TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Ability Bingo

Activity Type Introduction

Speaking Game: asking In this Can you...? game, students play bingo by finding classmates
questions and answering who have certain abilities.
questions from prompts,
controlled practice
Procedure
Give each student a copy of the bingo card.
Focus
Modal verbs of ability Tell the students to keep their bingo cards secret at all times.

Can you...? Go through the language on the card and check the students
understand each ability, paying attention to the difficult words:
Yes, I can. breath and backwards.
No, I can't.
Students then go around the classroom asking Can you...?
questions in order to find classmates who have the abilities shown
Aim on the bingo card, e.g. 'Can you name ten animals?'

To play a game of bingo When a student finds someone who answers 'Yes, I can', the
by finding classmates student asks the person to demonstrate their ability by performing
who have certain the task.
abilities.
If the person can demonstrate the ability, the student writes their
name in the square on the bingo card and moves on to talk to
Preparation another person.
Make one copy of the
worksheet for each The first student to get five names in a row, either horizontally,
student. vertically or diagonally shouts 'bingo' and everyone stops.

The answers are then checked by asking the five students to

Level perform their abilities to the class.

Elementary (A1-A2) If they do this successfully, the student wins.

If not, the game continues.

Time
25 minutes Afterwards, students continue the game by trying to complete
the entire bingo card with names.

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 MODAL VERBS OF ABILITY

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Ability Bingo

can hold their can spell the can say

can name ten can draw an
breath for 20 teacher's "hello" in five
colours elephant
seconds surname languages

can stand on
can say the can say the one leg with can write a can name
alphabet in ten months of the their eyes word with their three countries
seconds year backwards closed for ten left hand in Africa
seconds

can say "red can say can draw a

can stand on
lorry yellow the days of can name five square and
one leg for 60
lorry" five times the week vegetables circle at the
seconds
very fast backwards same time

can name ten can say the

can make a can sing a song can cross their
parts of the alphabet
funny face in English eyes
body backwards

can turn around

can say "thank can count
ten times can draw a
can dance you" in four backwards from
and walk in a straight line
languages 20
straight line

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