5A GRAMMAR can / can’t

a Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with can / can’t and a verb in the list.

cook dance hear help find open play park sit speak swim take
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1 He can’t play the guitar. 2 You can’t take 3 Can I sit here, please?
photos in here!

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4 He cant find for his glasses. 5 Jamie cant cook very well. 6 The boy cant hear
the man.

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7 Can I open the window? 8 Stop! You cant park 9 They cant speak French.
there.

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10 Can you 11 She cant swim. 12 They can dance

help me, please? very well.

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b Test your memory. Cover the sentences. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.

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5B GRAMMAR present continuous
a Complete the sentences with the verb in parentheses in the present continuous. Use contractions
where possible.

1 What’s that noise?

It’s our neighbor.
Not again! What 1’s he doing (do) now?
I think he (wash) his car and he
2 is washing

3 Is listening (listen) to the

radio.
A What? At 7:30 on a Sunday morning! is
Why 4
doing
he (do) it at this time?
B I don’t know. are yo doing (do)
What 5 u ?
A Am going (go) outside. I can’t sleep with this
I noise!
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2 A
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yo
Are watching the game
u (watch)?
B Of course we
Is happening (happen)?
A are. What 8
B We 9 Are winning (win) 1–0, but we
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Are not playing (not play) very well.
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Are Why Not watching (not watch) the
you
game?
A Am working (work)
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3 What can you see?

A
There are three men
B
downstairs.
What are the (do)?
doing
A 13
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B Are counting (count) money, I think. No,
They 14 Are not counting sorry. (not count) money.
They 15 Are playing (play)
Theya
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game.
A Can you see
B Jim? Yes, he’s
is he (do)?
doing
A upstairs. What 17
B Is looking (look) at us!
He 18

4 How’s your sister?

She’s fine.
Is
A What 19 is she doing (do) now?
she working
(work)?
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B No, she’s in Thailand with two

friends.
They 21 Are traveling (travel) around the
world.
A What Are yo doing
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u (do) now?
B (not work) right
now. (look for) a
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job.

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Test your memory. Cover the dialogues. Look at the pictures and practice the dialogues.

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 5C GRAMMAR simple present or present continuous?
a Put the verbs in the simple present or present continuous. Use contractions where possible.

1 A What are you doing right

B now? (do) I’m checking my
email. (check)
2 A Why are you wearing those old clothes? (wear)
B Because I am working in the garden. (work)

3 A What’s that loud music?

B My neighbors are having a party. (have)

4 A Where do you go? (go)

B To my parents’ house for lunch. We usually go there for lunch on Sundays.
(go)
5 A Hi, Nora! What are you doing here? (do)
B I am waiting for a friend. (wait)

6 A Where do you work? (work)

B I work in a restaurant. I’m a waiter. (work)

7 A What’s the answer to number 5?

B Shh! I am listening to the teacher. (listen)

8 A Do you wear a uniform at work? (wear)

B Yes. And I don’t like it. It’s awful. (not like)

9 A Look! It is snowing. (snow)

B Great. Let’s make a snowman. (make)

1 A Hello, Jim. Where are you going? (go)

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B I am going to the supermarket. (go)

1 A Where’s Simon?
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B In the bathroom. He is taking a shower. (take)

12 A When do you usually see your friends? (see)

B On Friday night. We always meet after work. (meet)

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present continuous and the simple present.
11–14 Very good, but check the rules in the Grammar Bank
(Student’s Book p.132) and look at the exercise again.
1–10 This is difficult for you. Read the rules in the Grammar
Bank (Student’s Book p.132). Then ask your teacher for another
photocopy and do the exercise again at home.

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b Work with a partner. Talk about two things you do every day, and two things
you are doing right now.

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