Fisa de Lucru Clasa A V-A
Fisa de Lucru Clasa A V-A
Fisa de Lucru Clasa A V-A
I. Vocabulary
Abilities and sports: dive sing cook walk 10 km surf ride a horse ice-skate ski
play the guitar swim speak Spanish
Affirmative Negative
Long form Short form
I can sing. I cannot sing. I can’t sing.
You can sing. You cannot sing. You can’t sing.
He can sing. He cannot sing. He can’t sing.
She can sing. She cannot sing. She can’t sing.
It can sing. It cannot sing. It can’t sing.
We can sing. We cannot sing. We can’t sing.
You can sing. You cannot sing. You can’t sing.
They can sing. They cannot sing. They can’t sing.
Subject + can / can’t + base form of the verb
Can has the same form for all persons and it is always followed by the base form of the verb.
They can speak Chinese.
Expressing ability
Affirmative sentences
I can sing very / really well.
We can sing well.
They can sing quite well.
Negative sentences
She can’t sing very well.
He can’t sing at all.
We use very/really well, well, quite well and at all to show ability by highlighting how well we
can/can’t do something.
These words are always used after the verb or the complement.
We can play well the guitar well.
She can’t speak very well English very well.
1. Complete the sentences with can (+) or can’t (–) and the verbs in the box.
speak ride ski play (x 2) cook speak walk run
Homework:
1. Put the words in order to make questions. Then complete the short answers.
1. Look at the signs then complete the sentences using the prompts and the imperative of the
verbs.
1 Be quiet!
2 ____in the garden.
3 ____in here.
4 ____in the park.
5 ____in the museum.
6 ____now.
Homework:
1. Mike and Tanya are at school and they are talking to a teacher about the musical Grease.
Read the dialogue and choose the correct answers.
Mike Hello. I’m Mike James and this is my friend Tanya Smith. We’re interested in the school
musical.
Teache Great! What are / can you do? 1 Sit / Don’t sit down and tell me.
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Mike Well, I 2 ’m not / can’t act and I can’t sing at all but I can paint quite 3 well / good.
Teache Can you make us a poster for the musical?
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Mike Yes, I 4 can / do.
Teache Fantastic! Thanks, Mike. Now, you are …
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Tanya I’m Tanya and I want to be in the musical.
Teache Right. 5 Do you can / Can you sing?
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Tanya Yes, I can sing 6 very / much well and I can dance quite well, too.
Teache Great. 7 Can you / You can act?
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Tanya No, I 8 can’t / ’m not act at all.
Teache That’s fine. We need singers and dancers. 9 You write / Write your names on this list, please.
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Mike 10 Don’t ask / Let’s ask Matt Burton to come, too. He 11 can / is act really well.
Teache 12 He can / Can he sing, too?
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Mike Yes, he can.
Teache Great. I 13 can’t / can ask him this afternoon.
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2. PAIRWORK
Interview your partner and complete the questionnaire.
Yes No Yes No
1 play football? 6 paint?
2 play volleyball? 7 draw?
3 play tennis? 8 act?
4 swim? 9 sing?
5 dive? 10 dance?
Then present the information to the class.
Michael can play tennis quite well, but he can’t play volleyball. He can swim well but he can’t
dive at all.