INSPIRA TION 1

Worksheet 2

Full Name: Nahomy Kim Gonzales Castañeda

can / can’t
1 Put the words in the correct order.
1 Spanish can speak I I can speak Spanish
2 you CD a can burn ? Can you burn a Cd
3 can I yes yes, I can
4 she but can can’t dance she sing She can´t dance but she can sing
5 swim they can 100 meters ? Can they swim 100 metres
6 they no can’t No, they can´t

2a Read about Sara. Tick [C] what she can do and cross [✓] what she can’t do.

Hi! I’m Sara. What can I do? Sa You

I can read music and I can play ra
C
the piano, but I can’t play the dance
guitar. I can’t sing but I can dance. X
play the guitar
I can’t swim or ride a horse. C
play the piano
read music C
X
ride a horse
2b Now tick [C] what you can X
sing
do and cross [✓] what you X
can’t do. swim

3 Write sentences about what you can or can’t do.

e.g. I can play the piano, but I can’t play the guitar.
I can sing but I can dance . I can swim or read music. I can´t play the piano or play the guitar.

4 Complete these sentences with can or can’t.

KIERAN Hi Carl! What’s that?
CARL It’s my guitar.
KIERAN (1) Can you play the guitar?
CARL Yes, I (2) can
KIERAN Wow!
CARL (3) can you play a musical instrument?
KIERAN No, I (4) can´t , but I (5) can sing.
CARL Oh! I (6) can
KIERAN (7) can you play the piano?
CARL No, I (8) can´t , I (9) can only play the guitar.
Exercise 2

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

very | play | my | can | brother | football | well

My brothers can play football very well.
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homework | with | you | I | can | help | your

I can help you with your homework.
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in | Sue | English | can't | read

Sue can´t read in English
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you | it | I | about | cannot | tell

I cannot tell you about it
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make | can | your | mum | cakes | good

your mum can make cakes good
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go | you | tonight | can | out

You can go out tonight
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dad | cannot | a | horse | ride | my

My dad cannot ride a horse
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morning | come | I | tomorrow | can't

I can´t come tomorrow morning
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again | Bill | drive | his | can | car

Bill can drive his car again
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you | my | can't | mobile | use | new | phone

You can´t use my new phone mobile
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Exercise 3

Use modal verbs can or can't to make similar sentences.

Don't park your car here. It is illegal. You park

your car here.

Why don't you stay with us? No problem! You

................stay with us.

I don't think this car is expensive. It's ten years old. This car

....................be expensive.

I am not good at basketball. I play

basketball.

Let's take a taxi.

We..............take a taxi.

Listen. There's someone speaking in the hall. I hear

some voices in the hall.

The doctor said: "No sweeets." We eat

sweets.

Do the shopping on Sunday. The shop is open. You buy it

on Sunday.

Please, help me. The luggage is too heavy.

I..............carry all this luggage on my own.

You are not ill. Why don't you go to work? You go

to work. You are not ill.

Modals – can and can't

1. Where does it go?

Find the activities and write them in the correct
boxes.

I know lots of sports. I can swim and I can play football. I can play
basketball
too because we are learning at school! But I can’t play baseball. We don’t
have baseball lessons at my school. What else can I do? Well, I can’t speak
German or French but I can speak English of course!

Things I can Things I can’t do.

do.
baseball
swim

We can use can and can’t to talk about abilities in the

present.

2. Make it right!
Find the mistake, underline it and write the correct word.

a I can swimming. swim

.
b She cans ride a bike. can
.
c Can you to play cricket? do
.
d He not can speak English. Can´t
.
e Can swim they fast? They swim
.
eat
f. She can't eat 20 cakes!
do
g He can to cook dinner.
.
 3. Make sentences!
Make sentences which are true for you. Write two extra sentences with
your own ideas!

a speak English: _ I can speak English.

.
b drive a car: I can’t drive a car.
.
c swim: I can swim
.
d play tennis: I can´t play tennis
.
e ride a bike: I can ride a bike
.
f. play chess: I can play chess

g. make a cake: _ I can´t make a cake

h I can play football
.
i. I can´t fly

MAKE SENTENCES ACCORDING THE PICTURES.

You can run

__________________________________ _He can´t fly_________________________________
I can sleep for hours
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