SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA

PROCEDIMIENTO DE DESARROLLO CURRICULAR

LEVEL A1.2 SUPPORT MATERIAL

Resultado de aprendizaje: Distinguir la estructura de verbos modales can/could

CAN AND
COULD
1.Put the words in the correct order.

1.spanish can speak I

2. CD a can not burn I
3. Can I yes,
4. she but can can’t dance she sing
5. swim they can 100 metres
6. can’t the ants fly
7. spider silk can make ?
8. The whale sharks be can very old
9.She drink not alcohol can
10. speak German but can not speak I can
English
11. you can play a guitar ?
12. can’t I no,
13. we do exercise can

2. Read about Carol. Tick [✔] what she can do and cross [✘] what she can’t do

CAR YOU
Hello! I’m carol. What can I do? OL
I can read music and I can play the Dance
piano, but I can’t play the guitar. I Play the guitar
can’t sing but I can dance. I can’t Play the piano
swim or ride a horse, but I can ride Read music ✔
a bicycle.I can play football, but I Ride a horse
can’t play basketball Sing
Swim
Dance
Ride a bicycle
3. Now tick [✔] what you Play football
can do and cross [✘] what Play basketball
you can’t do.

4. Write 6 sentences about what you can or can’t do.

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5. Complete these sentences with can or can’t.

KIERAN Hi Carl! What’s that?

CARL It’s my guitar.
KIERAN (1) you play the guitar?
CARL Yes, I (2)
KIERAN Wow!
CARL (3) you play a musical instrument?
KIERAN No, I (4) , but I (5) sing.
KIERAN (7) you play the piano?
CARL No, I (8) , I (9) only play the guitar.

Where does it go?

6. Write these words in the correct group so that it is true for you

Play football / read / play chess / swim / speak English / run quickly

When I was five I could… When I was five I couldn’t…

7. Put the words in the correct order

1. I six when couldn’t I was read
2. when speak were you five could you English
3. two when sister could was my she walk
4. could my was ten when brother he judo do
8.Read and circle True or False

When I was a baby I couldn’t speak, but now I can speak my language and English! When I was smaller I
could sleep all day, but now I can’t: I have to go to school! Now I can watch television and understand what
it’s saying, but when I was younger that was impossible – I couldn’t understand very much!

A.When he was a baby he couldn’t speak TRU FALS

E E
B.Now he can speak 5 languages TRU FALS
E E
C. Now he can sleep all day. TRU FALS
E E
D.Now he can’t understand what the television is saying. TRU FALS
E E
9.What could you do ? Write 6 sentences!