Think level. Can / can’t (ability). 4 сan

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can / can’t (ability)
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Can
I can sing.
She can play the piano.
He can dance.
They can sing.
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Can’t
I can’t stay awake.
She can’t swim.
They can’t dance.
He can’t ride a bike.
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Can (questions)
Yes, I can.
Can you sing?
Can she play the piano?
Yes, she can.
Can they dance?
No, they can’t.
Can he ride a bike?
No, he can’t.
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can / can’t in action
Mia:
Sam:
Mia:
Sam:
Can you swim?
Yes, I can. Can you swim?
No, I can’t. But I can ride a bike.
Oh, I can ride a bike, too. Hey, do you want to go
to the beach?
Mia: Yes. It’s not far away. Can you surf?
Sam: No, I can’t. Can you teach me?
Mia: My brother can teach you. Let’s go and see him. We
can go to the beach together.
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6.

GET IT RIGHT!
I can to swim.
He can dances.
I don’t
can’t can drive.
Do
Canyou
youcan dance?
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Can you remember the rules?
Positive and negative
• We use can to talk about ability.
• The negative form is cannot. The contracted form is can’t.
• We don’t use do or does with negative forms.
Positive
I/You
He/She/It
We /They
can jump.
Negative
I/You
He/She/It
We /They
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can’t (cannot) jump.

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Can you remember the rules?
Questions and short answers
• To make questions we use Can + subject + the base form of the verb.
• We don’t use do/does with can in questions.
Questions
I/You
Can He/She/It
We /They
jump?
Short answers
Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they can.
No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they can’t.
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Find a sport to do
run / fast
play / in a team
swim
catch / a ball
ride / a bike
throw / a ball
move to music
keep / balance
hit / a ball
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cycling
ice-skating
dancing
basketball
volleyball
surfing
snowboarding
baseball
tennis
swimming

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Do you know your friends?
Write your classmate’s names. Write 2 of your own ideas.
1 ________ do tae kwon do.
2 ________ play the piano.
3 ________ speak French.
4 ________ snowboard.
5 ________ ice-skate.
6 ________ skateboard.
7 ________ _____________.
8 ________ _____________.
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The publishers are grateful to the following illustrators:
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Written by Emma Szlachta.
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