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Grammar Point: Modal verbs - Can, Could and (be) able to
Modal verbs to share your ability and to express requests
Description
PPP Method
Warmer: Examples to understand students level of modal verbs. This is just a Q&A to get the student takling.
Can you tell me about what sports you can play?
What dishes can you cook?
What languages can you speak?
Presentation
Warmer: Examples to understand students level of modal verbs. This is just a Q&A to get the student takling.
Can you tell me about what sports you can play?
What dishes can you cook?
What languages can you speak?
Presentation
- We use can to say that that something is possible or allowed or that somebody has the ability to do something.
The negative is can't (conjunction of can't)
Teachers example to show:
- We can see the park from our house
- I don't have a pen
You can use mine - Can you speak any foreign languages
- The word dream can be a noun or a verb
- We are able to see the park from our hotel
But can has only two forms:
Can (pesent) and could (past) so sometimes it is neccessary to use (be) able to
Compare:
I can't sleep
VS
I haven't been able to sleep recently
Tome can come tomorrow
VS
Tom might be able to come tomorrow
Maria can speak English and Japanese
VS
Applicatns for the jobs must be able to speak two languages..
Controlled practiced
complete sentence and fill in the gaps
e.g. can/(be) able to
She ___ drive, but she doesn't have a cat.
I used to ___ stand on my head, but I can't do it any more.
I can't see you on Friday, but I _ see you on Saturday.
Free practice
Say sentence about youself using the ideas in brackets.
(something you used to be able to do)
(Something you used to be able to do)
(something you would like o be ab to do)
Optional homework
Can (pesent) and could (past) so sometimes it is neccessary to use (be) able to
Compare:
I can't sleep
VS
I haven't been able to sleep recently
Tome can come tomorrow
VS
Tom might be able to come tomorrow
Maria can speak English and Japanese
VS
Applicatns for the jobs must be able to speak two languages..
Controlled practiced
complete sentence and fill in the gaps
e.g. can/(be) able to
She ___ drive, but she doesn't have a cat.
I used to ___ stand on my head, but I can't do it any more.
I can't see you on Friday, but I _ see you on Saturday.
Free practice
Say sentence about youself using the ideas in brackets.
(something you used to be able to do)
(Something you used to be able to do)
(something you would like o be ab to do)
Optional homework
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