Miss: Maidy

Lisseth
Villamizar

Institution: Instituto un Mundo Nuevo

Grade: 7
Subject: Inglés
Topic: Review
Date: 5th March 21
Arrieta

1. DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

EXPLANATION
For the development of the proposed class, the following activities
are presented that the student must develop with the accompaniment
of parents or a responsible adult who guides the student's work at
home:
(Para el desarrollo de la clase propuesta, se presentan las siguientes actividades que el estudiante
debe desarrollar con el acompañamiento de los padres de familia o de un adulto responsable que
oriente el trabajo del estudiante en casa)

WARM UP: Pay attention to the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a91oTyA0Oq8

Tell me, what verbs do you recognize? What do you think is the
theme for today?
Tell me about your skills:
Can you swim?

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DEVELOPMENT: The topic for today is:
MY SKILLS BY USING CAN / CAN'T

How to talk about ability using "can"?

"Can" is a modal verb and has a range of uses. One of those is to talk about
general ability. This is something that you have learned in the past and you
can now do at any time you want, such as being able to ride a bike, swim or
play a musical instrument.

Verbs following "can" take the infinitive form.

Can takes the following forms:

positive: I can ride a bike. (can + infinitive)

negative: She can't swim. (can + not + infinitive)

In others words:

 Can is a modal verb.

 Can is used to express ability or to say that something is possible.

 Can is the same for all subjects. We don't add an 'S' in the third person
(like other verbs)

 The verb that comes after Can is in the infinitive without to:

I can speak Spanish. (= it is possible for me to speak Spanish = I have the

ability to speak Spanish)
He can swim well.
We can see our neighbour in the garden.
They can play the guitar

 To form the negative we add "not" after can to form one word: cannot.

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We can also contract
the negative to
form can't. (can't = cannot)

I cannot play the piano. We can't go to the cinema tonight.

She cannot speak French very well. He can't drive a car.

 To from the question we change the position of the subject and the
auxiliary verb.

 The main verb is still in the infinitive without to.

Where can I buy an ice-cream?

Can I go to the party, please?
Can you speak Japanese?
What can we do on Saturday?
Remember that you can use short answers:

Can I sit here please? Yes, you can.

Can you speak Chinese? No, I can't.

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PRACTICE: Now, let’s practice.

https://www.grammar.cl/Games/Can_Cannot.htm

ACTIVITY:

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 A) Fill the spaces
with an appropriate word to make sentences.

1. A dog can run. It ______________ fly.

2. A fish ______________ swim. It ____________ run.
3. A blind person _____________ see. They ______________ hear.
4. An adult ______________ a car, but a child _______________.
5. An elephant______________ walk, but a worm ______________.
6. A rock_____________ float on water, but a boat______________.
7. A chef ______________ cook, but a baby_____________.
8. Millionaires ______________ buy _____________, but I______________.

B) Answer the questions below with CAN OR CAN’T (or both).

What languages can you speak?

Can you play the piano?

Can your parents run a marathon?

Where can you buy a bottle of wine?

Can you swim?

Where can you wear a costume?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://www.grammar.cl/Basic/Can_Cannot.htm
https://www.grammar.cl/Games/Can_Cannot.htm
https://www.grammar.cl/exercises/can-cannot.pdf

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