Elementary - Unit 5 Lesson 1

1 Look at the information. Complete the sentences 4 ‘ you a motorbike?’

with can/can’t + verb.
‘No, I , but I   a car.’
play the play the use a program a ride a drive
guitar piano computer computer motorbike a car 5 ‘   you    this homework?’

Tony ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ‘Yes, of course I ! It isn’t difficult! Just boring!’

Brian ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ 3 Rewrite the sentences with expressions from the box.

Alice ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ 0% 1–30% 30–70% 70–80% 80%+

Cathy ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ not at all   a little bit  quite well  very well  really well

1 Tony can play  the guitar, and he can play  the piano.
1 She can play chess.  (80%)
2 Tony        a motorbike, and he        
She can play chess really well.
a vcar.
2 She can’t cook.  (0%)
3 Tony     a computer, but he          
a computer.  
4 Alice and Brian        the piano, but 3 She can speak English.  (40%)
they        the guitar.  
5 Cathy        a motorbike. She         4 He can speak Arabic.  (15%)
a car, either.
 
6 Only Brian               
 .
5 Her baby’s only one, but he can walk.  (70%)
7 Everybody              
 .
 
8 Nobody                
 .
6 My sister’s only five, but she can read.  (50%)

2 Complete the conversations with can /can’t and a verb  

in the box. 7 My brother can program computers.  (90%)
cook  speak  run  ride  do  drive  
8 I can understand German (15%), but I can’t speak
1 ‘ Can  you speak  French?’
it. (0%)
‘Yes, I can  a little bit! Bonjour! ’
 
2 ‘   Peter    fast?’
‘Yes,          . He’s a 100 metre champion!’

3 ‘   Alice    Italian food?’

‘Yes,         . Really well! Her Spaghetti
Bolognese is famous!’
NHE  • U5 • L1 This worksheet is adapted from Headway Elementary Level © Oxford University Press 2017. For use by TeachCast with Oxford Students only. All rights reserved
4 Complete the sentences with am, is, are, was, 3 A
or were. B
1 The homework was very difficult yesterday. A
2 Hello, everybody! I sorry I late! B
A £80 £50
3 ‘Where you born?’ ‘I born
in India.’
4 A
4 ‘Where your sister born?’
B
‘She born in India, too.’ A
5 The weather beautiful today. B
£500 £2
50
A
It terrible yesterday.
6 The children very tired today. 5 A
They at a picnic yesterday afternoon. B
A £90 £45
7 I could play chess when I five.
B
8 We married when I eighteen and
A
Roger twenty.

6 A
5 Label the pictures in exercise 6 using the words in B
the box.
A
camera  bag  trainers  pens  briefcase  television B
£45 £15
A
6 Look at the prices. Write a conversation for each
picture.
7 Complete the sentences with could or couldn’t.
SALE!!! SALE!!! SALE!!! SALE!!! 1 I could  walk when I was one, but I couldn’t  talk
until I was three.
1 A How much is the bag?
20 2 How old were you when you      get dressed?
B It’s only £20. £39.99  £
A How much was it before? 3 My daughter      feed herself until she was four.
B It was £39.99.
A Well … what a bargain! 4 I      sleep last night. My neighbour’s TV was
so loud!
2 A 5 I      find you yesterday. Where were you?
B 6 ‘When I was five I      speak English and Russian.’
A ‘     you read English and Russian as well?’
B
£200 £1
50
A

This worksheet is adapted from Headway Elementary Level © Oxford University Press 2017. For use by TeachCast with Oxford Students only. All rights reserved NHE  • U5 • L1