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3 start school
4 learn to walk
• retire
5 go to university
th
• learn to drive
6 celebrate your 50 birthday
couldn’t you could do well when you were five years old.
I was very good at running when I was five years old.
1 ★ Match 1–5 to A–F.
1 you can do now, but you couldn’t do five years ago.
I can’t D A come shopping tomorrow?
1 Can you B swim before he had classes.
2 I couldn’t C run this fast last year?
2 you can do now, but your grandparents couldn’t do
3 He couldn’t D understand this map. at your age.
4 Could he E can’t help you.
5 Sorry, but I F drive until I was 19.
2 ★★ Look at the table of Juan’s abilities. Complete 3 you could do when you were eight years old, but you
the sentences, questions and answers. Use can / can’t do now.
can’t / could / couldn’t and add he when necessary.
Now In 2005
4 you couldn’t do when you were younger, and you
cook ✓ ✗
still can’t do now.
drive ✓ ✓
run 5 km ✗ ✓
sing ✗ ✗
swim ✓ ✗
Consolidation
He can cook now, but he couldn’t cook in 2005.
1 He sing in the past, and he still 5 Choose the correct option.
sing at all! Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. His father
2 ‘What do in 2005 that he died when Nelson was a nine-year-old B. A family friend looked
do now?’ ‘Run 5 km.’ after him, so he (1) get a proper education and become
a lawyer. Before he was (2) , Mandela started fighting for
3 ‘ swim now?’ ‘Yes, he .’
equal rights for black people. The country had unfair laws.
4 ‘ drive in 2005?’ ‘Yes, he .’ For example, black people (3) vote in elections. The
5 ‘What do now that he do government put Mandela in prison for 27 years. In the early
in 2005?’ ‘Now he cook and swim.’ 1990s, the laws changed, and black people (4) vote at last.
Mandela was quite (5) when he became South Africa’s first
3 ★★ Choose the correct option. black president in 1994. You (6) learn more about Mandela’s
1 ‘Could / Can Brian act when he was a teenager?’ life in the film Long Walk to Freedom.
‘No, he can’t / couldn’t.’ A toddler B child C adult
2 ‘Can I / I can help with the cooking?’ 1 A can B can’t C could
‘Of course you can / couldn’t!’ 2 A middle-aged B teenager C toddler
3 ‘Could you / You could play chess last year?’ 3 A can’t B couldn’t C could
‘No, I can’t / couldn’t.’ 4 A could B can C couldn’t
4 ‘Your brother is so clever! Can / Could he ride a bike 5 A elderly B retire C middle
now?’
6 A to B can C can to
‘No, he can’t, but he could / can walk before his first
birthday!’
5 ‘Help me, please. I can / can’t open this box.’ ‘Sorry. I
tried to do it before but I can’t / couldn’t.’
1 ★ Match 1–6 to A–G to make activities. What do you spend most of your money on? Why?
I don’t spend much money on clothes because my
have F A money
parents buy them. I buy a lot of music, and I also spend
1 cook B a room a lot on seeing films. I do that with friends.
2 study C someone 1 Who do you prefer spending time with: your family
3 take up D a new sport or your friends? Why?
4 help E a healthy meal
5 spend F a sleepover
6 share G hard for an exam
2 How do you make new friends?
2 ★★ Choose the correct option.
Mum says I can invite to / invite some friends over.
1 He’s doing / going really well at school.
2 If you’re bored, why not take up / out a new sport?
3 Do you prefer inviting friends over or going out? Why?
3 I share a room with / for my sister.
4 Don’t spend all of your money on / for clothes!
5 She finds it easy to know / make new friends.
6 How often do you spend time for / with your
4 When was the last time you took up a new activity?
grandparents?
Are you still doing it now?
7 If you’re tired, have a lie-in / sleepover until 11.00.
8 We went on a brilliant school trip / sport last week.
Extra vocabulary
5 ★★ Complete the sentences with the opposites of
the adjectives.
Of all the members of the band, Mika sings the cook drive get up laugh play run
best / better. sing work write
1 Middle-aged people usually get up earlier /
My mum drives faster than my dad, but my dad cooks
the earliest than teenagers.
better.
2 You can speak English more fluently /
the most fluently than me.
3 Which of your three brothers will leave home
sooner / the soonest ?
4 A cheetah can run four times faster / the fastest
than Usain Bolt.
5 Which team played worse / the worst in the
league?
Self-evaluation
Do the exercises and tick the boxes for your own evaluation.
★★ I know this well. ★ I know most of this. ! I could do this better. !! I need to study this again.
Vocabulary Grammar
Life stages can, can’t, could, couldn’t; allow,
be allowed to
1 Complete the words.
In the UK, you can vote when you’re a young adult .
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
can and the bold verbs.
1 T are a bit older than babies.
This table is reserved, so you can’t sit (sit) here. ( ✗ )
2 I want to r a long time before I become
e , so I can enjoy life! 1 He was really fit – he (run) 20 km
easily. ( )
3 I was a t when I learned to drive – just 17.
2 The school rules say that we (wear)
4 B are born without teeth.
jewellery. ( )
Verbs 3 The ice cream was enormous. I
(finish) it. ( )
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct forms of
the verbs. 4 My mum said I (watch) TV last
night. ( )
have invite make spend take 5 We (go) in here. It’s private
property. ( )
How much money do you spend on music?
6 He (play) tennis and he’s only
1 Do you want to some friends over to
three. ( )
watch your new DVD?
2 He lots of new friends last year. 5 Complete each pair of sentences with allowed,
3 I up tennis last month. was allowed, didn’t allow, weren’t allowed.
4 We a lie-in this morning. 1 a) The girl to take photos of the dress
in the shop. She showed the photos to her sister.
Extra vocabulary b) The shop assistant her to take
3 Choose the correct option. photos of the dress.
2 a) The teacher the class to play
The five performances / finalists in the
music because it was after their exam.
competition were all singers.
b) The class to play music.
1 Choose a job you like! It’s unimportant /
unenjoyable how much money you earn. 3 a) Their mum them to stay up late
because they needed to get up early in the morning.
2 I can run five km fluently / easily .
b) They to stay up late.
3 There were hundreds of auditions / audiences to
decide who could be in the show. 4 a) We to go out.
4 This computer doesn’t work properly / fortunately! b) I the boys to go out.
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