LICEO INDUSTRIAL DE SAN MIGUEL AGUSTIN EDWARDS ROSS DEPARTAMENTO PEDAGOGICO ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Profesoras: Doris Arratia-Ana Navarro GUIAS Y APUNTES EXAMEN FINAL INGLES 1 MEDIOS 2011 Unit 7 Modal verb CAN Content: can/can t (ability; can you swim.?) Objective: -Producir información sobre las habilidades y posibilidades del cuerpo humano. - Extraer, interpretar y sintetizar información específica. CAN (ABILITY) El verbo 'Can' pertenece a los verbos modales y se ubica antes del verbo principal en infinitivo. Significa 'poder'. Se utiliza para expresar habilidad, permiso, posibilidad. En esta unidad trabajaremos can para mostrar habilidad ( ability ). Can presenta la misma forma para todos los pronombres. Example: "We can speak English", or "He can sing well." Here are the Simple Present forms of can for ability. (Estas son las formas de can en presente simple) Statements (afirmaciones) I can play the piano. She can drive a car. Questions Can you play the piano? Can she drive a car? Negatives I cannot play the piano. She cannot drive a car. Contractions (Forma contraída de cannot) Cannot and can't are the same: Example: - I cannot cook well. I can't cook well. Can't is much more common in spoken English. (Can t es mucho más común en inglés hablado) Exercises I Complete the sentences with can. Use the verbs from the table. Example: draw jump make use catch teach I can draw a picture 1.- My father a fish.
2.- Judy the rope. 3.- Mrs. Sims a cake. 4.- The teacher Mathematics. 5.- She a computer. Exercises II Complete the sentences with can /can t. Use the verbs from the table. play Look after Jump sing ride ride Example: He can ride a bike. (+) 1.- My father the baby. (-) 2.- Sara the rope. (-) 3.- Alex the electronic guitar.(+)
4.- The man a horse. (+) 5.- She a song. (-) CAN/CAN T In YES/NO Questions Pay attention to this short conversation. A: Can he play soccer? B: No, he can t. He can t play soccer. A: Can Superman fly? B: Yes, he can. He can fly. Exercises III Complete the sentences with can and a verb from the box. Then answer the questions like the examples. (Completa las preguntas con can y un verbo de la tabla. Luego responde las preguntas como los ejemplos). Swim Run Mend (Arreglar) Drive Fly Play 1.- A: the mechanics a car? B: Yes,. He. 2.- A: a bus driver a plane? B: No,. He. 3.- A: a pilot a car? B: Yes,. He.
4.- A: Lisa baseball B: Yes,. She. 5.- A: the marmalade? B: Yes,. She. 6.- A: a dolphin? B: No,. It. (Los cinco sentidos) Exercise IV Choose the correct option. 1.- You can smell with your: 2.- You can see with your: 3.- You can touch with your: A) nose B) mouth C) hands D) eyes 4.- You can taste with your: 5.- You can hear with your:
Exercise V Complete with can or can t. 1.- You taste with your mouth. 2.- You touch with your eyes. 3.- You hear with your nose. 4.- You smell with your nose. 5.- You taste with your eyes. 6.- You see with your eyes. CORRECT ANSWERS Exercise I 1.- can catch 2.- can jump 3.- make 4.- teach 5.- use Exercise II 1.- can t look after 2.- can t jump 3. can play 4.- can ride 5.- can t sing Exercise III 1.- can - mend Yes, he can. He can mend the car. 4.- can - play Yes, she can. She can play baseball. 2.- can - fly No, he can t. He can t fly a plane. 5.- can - swim Yes, she can. She can swim. 3. can - drive Yes, he can. He can drive a car. 6.- can - run No, it can t. He can t run. Exercise IV 1.- A 2.- D 3.- C 4.- B 5.- C Exercise V 1.- can 2.- can t 3.- can t 4.- can 5.- can t 6.- can
READING SECTION Say if the sentences are true or false. Albert: Can you play the piano? Bryan: Yes, a little. How about you? Albert: No I can't, but I can play the guitar. 1. Albert can t play the piano 2. Bryan can play the piano very well. 3. Albert can t play the guitar. Alex: Can you cook? Brenda: Not really. I can make toast and pasta, that's all. Alex: Everyone can make toast! Brenda: Well, can you cook? Alex: Yes, I can. I can cook delicious fish and chicken. Brenda: Wow, that's great! 4. Alex can make toast. 5. Brenda can t make pasta. 6. Brenda can cook delicious fish and chicken. 7. Alex can t cook. Andrew: So what can you do? Billy: I can draw, and I can paint really well too. I can also speak English and Korean. How about you? Andrew: I can play chess and I can write computer programs. I can also speak English and Spanish. Billy: Excellent! 8. Andrew can draw and paint. 9. Billy can play chess. 10. Billy can speak English and Korean. 11. Andrew can also speak English and Korean. 12. Andrew can write computer programs. CORRECT ANSWERS 1.- T 2.- F 3.- F 4.- T 5.- F 6.- F 7.- F 8.- F 9.- F 10.- T 11.- F 12.- T