CAN & COULDABILITY

CAN (PRESENT) – COULD (PAST)

Step-by-step English PLE

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

• I ________ speak fluent English when I was five.

• My grandmother ________ run whenshe was young, but she is too old now.

• When I was one month old, I _______ talk.

• Dogs and cats ________ fly.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

• Parents ______ choose their children’snames.

• My sister speaks German and French, but she ________ speak Russian.

• When I was ten, I _________ cookspaghetti, but now I am a famous chef and I ______ cook delicious food.

WHAT COULD/CAN SARA DO?

PAST PRESENT

WHAT COULD/CAN DAVID DO?

PAST PRESENT

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

DANCE FLAMENCO

SPEAK CHINESE

PLAY DRUMS

COOK PASTA PROGRAM COMPUTERS

SWIM 1 KILOMETER

SING POP MUSIC

WRITE NOVELS

QUESTIONS WITH HOW...

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HOW…? RELATE EACH COLUMN

How far…?

How tall…?

How many…?

How much…?

How often…?

How old…?

How long…?

Distance

Age

Quantity (Countable)

Quantity (Uncountable)

Frequency

Height

Length + Duration

HOW…?

• How _________does the film last? It lasts

about two hours.

• How ________does it cost? About €45

• How________is the exam? It’s very difficult!

• How_______people are coming? Almost 100

• How _______ are you? I am 12 years old

HOW…?

• How________ do you go to the gym? I go

every Monday

• How______is the supermarket please? It’s

just 5 minutes by bus

• How _______ is your sister? She is one metre

seventy-four