Los Modales (1)

Poder (can, cant, could, couldnt

En Ingls usamos can/cant en el presente y could/couldnt en el

pasado para expresar la capacidad de hacer cosas, es decir, lo que
podemos o sabemos hacer.
He can run 100 metres in 12 seconds. El puede correr 100 metros
I couldnt speak English when I was little.

Yo no saba hablar

Ejercicio 1 Haz preguntas y respuestas sobre los dibujos, utilizando

can y cant.

1. A: Can she play tennis

B: Yes, she can

A: Can she play the violin

B: No, she cant. She can play tennis

but she cant play the violin .
2. A: ___________________________?
B: Yes, ____________.
A: ___________________________?
B No, _______________________
but ______________________.
3. A: ___________________________?
B: Yes, ____________.
A: ___________________________?

Pgina

but ______________________.

B No, _______________________

Ejercicios extrados de la Gramtica Oxford ESO.

4. A: ___________________________?
B: Yes, ____________.
A: ___________________________?
B No, _______________________
but ______________________.

Ejercicio2 Haz frases sobra la fabulosa familia Plum utilizando could.

1. Mr Plum / speak / 10 languages when he / be / 20
__Mr Plum could speak 10 languages when he was 20.___________
2. Simon Plum / drink / 10 litres of orange juice a day when he / be / 5
____________________________________________________
3. Mrs Plum / swim / 10 kilometres when she / be / 21
____________________________________________________
4. Gransmother Plum / dance / all evening when she / be / 60
____________________________________________________
5. Joan Plum / ride / a bike when she / be / 2
____________________________________________________

Ejercicio 3 Completa las frases con can, cant o couldnt y los verbos
entre parntesis.
1. You dont have to shout. I __can hear___ (hear) you very well.

1
2

Give a lift: llevar

Stage: escenario

Ejercicios extrados de la Gramtica Oxford ESO.

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2. I ________________ (watch) that programme last night because I had

to go out.
3. He ________________ (play) last week because he was injured.
4. He eats in restaurants all the time because he ________________
(cook).
5. I ________________ (give) you a lift1 in my car because it isnt working
at the moment.
6. I didnt have a good seat in the theatre, so I ________________ (see)
the stage2 very well.
7. John doesnt need a calculator. He ________________ (do) very difficult
sums in his head.