can

2.- cant

3.- cant

4.- can

5.- cant

6.- can

READING SECTION
Say if the sentences are true or false.
Albert: Can you play the piano?
Bryan: Yes, a little. How about you?
Albert: No I can't, but I can play the guitar.
1. Albert cant play the piano

_____________

2. Bryan can play the piano very well.

_____________

3. Albert cant play the guitar.

_____________

Alex: Can you cook?

Brenda: Not really. I can make toast and pasta, that's all.
Alex: Everyone can make toast!
Brenda: Well, can you cook?
Alex: Yes, I can. I can cook delicious fish and chicken.
Brenda: Wow, that's great!

4. Alex can make toast.

____________

5. Brenda cant make pasta.

____________

6. Brenda can cook delicious fish and chicken. ____________

7. Alex cant cook.

____________

Andrew: So what can you do?

Billy: I can draw, and I can paint really well too. I can also speak English and Korean.
How about you?
Andrew: I can play chess and I can write computer programs.
I can also speak English and Spanish.
Billy: Excellent!
8. Andrew can draw and paint.

____________

9. Billy can play chess.

____________

10. Billy can speak English and Korean.

____________

11. Andrew can also speak English and Korean. ____________

12. Andrew can write computer programs.

____________

CORRECT ANSWERS
1.- T

2.- F

3.- F

4.- T

5.- F

6.- F

7.- F

8.- F

9.- F

10.- T

11.- F

12.- T