CAN (presente) – COULD (pasado) LESSON 5

TRADUCCION: Yo puedo/se hacer algo – Yo podía/sabía hacer algo

FORMULA:

Sujeto CAN V. Infinitivo-to Complementos

+ COULD

Mary can sing very well –

My father could help me with my homework last night

Short Answer
(P.I) CAN Sujeto V. Infinitivo-to Complementos? Yes, Suj. CAN/COULD
? COULD No, Suj. CAN’T/COULDN’T

(When) can Mary call me? Yes, she can /No she can’t
Could Peter speak English when he was a child? Yes, he could/No he couldn’t

Sujeto CAN NOT (Can’t) V. Infinitivo-to Complementos

COULD NOT (Couldn’t)
-
Mary can’t go to the cinema today
My sister couldn’t help my mother to clean the kitchen yesterday

EJERCICIOS:

1. COMPLETE following the examples:

0. A: Can she play tennis?

B: Yes, she can
A: Can she play the violin?
B: No, she can’t –
She can play tennis but she can’t play the violin.

1. A: ?
B: Yes, -
A: ?
B: No, –
but .

2. A: ?
B: No, -
A: ?
B: Yes, –
but .

3. A: ?
B: Yes, -
A: ?
B: No, –
but .
2. Haz frases sobre la fabulosa familia Plum utilizando COULD: 3. Completa las frases con can, can’t, couldn’t y los verbos
entre paréntesis.
0. (Mr Plum/speak/10 languages when he/be/20)
0. You don’t have to shout. I can hear (hear) you very well.
Mr. Plum could speak 10 languages when he was 20
0. I couldn’t watch (watch) that programme last night because I
1. (Simon Plum/drink/10 litres of oranges juice a day when he/be/5) had to go out.

1. He (play) last week because he was injured.

2. (Mrs Plum/swim/10 km when she/be/12) 2. He eats in restaurants all the time because he (cook).

3. I (give) you a lift in my car because it isn’t

working at the moment.
3. (Grandmother Plum/dance/all evening when she/be/50).
4. I didn’t have a good seat in the theatre, so I (see)
the stage very well.
4. (Joan Plum/ride/a bike when she/be/2). 5. John doesn’t need a calculator. He (do) very
difficult sums in his head.

4. COMPLETE with: CAN – COULD (affirmat/Interrog/Negative)

5. Completa las frases con can, can’t, could y couldn’t.
1. I go to the party last night because I was sick.
1. She is a small baby. She eat meat, but she can drink milk.
2. A: Noel cook Italian food? B: Yes, he .
2. We pick the flowers in the park. It’s forbidden.
3. My sister swim last year, but now she .
3. I sing now but I sing very well when
4. They go shopping yesterday because the store was closed.
I was a child.
5. A: you read when you were four years old? B: Yes, I .
4. Mike is only nine months old. He eat nuts yet.
6. Ellie ride a bicycle. She rides it to school every day.
5. He has a lot of weight so he run so fast.
7. I’m very tired, so I go out to the park to play.
6. I’m very tall, so I play basketball.
8. A: you see the moon last night? B: No, I .
7. George has travelled a lot. He speak 4 languages.
9. When I talk to you about the company report?
8. I come with you now because I’m studying for my test.
10. Most dinosaurs walked on land, but some fly or even swim.
9. I use your phone ?
11. Excuse me, I hear you right now. The music is too loud.
10. I’m sorry I come yesterday. I had to work late.
12. I drive a truck when I was only sixteen years old.
11. I’m very tired today. I clean my room now, but I’ll
do it tomorrow. 13. Douglas hit the tree because he stop his car.
12. I eat lasagne when I was a child, but I like it today. 14. How many hot dogs you eat at one time?
13. You sleep in that room. It’s full of boxes and other stuff. 15. I read without my reading glasses. Where are they?
14. I swim very far these days, but ten years ago, I
swim over to the other side of the lake.

15. I feed the baby now, so can you do it for me ?