FIRST LET’S PLAY A QUICK

GAME
HTTPS://GAMES4ESL.COM/ESL-CLASSROOM-GAMES/CLOTHES/
 HOW MANY OF THESE ITEMS DO YOU REMEMBER?
YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO NAME AS MANY AS YOU CAN
HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/M2DHD9ZR6HK
 WHAT ELSE DID WE LEARN?

• WE LEARNT HOW TO USE ‘HAVE GOT’ IN PRESENT,

PAST AND FUTURE TENSES
• WE LEARNT TO USE ‘HAVE GOT’ TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT CLOTHES WE OWN
 QUIZ TIME

WHAT DO WE USE “HAVE GOT” FOR?

USE THE CORRECT FORM OF “HAVE GOT”
• DURING MY YOUNGER DAYS _______ EVERYTHING I ALWAYS WANTED
• I AM SURE THAT MY AUNTIE _______ A LOT MONEY IN HER BANK RIGHT NOW
• WHEN I AM RETIRED ________ A LOT OF NEW HOUSES
• BACK THEN IN THE 1960’S, THEY ________ A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE
PUBLIC
• FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AND I _______ MORE EXPERIENCE IN MY JOB
 SO, WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY?

 WE WILL LEARN HOW TO USE “CAN”

COMPARE AND LEARN HOW TO USE “CAN” AND WHEN TO USE “COULD”
USE THESE MODAL VERBS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO EVERYDAY
 SO, WHEN DO WE USE
“CAN”?

1. TO EXPRESS ABILITY
2. TO EXPRESS OPPORTUNITY
3. TO REQUEST SOMETHING
4. TO OFFER PERMISSION TO SOMEONE
5. TO SHOW POSSIBILITY OR IMPOSSIBILITY
 LET’S SEE SOME EXAMPLES

• MESSI CAN PLAY FOOTBALL (ABILITY)

• YOU CAN GET A PAY RISE (OPPORTUNITY)

• CAN YOU TAKE OUT THE TRASH? (REQUEST)

 LET’S SEE SOME EXAMPLES

• YOU CAN GO TO THE PARTY (PERMISSION)

• ANYONE CAN BECOME A MILLIONAIRE

 HOW DO WE
TURN IT INTO A
NEGATIVE?
 WHAT ABOUT USING
“CAN” TO ASK
QUESTIONS?
WE SWITCH CAN AND THE PRONOUN
AROUND (I, YOU, HE, SHE, IT, WE, THEY)
 CAN YOU DO THAT?
CAN THEY SEE HER?
CAN WE GO TO THE PARK?
 TO ASK QUESTIONS
USING “CAN” IN THE
NEGATIVE
ONCE AGAIN WE PLACE “CAN” AT THE
BEGINNING AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE
PRONOUN (I, HE, SHE, YOU, IT, THEY, WE).
THEN WE USE THE NEGATIVE FORM “NOT”
CAN I NOT LISTEN?
CAN WE NOT GO TOGETHER?
LET’S DO A
QUICK
EXERCISE
• HTTPS://
WWW.GRAMMARISM.COM/
CAN-EXERCISES/
• FOR EACH OF THE
SENTENCES, STATE THE
ROLE OF THE VERB “CAN”
 ANSWERS

1. CAN LIVE (POSSIBILITY)

2. WHAT CAN YOU DO (REQUEST)
3. CANT HELP (SHOW IMPOSSIBILITY)
4. CAN’T TELL (SHOW IMPOSSIBILITY)
5. CAN COME (SHOW POSSIBILITY)
6. CAN I NOT DO (QUESTION NEGATIVE)
7. CAN MAKE (IMPOSSIBILITY)
8. CAN’T REMEMBER (ABILITY)
9. CAN’T SAY (IMPOSSIBILITY)
10. CAN’T DO (ABILITY)
11. CAN HELP (TO REQUEST)
12. CAN’T THINK (ABILITY)
“CAN” VS “COULD
 WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS
• HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/CFHI9S7UOUO
1. WHEN DO WE USE COULD?
2. WHEN IS “COULD” MORE POLITE TO USE?
 “CAN” OR “COULD”
FOR REQUESTING
SOMETHING OR
ASKING PERMISSION
 “CAN” OR “COULD” FOR ABILITY AND
PERMISSION
• HTTPS://WWW.GRAMMARBANK.COM/CAN-VS-COULD-EXERCISE.HTML
WRITE A
PARAGRAPH
ABOUT YOUR
HERO
 TELL ME HIS
NATIONALITY
 WHAT FAMILY MEMBERS
DOES HE HAVE?
 WHAT AWARDS HAS HE
GOT
 WHAT CLOTHES DOES HE
USUALLY WEAR?
 WHAT CAN HE DO? WHAT
TALENT DOES HE HAVE?