MODAL VERBS CAN - COULD

MODAL VERBS

CAN or COULD

TEACHER MIREYA - UEMSB

CAN- CAN´T

PUEDO / NO PUEDO

EXAMPLES

• I CAN CYCLE

• YOU CAN SKATE.

• THEY CAN FISH.

• WE CAN SHOP.

• HE CAN SWIM

• SHE CAN DANCE.

EXAMPLES

• HE CAN´T PAINT.

• YOU CAN´T PLAY SOCCER.

• SHE CAN´T DANCE BALLET.

• I CAN´T PLANT FLOWERS.

• THEY CAN´T PLAY CHESS.

• WE CAN´T PLAY PIANO.

EXAMPLES

• CAN YOU PAINT?

• CAN HE PLAY A VIOLIN?

• CAN HE READ?

• CAN SHE COOK?

CAN YOU SWIM?

• YES, I CAN.

• NO, I CAN´T

CAN

• ·To show ability : I can sing

CAN

• To ask somebody to do something:

    Can you close the window, please?

CAN

• To ask for something:

    Can I have your pen, please?

CAN

• To ask for permission to do something?

    Can we play on the computer, please

Multiple Select

WHAT ARE THE MODAL VERBS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS?

• May

• Could

• Would

• Can

Multiple Select

Which one is correctly written:

• She cans play piano

• She can to play piano

• She can play piano

• She can plays piano

Multiple Select

How is formed the Negative sentence:

• Andrew not can solve math homework

• Andrew cannot solve math homework

• Andrew can't solve math homework

• Andrew solve can't math homework

Poll

CAN THEY RIDE A HORSE?

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

Multiple Choice

I ______ see you, it's too dark

• can't

• can

• don't

• mustn't

Multiple Choice

Megan _____ play both the piano and the guitar.

• CAN

• COULD

• MUST

COULD - COULDN'T

ABILITY IN THE PAST

• We use ‘could’ and ‘couldn’t’ to talk about our abilities in the past.

  She could play chess when she was seven.

  He could read when he was five.

  I couldn’t run when I was a baby.

Asking for and giving permission

• We also use could if we want to ask for permission ‘‘politely’’ or in a formal way.

• A: ‘Could I sit down here, please?’ B: ‘Yes, of course.’

• A: ‘Could I use your telephone?’ B: ‘Yes, you can.’

• A: ‘Could I borrow your bicycle?’ B: ‘No, I’m afraid not.’

Making a request

• We often use could when we ask someone to do something in a very formal and polite way.

• Could you be quiet, please?

• A: ‘Could you pass me the sugar?’ B: ‘Certainly.’

• Could you lend me some money?

• Could you tell me how to get to the school?

Find the mistakes in the sentences and correct them.

• I am couldn’t read English books in my chidhood.

• Could to you carry these bags for me, please?

• My grandfather could speaks five languages.

• We couldn’t playing chess four years ago.

• Could Mozart writing music when he was a child?

Fill in the Blank

James ……………. buy the ring because it was too expensive.

Fill in the Blank

Picasso …………… paint amazing pictures when he was young.

Multiple Choice

Choose if the sentence includes ‘‘ability’’, ‘‘permission’’ or ‘’request’’.

1. Can I use your laptop this weekend?

• ABILITY

• PERMISSION

• REQUEST

Multiple Choice

2. Can you help me with these bags?

• ABILITY

• PERMISSION

• REQUEST

Multiple Choice

3. Karen could speak Russian in her childhood.

• ABILITY

• PERMISSION

• REQUEST

Multiple Choice

4. Could I use your pencil, please?

• ABILITY

• PERMISSION

• REQUEST

Multiple Choice

5. They can dance for long hours.

• ABILITY

• PERMISSION

• REQUEST

Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1. She screamed a lot but nobody …….. heard her voice.

• COULD

• CAN

• COULDN'T

• CAN'T

Multiple Choice

2. You are 17 years old, you …. enter the club at this age.

• CAN

• CAN'T

• COULD

• COULDN'T

Multiple Choice

3. My mother ……. play the guitar very well when she was young.

• CAN'T

• COULD

• CAN

• COULDN'T

Multiple Choice

4. She …….. understand five language and …… speak three language

• can/can’t

• can/can

• could/can

• could/could

Multiple Choice

5. I …….. play tennis now. I have got a terrible headache.

• can´t

• can

• could

• couldn't