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    Can is a modal verb. This means no third person s. Say He can play the guitar. (don't Say He cans play the guitar). Adverbs of manner: (really / very) well / badly / beautifully / fast / slowly not very well = badly.

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    Beginner Unit 5a
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    Presentation
    Use can to describe ability.
    Affirmative and negative
    I / You / He / She / It / We / They can play cant (cannot) Adverbs of manner

    Use adverbs of manner to talk about how we do something: He can play the guitar really well. She cant run very fast. Put the adverb of manner at the end of the sentence. Say He can play the saxophone really well. He can play really well. (dont say He can play really well the saxophone.)

    Questions
    Can I / you / he / she / it / we / they play ?

    Short answers
    Yes, I can. No, I cant.

    Can is a modal verb. This means no third person s. Say He can play the guitar. (dont say He cans play the guitar.)
    Key vocabulary Adverbs of manner: (really/very) well/badly/beautifully/fast/slowly not very well = badly

    Exercises
    1 Match the questions to the answers. c 1 Can you speak Chinese? b 2 Can you run fast?
    3 4 5 a b c d e

    I can play the guitar. Can you a play a musical instrument? I cant play the guitar. Can you? e Can you play golf? d

    Yes, I can play the saxophone. No, but I can swim fast. Yes, I can. But not very well. No, but I can play tennis. No, I cant, but my friend can play really well.
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    Practical Grammar 1

    Beginner Unit 5a
    2 Complete the conversations with can or cant.
    Conversation 1 can A: I 1 3 B: No, I can't swim ten kilometres. 2 Can swim but I 4 can you? run fast.

    Exercises

    Conversation 2 C: 5 Can you play the piano? 6 can't D: No, I but I can sing very well. 7 Can C: Great. you sing this song? Conversation 3 E: My mother and father are from Barcelona. They 8 can speak Catalan. 9 Can F: you and your brothers speak Catalan? 10 can't E: No, we speak it very well. We always speak Spanish. Conversation 4 G: 11 Can H: Yes, I 12 can G: No, I 14 can't you play tennis? but not very well. 13 Can . Im terrible but my sister 15

    you?

    can

    play really well.

    3 Choose the correct forms.


    1 2 3 4 5 6 7

    Can / Cant you play the piano? Can you speak / play Arabic? No, I can / cant. She cant swim very well / not very well. Yes, I can / cant. Can you play the guitar well / not very well ? I can / cant run fast but I can swim well.
    Write the conversations. Then listen and check.

    4
    1

    you + speak Spanish? no: speak Chinese A: Can you speak Spanish? B: No, I cant. I can speak Chinese. they + play the piano? yes + very well A: Can they play the piano? B: Yes, they can play very well. she + run fast? yes A: Can she run fast? B: Yes, she can.

    you + play tennis? yes: also + play golf A: Can you play tennis? B: Yes, I can. I can also play golf. he + speak three languages? no + but + speak two languages A: Can he speak three languages? B:

    No, but he can speak two language.

    5 Complete the sentences so that they are true for you. 1 I can play tennis but I cant play Spanish 2 I can speak but I cant speak

    football Japanish

    . .

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