CAN expresses:

- ability in the present

COULD - expresses:
ability in the past
possibility.

A) Match the animals with the

pictures:
Squirrel
Tortoise

cheetah bear swan

bee eagle
dolphin

B) What can animals in exercise

A do?
Write sentences using the words
in the box:
Make honey
jump out of the water
Climb trees
run very fast
fly
Walk on two feet
swim
Hide its head in its shell

Example:
A Swan can swim.
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C) Read the definitions and guess the animal. (Choose from

exercise 1)
1. A strong bird can see very well.
2. A big, heavy animal that can eat flesh, fruit and insects.
3. A white bird similar to a duck that lives on rivers and lakes.

4. A small animal that walks very slowly.

D) Look at the information in the table and write sentences
with could or couldnt.
Example: Dodos could walk but they couldnt fly.
YES
Dodos

Walk

NO
Fly

Brontosauru
s

Eat from the Run fast

top of trees

mammoths

Live in
cold
places

Live in
warm
areas

D) Now write sentences with can or can't using the information in the
table.

Pandas
koalas

YES
Live in large areas of
China
Travel long
distances in the
florets

NO
Live in populated
areas
Travel safely on the
ground.

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CAN expresses:
- ability in the present
COULD - expresses:
ability in the past
possibility.

A) Match the animals with the

pictures:
Squirrel
Tortoise

cheetah bear swan

bee eagle
dolphin

B) What can animals in exercise

A do?
Write sentences using the words
in the box:
Make honey
jump out of the water
Climb trees
run very fast
fly
Walk on two feet
swim
Hide its head in its shell

Example:
A Swan can swim.
__________________________
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__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________

C) Read the definitions and guess the animal. (Choose from

exercise 1)
1. A strong bird can see very well.
2. A big, heavy animal that can eat flesh, fruit and insects.
3. A white bird similar to a duck that lives on rivers and lakes.
4. A small animal that walks very slowly.
D) Look at the information in the table and write sentences
with could or couldnt.
Example: Dodos could walk but they couldnt fly.
YES
Dodos
Brontosauru
s
mammoths

Walk

NO
Fly

Eat from the Run fast

top of trees
Live in cold
Live in
places
warm areas

D) Now write sentences with can or can't using the information in the
table.

Pandas
koalas

YES
Live in large areas of
China
Travel long distances
in the florets

NO
Live in populated
areas
Travel safely on the
ground.

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