WHAT CAN YOU DO?

can/can’t

1. Match the photos of Brady Family with the sentences. 2. |CD2 11| Listen and complete the sentences with
can or can’t + verb.
1. ____________ She can walk now.
1. I _____ ______, but I _____ _____ ______.
2. ________________We can draw, but we can’t write.
2. He ______ ______, but he ______ _______.
3. _____________ I can sing very well.
4. _____________ “Can you play drums?” 3. “______ you _______? “Yes, I ______.”
“Yes, I can.” “No, he can’t!” 4. They ______ ______, but they ______ _____.
5. _________________ “Can they dance?”
5. We ______ _______ and we ______ ______.
“Yes, they can. My dad is OK,
and my mom can dance flamenco 6. “______ she ______?” “No, she _______”
really well.”
 WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY?
Was/were/can/could

PRESENT TO BE PAST TO BE PRESENT VERB CAN PAST VERB CAN

AM WAS CAN COULD
IS WAS
ARE WERE NEGATIVE
COULD NOT / COULDN’T
NEGATIVE
WAS NOT / WASN’T
WERE NOT / WEREN’T

Read and listen to the questions. Complete the answers.

CD2|13

Present Past

1. What day is it today? 1. What day was it yesterday?

It’s ______________. It was _____________.

2. What month is it now? 2. What month was it last month?

It’s _______________. It was _____________.

3. Where are you now? 3. Where were you yesterday?

I’m in/at __________. I was in/at _____________.

4. Are you in the United States? 4. Were you in the United States in 2000?
________, I am. _________, I’m not.
_________, I was. ________, I wasn’t.

5. Can you swim? 5. Could you swim when you were five?
________, I can. __________, I can’t.

6.
6. Can your teacher speak three languages?
Could your teacher speak English when he/she
was seven?
Yes, ________. No, _________ can’t.
Yes, ________ could. No, __________ couldn’t.