CAN YOU HELP ME?

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A BIT OF EVERYTHING
Goals: Use correctly the ability in sentences, good pronunciation, intonation and handling vocabulary
Compare two things, people or places by using handling vocabulary
:

:
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 What can they do?
Stephanie Peter Karen Frank and Julia

a. What can they do?

What can ______ do?

Bart Lili
Marlon _______ can _____

fly
dance
surf
Juan skate
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 Can / Can’t
Can is used to talk about ability and possibility, to
ask for and give permission, and to make requests
and offers.

© Rafael Moreno Esteban 2007

 Can / Can’t : Ability
Object Adverb Adverb Adverb
Subject MODAL CAN Verb (WHAT ) (HOW) (WHERE) (WHEN)
(WHO)

You English fluently in class

speak
He
play the piano
She can well on E-6
They
can’t ride a bike
Ahmet and swim
Ayşe

WHAT ABOUT YOU? I CAN______________________

I CAN’T _______________
Now look at the table and make sentences.
Speak Cook Drive Play the Swim
English guitar

You + - + - +
He - + - + -
She + - + - +
They - + - + -
Ahmet + - -
Ahmet and Ayşe _ + - + -

A: Can you speak English ?

B: Yes, I can. I can speak English.
A: Can you cook ?
B: No, I can’t. I can not / can’t cook
 Exercises
Complete with a suitable word:
◆ 1 I ______ go out tonight.
I'm busy.
◆ 2 Can you ______ to the
cinema tonight?
◆ 3 You ______ park here.
It's no parking.
◆ 4 ______ you tell me the
time, please?
◆ 5 She can ______ English
well.
◆ 6 I ______ play football,
but not basketball
Complete the sentences with
can or can't.
◆ 1 ______ I park my car here?
◆ 2 Where? I ______ see him.
◆ 3 ______ you help me with my
homework?
◆ 4 You ______ smoke there, but not
here.
◆ 5 Sorry. I ______ remember the
answer.
◆ 6 I ______ speak Spanish and
Italian.
 DESCRIBE THE ANIMALS

MOU
ELEPHANT S E

big small intelligent

friendly
cute nice noisy
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 MAKE SENTENCES
Sharks / snakes / Seas/rivers/big Messi/ Cristiano / Shakira / Britney
dangerous bad Spears / famous

Books/ films / Chocolate ice cream/ Planes / cars / fast Football / tennis /
interesting Vanilla ice cream / popular
delicious

English / Maths/ Canada / Brazil / cold Science / P.E. / Playing football/

easy difficult playing computer
games /funny
tigers/rab
Example: bits/fast
Tigers are faster than rabbits.
Singular =is / plural= are
 GROUP WORK: CHOOSE TWO THINGS, PLACES OR
PEOPLE AND MAKE COMPARISONS.

1. The white car is more expensive than the grey car.

2. The white car is more modern than the grey car.
3. The white car is smaller than the gray car.
 LET’S PLAY KAHOOT

https://create.kahoot.it/details/08870eb3-2f23-4565-bbf6-1673a555891b
 REFERENCES

1. Comparative adjectives. Liveworksheets.

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Comparative_adjecti
ves/Comparative_adjectives_eq757544gu

2. Brian Tull (2016, 13 December). That automotive blog

http://thatautomotiveblog.com/main/2016/12/13/comparing-and-contrasting-two-very-different-cars

3. Ellii- Former ESL Library (2020, 14 de setiembre). Modales de Habilidad – Presente[video].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_facQiZDrU4

4. A. Simoes (2011, 14 de mayo). Abilities/Can: PowerPoint

https://www.slideshare.net/MJSIMOES/abilitiescan-powerpoint
 WHERE DO YOU
WORK?
Goals: To talk about location of certain places
Look at the picture and identify some places in
your neighborhood:

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Answer: How do I get to the shopping area?

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 The BCP ATM is next to the store.

4
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The art museum is across from the school.

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PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

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 Decide if it is TRUE or FALSE.

1.The police station is BETWEEN the bank and the store.

TRUE FALSE

2.The train station is ON Central Avenue.

TRUE FALSE

3.The bank is NEXT TO the post office.

TRUE FALSE

4.The library is IN FRONT OF the hospital.

TRUE FALSE
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 Choose the correct answer.

1. The drugstore is between/among the post office

and the movie theather.

2. The school is in front of/next to the restaurant.

3. The church is on/in front of the hospital.
4. The post office is behind/under the school.
5. The police station is among/on Main Street.
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 LET’S PRACTICE

Ana: Hey Maritza, where do you work?

Maritza: Hello Ana, I work at the school.
Ana: oh great, where is it?
Maritza: The school is across from the newsstand.
What about you?
Ana: I work in the pharmacy, it is next to the school.
Maritza: Oh really nice.

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 LET’S PRACTICE

A: Hey __________, where do you ____________?

B: Hello _________, I _________ at ___________.
A: oh great, where is it?
B: The _________ is ____________________. What
about you?
A: I _________ in ___________, it is
________________.
B: Oh really nice.

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 REFERENCES
1. Live worksheets > inglés > English as a Second Language (ESL) > Places in town >
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_%28ESL%29/Places_in_town/Places_in_town_ax1638481ql

2. Learn English by Pocket Passport-(2020, february 22nd) Giving directions – prepositions of place -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxwzEBRfxLM

3. BCP ATM – image taken from - https://www.helpmecovid.com/pe/86432_bcp-atm

4. Grocery store - https://mominitaly.com/italian-grocery-stores/

5. Locations – the-art-museum-is-across-from-the-school - the https://slideplayer.com/slide/15996260/

6. Basic Prepositions of Place in English (6 sept 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4530pfmquro

7. Live worksheets > inglés > English as a Second Language (ESL) > Prepositions of place > Preposition of place on a map –

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_%28ESL%29/Prepositions_of_place/Preposition_of_place_on_a_m
ap__og8202gq

8. PICTURE TAKEN FROM BOOK TOP NOTCH FUNDAMENTALS – UNIT 3 – PAGE 20

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