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D3 TBL 8
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13 CAN
Ability and possibility
1 Here are some examples of can: 1. We form sentences with canlike this:
She can speak French and Arabic.
I can't come withyou tonight, I'm afraid. can +verb
Can I have a small black coffee, please?
I can seeTom's car.
POSITIVE
I/he/she/it/we/you/they can
NEGATIVE help.
I/he/she/it/you etc cannot/can't help We write the negative form cannot as one
word, but we use can't when we speak or write
QUESTIONS informally
GRACE Alida can skate, Mickey, and........................................7 (she/play) the piano, too.That's
pretty good.
M IC K E Y A n d ........................................ 8 (sh e /sp e a k) Hu n g a ria n a n d E n g lish !
A Talking about the things we can see, hear and smell
Amelia and Karen are going to look after Harry's house by the sea while he is in hospital. Put the words in
brackets in the right order, and add them to the conversation. Use capital letters where necessary.
K A R E N It's d a rk in h e r e . ..l.. c. J .s. . .. 0 .. Y ..t i. ......... 0 (a n yth in g /I/se e /ca n 't). C a n y o u p ut
th e lig h t o n ?
AMELIA OK. It's very quiet. Listen........................................1 (the sea/hear/can/you)?
KAREN The kitchen's not very clean, is it? .............................. 2 (see/you/a kettle/can)
anywhere? I'd like a cup of tea
AMELIA Shall we have some orange juice? ............................. 3 (a lot of/can/
old newspapers/see/I}, but ....................................... 4 (any cups/can't/I/see) or a kettle at the moment.
KAREN OK, but are you sure we're the only people here? ......................................5 (hear/ a noise/can/I} in the next room.
AMELIA .................................. 6 (I/anything/hear/can't). Perhaps you're tired.
KAREN No,I'm not.And............................... 7 (you/fish/smell/can)?I'm going to have a look.
A M E L IA Well, ............................. 8. (you/anything/see/can)?
KAREN Yes, there's a small black cat here, and it's eating fish from a plate!
Can
Requests, offers, and permission
C a n y o u ta ke s o m e b o o k s I ca n m a ke so m e fo o d C a n y o u p a ss m e
C a n I g iv e t h e m I c a n t a k e y o u C a n I d o •, g c a n y o u b r in g C a n I h e lp
POSITIVE
Could I/he/she/it/you/we/they use your phone, please?
NEGATIVE
Could I/he/she/it/you etc come.
QUESTIONS
Could I/he/she/it/you etc. s a y something?
W e u s e c o u l d to m a ke s u g g e s t io n s w h e n w e 're d e c id in g w h a t to d o . H e re , w e ' re
th in k in g a b o u t th e w e e k e n d :
What shall we do this weekend? -
Could I/he/she/it/you etc.
QUESTIONS
Could I/he/she/it/you etc.
ID We sometimes use could and couldn't to talk about our ability to d o th in g s a lo n g tim e a g o :
I could swim ten kilometres when I was at school.
Peoplecouldn't go to New York for a weekend when I was a child
A Making polite requests in public places
Lance and Petra are walking along a street in Alice Springs, Australia. Put the words
in the right order, and add polite requests. Use a capital letter at the beginning of the
requests, and a question mark at the end.
PETRA I'm thirsty, La n ce. I'm goin g to ge t so m ething fro m this lad y.
...O.. . .l.0..'.. .0.:'.:e...0..?..0..tti.-e...o; .f. .0.T .:.(..P.1 0.. .-e.;?...0 (have/a bottle of water, please/
I/could)
LA D Y S ure . H ere y o u a re.T h a t's 7 5 c e n ts, ple a s e. A re y o u g oin g a n y w h e re nice?
LANCE Yes. We're going to Ayers Rock. .........................
(tell us/to th e bus sta tio n, p lease /co uld /th e w ay/yo u) I think w e turn le ft h ere.
LA D Y Y es, y o u d o . W alk all th e w a y alo n g S p rin g S tre e t, a n d th e n c ros s T o d d R iv er. B ye!
