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—SS HAVETO. 5 weatabout you and your friends? You'll probably pass your exams, won't you? Yes, of course you will. But what will you have to do if you fail? ‘work very hard repeat the course stay in the same class take the exams again Write sentences We'll have to. 6 oi they have to? Or did they want to? ‘The day Rose and Nick left for France, Rose got up at six o'clock. She dicin’t want to get up so early, but she had to. Kate got up early, too. She didn’t have to get up then, but she wanted to. 1. Why did Rose get up early? 2 Why did Kate get up early? 3. Nick got up early, too. Why? ‘She had to. She didn’t want fo, /wratstsaat you? get up early cook a meal shoppin; do your homework What did you do yesterday? bp SORES Did you...? help your parents, write a letter Write sentences like these sentences wrote a letter to my aunt, didn’t have to, but L wanted to. Llenrnt my history. Ididn't want to, but Lad to. CAN/COULD/BE ABLE TO CAN = KNOW HOW TO. PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE can could can't couldn’t liza sentences with could 1 Nick/draw/paint When Nick was small, he could draw. He could paint, too. 2. Katefplay the piano/play the violin 3. Tom/solve maths problems/do mental arithmetic 4 Rose/take good photographs/paint pictures Now write sentences with couldn’t 5 Nicliplay the piano/Rose _Nick couldn't play the piano ose couldn't either. 6 Tom/draw/Kate 7 Rose/do arithmetic/Nick 8 Kate/take photographs/Tom 2 What about you? When you were five years old, what could you do? What couldn’t you do? | CAN + ‘SENSE’ VERBS preserTeNse | past TENSE ] see can could hear | can't couldn't smell | = feel | Answer the questions What could you hear when you woke up this morning? ssadog? Yes, Leould hear a dog. OR No, [couldn't hear adog, acar ora bus? | What could you see when you looked out of your window? | your school? == i your friend’s house? i Could you smell anything? coffeelbread/oranges? — | CAN + OTHER VERBS aa ae | was able to ee were | managed to Complete the story oot sous Last week Nick wanted to buy Rose a birthday present. He had classes all day on Monday, so he 1_ couldn't __ go shopping then, and he * go on Tuesday, either. But on Wednesday he was free in the afternoon, and he *____go into town then. He wanted to buy her a clock. He *___ find a nice clock in the first shop, and he $____ find a clock he liked in the second shop, either. But in the third shop he © finda very nice clock. He bought it, and took it home, but he forgot to buy a battery. He was busy on ‘Thursday and Friday, but on Saturday morning he” _g0 to the shops to buy the battery. He find a nice birthday card anywhere. ‘ll have to make a card,’ he said He went home and worked all afternoon. In the end he °___ draw a lovely birthday card for Rose. “6 ‘CAN/COULDIBE ABLETO. 5 What did Nick think? PRESENT TENSE FUTURE TENSE can can ‘Ibe able to can't can’t won't be able to MONDAY AND TUESDAY 1 T___ ain't ___ go shopping today. 2 tomorrow. WEDNESDAY 3. 1____ find a nice clock in this shop. 4 in another shop. THURSDAY 5 ee ty the baller todayy, 6 and it tomorrow. 7 on Saturday. mupay 8 Perhaps Rose a birthday card tomorrow. SsaTURDAY ot see Rose today, because she's with her parents. 50 en Se ee ee more, 6 Warabont you? Write five things you can’t do today, because you are busy. Lean’ When will you be able to do them? 5 ss Yes, I'll be able to... tomorros opens) No, Iwon’t be able to... tomorrow, Tomorrow? he dayatter tomorow? —— = A ES Next week? At the weekend? a ADVERBS 1 Write these adjectives and adverbs in the right group bad wreful happy quick epy sudden 1 adjective adverb 2 adjective adverb +ly ytily slow slowly angry angrily quiet quietly heavy heavily ba badly 3 imegular good well 1. There was some heavy rain last night. Yes, it rained very emily = 74 2 Aren't the children quiet! very Yes, they're wor Per has a loud voice. Isn't this teacher angry! Yes, he's shouting very Yes, he always talks very Angela's very happy today! The telephone rang in the middle of the night. Nick was very sleepy. Kate likes playing slow music Yes, she's playing this piece very Yes, she’s laughing very He answered it very, ADVERBS 3 Read and answer It’s 9.50, Rose has arrived || Nick's motorbike can go Kate always works hard. early for her ten o'clock at 140 kilometres per But some of her friends class. She has arrived hhour. It's a very fast bike. don’t work very hard first. She's the first person || Nick likes driving fast. “Perhaps they just aren’t there. hard workers,’ says Kate. 1. Has Rose arrived early or late? She has arrived early, 2 Has she arrived first or last? 3. Isshe the first person in the room or not? 4. Is Nick's motorbike fast or slow? 5. Is Nicka fast driver or a slow driver? 6 How does he like driving? 7 Does Kate work hard or not? 8 What about some of her friends? 9 Why not? 4 Find a sentence Read the paragraphs in Exercise 3 and find a sentence where... hard is an adjective Perhaps they just aren’t hard workers. hard is an adver fast is an adjective fast is an adverb first is an adjective first is an adverb 0 —--=— ADVERI COMPARATIVE ADVERBS ‘well better s quietly more quietly badly worse fet ge slowly more slowly far farther noisily more noisily Write sentences This is Angela's report from school. It isn’t very good! BEHAVIOUR rete ther ae} fair eee i are She doesn't ENGLISH 1. Angela doesn’t work very hard, ANGELA rk harder than worked last yee west And you'll hage to work much harder next year 2 Angela doesn’t read very fast. ANGELA ae west 3. She doesn’t write very carefully. ANGELA Mg WEST 3 a 4. She doesn’t work quietly. ANGELA MRWEST 5. She doesn’t talk politely. ANGELA MR WEST 6 She doesn’t behave very well. ANGELA MR WEST ‘ANGELA But Dad, you haven’t looked at Dancing or Games or Gym. I can dance better than the other girls, and I play tennis better, and I can run faster and jump higher and further than they can. 6 What about you? ‘What can you do better/fasterletc than your friends?

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