SPORTS (CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO)

SPORTS (CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO)

by Rocio Ponce

UNIT 8

​“El sedentarismo, un problema de salud que debemos combatir con la actividad física”

​Session 1: Sports

Open Ended

What sport do you like?

Open Ended

What sport do you practice?

​Session 2: CAN

​CAN/ CAN'T

​We can use can and can't to talk about abilities in the present.

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I can swim.

They can speak English.

He can't ride a bike.

​​How to use them

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Use the infinitive without to after can and can't.

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I can swim.

You can run fast.

She can ride a bike.

We can't speak Japanese.

They can't play the guitar.

​​For questions, change the order of can and the person.

​For questions, change the order of can and the person.

Can you swim?

Yes, I can.

Can she play the piano?

No, she can't.

What languages can you speak?

Multiple Choice

I can _______.

• to swim

• swim

• swimming

Multiple Choice

She _______ ride a bike.

• can

• cans

• know

Multiple Choice

Can you _______ tennis?

• plays

• to play

• play

Multiple Choice

He _______ speak Spanish.

• isn´t

• cant´s

• can´t

Multiple Choice

_______ run fast?

• They can

• Can they

• Are they

​Session 3: COULD

​COULD/ COULDN'T

We can use could and couldn't to talk about abilities in the past.

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I could swim when I was four.

She couldn't ride a bike when she was three.

He could walk when he was two.

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​How to use them

​Use the infinitive without to after could and couldn't.

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I couldn't run when I was a baby.

My mum couldn't swim when she was a child.

We could read when we were five.

They couldn't speak English before they went to school.

​​For questions, change the order of could and the person.

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Could you play chess last year?

Yes, I could.

Could your dad drive a car when he was young?

No, he couldn't.

What could you do when you were four?

Multiple Choice

I could _______football when I was 5.

• playing

• play

• to play

Multiple Choice

He could _______ when he was four.

• swim

• swimming

• swam

Multiple Choice

Could she _______ before she started school?

• to read

• reading

• read

Multiple Choice

They _______ play chess when they were young.

• can

• could

• could to

Multiple Choice

My best friend could _______ a skateboard when she was six.

• to ride

• ride

• riding

Session 4: BE ABLE TO

​PRESENT

​I am able to drive a car.

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​She is able to speak English.

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​PAST

​FUTURE

​I was able to drive a car 5 years ago.

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​She was able to speak English, when she was at school.

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​I will de able to drive a car in some months.

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​She will be able to speak English in some years.

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Multiple Choice

I'll ________ help you later.

• can

• could

• be able to

Multiple Choice

Will people ________ live forever one day?

• could be

• be able to

• could be able to

Multiple Choice

How long have you ________ drive?

• can

• could

• been able to

Multiple Choice

I will be able______soon.

• swim

• swims

• to swim

Multiple Choice

When I was 10 I_______to play the violin.

• were able to

• was able

• been able