MY PAST ABILITIES!

COMPETENCIA: LEE DIVERSOS TIPOS DE TEXTO EN INGLÉS COMO LENGUA

EXTRANJERA
CAPACIDADES: Obtiene información del texto escrito, Infiere e interpreta información del
texto escrito.
PROPÓSITO DE LA SESIÓN: En esta sesión los estudiantes, desarrollan la parte gramatical del
verbo modal “Could” en affirmative y negative form y los utiliza para hablar sobre sus
habilidades en el pasado; es decir sobre todo aquello que sabía o podía hacer. Desarrolla de
manera correcta la ficha de trabajo con ejercicios propuestos sobre el tema desarrollado en la
 MY PAST ABILITIES!
ACTIVITY 3

Could - couldn’t
01 READ THE STORY AND ANSWER THE 02 Can -can’t.
QUESTIONS:

a Read, look and fill in the blanks

READ
Hello, my name is Martina. I live in Colombia and
I am 9 years old. I take English classes and now Can - can’t - could - couldn’t

I can say “hello”, “How are you?”, and “Good

bye”. I can’t pronounce very well some words
such as “beautiful” and “comfortable”. I am
happy with my classes because I can learn many
new things. On weekends, I go to the club with
Ian, age 2 Ian, age 5 Ian, age 9
my friends. There I can swim in the pool and I
can play musical instruments. Children under 10 When Ian was two years old, he loved watching
can’t use the water slide, and we can’t ride the
soccer games, but he _____________ kick a soccer
horses. Next year I want to enter the science
ball at all. When he was five, he___________ Play
club. So I can do many scientific experiments
and learn the mysteries of the world. soccer on a team. But he still _______________ kick
the soccer ball very far. Then one day, his soccer
a Questions
coach said “Ian, you _____________ Kick very well.
But ________________ you catch the ball with your
1. What words can Martina say in English?
hands? _________________you be our goalie?”

2. What words can’t Martina pronounce in Now, at age nine, Ian still _________________kick a

soccer ball very far. But he is a great goalie! He

English?
_______________reach high and low to catch the ball

3. Why is Martina happy with the English classes? with his hands.

B Read the chart and answer the questions

4. What can Martina do in the club?

= has the ability

5. What can’t children under 10 do?

= doesn’t have the ability

6. What does Martina want to do next year?
Age 5 Age 9 (now)

1. Did Ian know how to play soccer at the age of Kick close

two? _______________________________. He is a great goalkeeper

2. At five years old, could Ian be a goal scorer?
___________________________.
3. Can Ian be a great goalkeeper when he was
nine years old? _________________________.
COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE: USE
03 COULD COULDN´T OR CAN
1.
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MY PAST ABILITIES!

Sue: And this is me when 1 was four.

Mai: Could you swim when you were
four?
Sue: No, I , but I now.
And you?
Mai: Yes, I . I learnt to swim
when I was two.
Sue: you send emails when you
were four?
Mai: No, I . But my brother
showed me how to send emails last year.
Sue: And how many languages” you speak

B LOOK AT THE LIST AND WRITE SENTENCES WITH

COULD OR COULDN´T

Ten years ago….

Light a fire
Drive a car

Use computer Write computer programs

Speak Spanish
Play the guitar
Pitch a tent
Climb trees
Run ten kilometers

NO EXPLA
EVALUATION CRITERIA YES
T IN
Obtiene información e integra datos que están en distintas partes de un texto donde se describen las acciones que
podían hacer en el pasado; se hace uso del modal Could and couldn’t.
Realiza inferencias a partir de la información explicita e implícita de un texto sobre habilidades pasadas.
Brinda una opinión sobre la importancia de la práctica constante de las habilidades personales y puedan ser
incorporadas en las rutinas diarias y poder mejorar fortalezas y talentos
Pronuncia adecuadamente los vocabularios nuevos en inglés.
Escribe de manera correcta las oraciones, respetando la estructura gramatical del uso de: Could and couldn’t.

MISTER : HUMBERTO ANTONIO TAMAYO TELLO