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Module: Describing people’s abilities

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1. Use modal verb ‘Can’ for abilities / Uso del verbo modal ‘Poder' para
habilidades 3
2. Connectors ‘and’, ‘but’ & ‘or’ / Conectores ‘y’, ‘pero’ y ‘o’ 3
3. Conclusions / Conclusiones 5
Bibliography / Bibliografía 6
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1 USE MODAL VERB ‘CAN’ FOR ABILITIES / USO DEL VERBO MODAL
‘PODER’ PARA HABILIDADES
Remember how to make questions with Can:

Can you dance? Can you dance?

Yes, I can. No, I can’t.

Can your brother sing Can your brother sing

and dance? and dance?
Yes, he can. No, he can’t.

What can you do? What can Frank do?

I can play the guitar. He can fix cars.

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Complete the questions to practice. Then, check your answers.

Questions Answers

No, Jenny can’t swim.

Billy can fix computers.
Yes, Tom and Jill can sing very well.
No, I can’t play an instrument.
Jay and I can dance and speak
French.
No, Sally can’t paint.

Answers:
1. Can Jenny swim? 2. What can Billy do? 3. Can Tom and Jill sing?
4. Can you play an instrument? 5. What can Jay and you do?
6. Can Sally paint?

2 CONNECTORS ‘AND’, ‘BUT’ & ‘OR’ / CONECTORES ‘Y’, ‘PERO’ Y ‘O’

Connector of addition: Connector of contrast: Connector of disjunction:

And But Or

When the sentences When one sentence is

are affirmative. negative and the When the sentences
other is affirmative. are negative.
Example Example
Tom can sing and he can Example Frank can’t fix a car or
dance very well. Luz can paint but she he can’t drive.
Tom can sing and dance can’t draw. Frank can’t fix or drive
very well. a car.

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3 CONCLUSIONS / CONCLUSIONES

We have two different types of questions with Can: Information questions: What can she
do? And Yes/No questions: Can she play the guitar?

We have connectors of addition (and), contrast (but) and disjunction (or).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY / BIBLIOGRAFÍA

British Council. (n.d.) Modals - ‘can’ and ‘can’t’.

Cambridge Dictionary. (2021). Can. In dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved April 16, 2020, from

Cambridge Dictionary (2021). Cannot. In dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved April 16, 2020,

from

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