Language Focus: can for ability . Question with HOw?

Unit 3: Wild Life

Language Focus

with Miss Sarah

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:​

1. ​write questions with can and answer the questions

2. ​reorder the words to make questions

3. ​know at least 8 animals' verbs

Different verbs by different animals

1. ​see

2. ​fly

3. ​drink

4. ​climb

5. ​jump

6. ​run

7. ​hear

8. ​kill

9. ​survive

10. ​communicate

11. ​grow

12. ​move

Multiple Choice

Whales ________ with each other by singing songs.

• communicate

• fly

• run

• survive

Whales communicate with each other by singing songs.​

can & can't​

​

​can= positive & affirmative

​boleh

​can't= negative

​tidak boleh

Look at the picture and Complete the sentence with can or can't​

You have to type your answer​

Fill in the Blanks

1. She

make clothes.

1. She can make clothes.​

​

Fill in the Blanks

2. Help! I

!

2. Help! I can't swim!​

​

Fill in the Blanks

3. We

salsa.

​3. We can dance salsa.

​

Fill in the Blanks

4. Oh no! He

fly.

4. Oh no! He can't fly.​

​

Fill in the Blanks

5. She

a musical instrument.

5. She can play a musical instrument. ​

​

Fill in the Blanks

6. He

English.

6. He can't speak English.​

​

Fill in the Blanks

7. They

fast.

7. They can run fast.​

​Exercise 3

​When we want to create a question using CAN,

we have to put at the beginning of the sentence

​Can I go to the moon?

Yes, you can.​

​

​or

No, you can't.​

Multiple Choice

1.  your best friend/ run fast / ?

• Your best friend can run fast?

• Can your best friend run fast?

• Your best friend run fast can?

• Your best friend run can fast?

1. Can you best friend run fast?​

Yes, he can.​ / No, he can't.

​So begin the question by writing CAN in front of the sentence and don't forget the question mark at the end.

CHECK YOUR ANSWER

​Can your parents speak French?

​Can you communicate with animals?

​Can an octopus fly?

​Writing a questions using HOW.

1. 1. ​Put HOW in the beginning of the sentence.

2.​Put the action verb that we want to ask next to How.

example: How long, How short, How many, How fast

​3. Then later put the verb be or verb can next to the action verb and later complete the sentence.

​example: How long is a snake?

​How fast can a cheetah run?

Multiple Choice

Rearrange the words to make a complete sentence.

old/how/Kellie's Castle/the/is/?

• How the Kellie Castle is old?

• How old is Kellie's Castle?

• How is old Kellie's Castle?

• The Kellie's Castle is how old?

How old is Kellie's Castle?​

1. ​Begin with HOW

2. ​Put the action verb that we want to ask.

3. ​Put the verb be (is) or

4. ​complete the sentence with the rest of the words and end with a question mark.