(Later, at thetravel centre at the bus station.)
PETRA
(w e /a b o u t th e trip /s o m e in fo rm a tio n /h a v e /to A ye rs R o ck , ple ase/could )
M AN O f c o u rse . W e h a ve a s p e cia l o ffe r a t th e m o m e n t - 9 8 d o lla rs fo r a re tu rn ticket.
LANCE Excellent........................................................................................................................... 3
(a tim e ta b le , ple ase/could /us/you /give )
PETRA MAN LANCE
A Talking about our abilities when we were younger
Bill is having coffee with hisgrandson, Jake, and his oldfriend, Lewis. Add the
follow ing phrases to their conversation, using capital letters w here necessary:
JAKE But........................................ to Spain and Greece in those days. I've read books by English writers who travelled in
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in those days.
JAKE But at least ............................... 6 a house, Grandad.They're too expensive for
y o u n g p e o p le now .
LEWIS That's true. Some things are more difficult these days, Bill
“This is a quote, words full of wisdom
that someone important said and can
make the reader get inspired”
—Someone Famous
A picture is worth a thousand words
Could, was able to, managed to
C ould n 't, w a s able to, m a nag ed to: a bility in the past
1 S o m e e x a m p le s o f couldn't, w as able to, and 1 We form positive sentences with was/were able to
m anaged to: lik e th is:
Icouldn't go to K ate's party.
We were able to sell the housequickly was/were able to + verb
Joe managed to find a cheap CD player. He was able to go.
They were able to go.
W hen w e talk about our ability to do som ething at a And we form sentences with managed to like this:
managed to + verb
They couldn't find a hotel with a sea view
B ut w e ca n't n orm a lly us e could: Wemanaged to finish.
W e Ee>tJld get two tickets fort-he concert.
N EG A TIVE
3 Lo ok at this dialog ue
Should I wear a suit tonight?
~No, but I don't think you should wear jeans.
G ram m ar in action
Positife
'First of all, you start work at 6 p.m. and you be late. Never! But
You take a bus home, because we'll book you a taxi. OK? And you
work on Mondays, because the restaurant is closed! You see? We're
nice people here! Now, what about clothes? Well, you wear jeans.
They're not very smart, are they? But you wear a black jacket - we will give you a nice white shirt
instead every evening. Now, what's next? Oh yes.This will make you happy. You know anything
about wine, because we have
our own wine waiter, Giuseppe. OK, let's talk about the guests. Sometimes they can be difficult, but rule number
one is that you argue with the customers! They are paying for everything here! OK, I think that's
everything. You'll meet Mr Locatelli, the boss, tomorrow. He's a nice man, but remember, you talk
when the boss is talking. He doesn't like that.Oh, I forgot something nice, Hugo. You
cook your own meal in the evening anymore, because we will give
you some pasta to take home! Fantastic!'
What's necessary to travel by train? SUSAN : Thanks (we/choose our date of
Susan is at the Eurostar office at Waterloo station.Write out return tomorrow)
the questions that Susan asks, using the form Do/Does... MAN: It's cheaper if you do.
have to... ? and the words in brackets. SUSAN :OK,I understand. Now, my husband is sixty-one
years old
(he/pay the full price)
MAN : No, it's cheaper for senior citizens. The exact price
SUSAN :Hello.My husband and I would like to travel depends on when you travel.
from London to Avignon next month SUSAN : Good. Now, I'm a vegetarian
(we/buy a ticket soon), and (we/get the {I/bring my own food) Or is there vegetarian food on the
ticket at Waterloo) train?
MAN : Well, you can buy tickets here or MAN : There's one vegetarian meal on the menu every day.
on the internet, but you should reserve SUSAN :OK. One last question (we/arrive
them soon. early for our train) You should
SUSAN : OK, we'll get two returns MAN get here half an hour before it leaves.
tomorrow (we/change SUSAN:Thanks. That's great. Oh,I nearly forgot!
in Paris) (we/to take our passports)
MAN: No, you can get a train that goes MAN: Yes, Madam. They'll look at your passports in France
directly to Avignon. in the normal way.