Inglés. Can and could

Can and Could

1 Read the dialogue and write can, can’t

or could.[pic 1]

TOM:   Can you ski?

MARY: Yes I can, but I can’t snowboard. TOM:   I could ski when I was six.

MARY: Can you ride a horse?

TOM:   No, I can’t, but I can ride a bike. MARY: Me, too. I can ride a bike, and I can

ride a horse.

a) Mary    can    ride a bike and ride a horse. b) Mary   can’t          snowboard.

c) Tom    could         ski when he was six. d) Tom     can         ride a bike.

e) Tom     can         ride a horse.

3 Write sentences about what Mary can do now and what she could do when she was four.

a)  She can swim  now.  She couldn’t  swim when she was four.         [pic 2]

b)  She can play basquetball now. She couldn’t play basquetball when she was four        

c)  She can ride a bike now. She could ride a bike when she was four        [pic 3]

STOP

a Use can / can’t to indicate ability in the present.

I can’t ride a horse now. I can ride a bike now

b Use could / couldn’t to indicate ability in the past.

I couldn’t ride a horse in 2001. I could ride a bike in 2001.

d)  She can climb mountains now. She couldn’t climb mountains when she was four         

e)  She can play the piano now. She could play the piano when she was four        

4 Answer the questions.[pic 4]

2 Complete these sentences with true

information about yourself.

a) When I was four, I could  ride a bicycle        

Yes, I can.  No, I can’t. Yes, I could.  No, I couldn’t.

a) Can you play the piano?[pic 5][pic 6]

b) When I was eleven, I couldn’t  handle my right hand well

b) Could you walk when you were one?[pic 7]

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