Hello everyone,

This week, we started a new subject: capacities and talents.

Here are our lessons:

Thursday, November 26^th

(the twenty-sixth)

CAPACITIES AND TALENTS

CAN and CAN’T

 

Activity n°1: [Subject + CAN or CAN’T + complement]

 Examples: 

Don can't sing.

Max can play football.

 

GRAMMAR: can and can’t

-       Avec le modal can/can’t, on parle des capacities ou talents, ce qu’on sait/peut faire.

-       Phrase affirmative : can se place avant le verbe.

-       Négation : can’t : can + not = cannot

-       Question : Can se place au début de la question.

-       Réponse courte : Yes/No + sujet + can/can’t.

 

Ø Carol can swim but she can’t dance.

 

Ø Can you sing? No, I can’t.  

 

Friday, November 27^th

(the twenty-seventh)

Questions and answers with can/can’t

 

1. Can you play the guitar? No, I can’t.

2. Can you sing? Yes, I can.

 

ð I can’t play the guitar but I can sing.

SONG: can and can’t

Complete the capacities

1 

An elephant can walk but it can’t jump/fly.

A kangaroo can hop but it can’t run/walk.

An octopus can swim but it can’t hop/clap.

A koala can sleep but it can’t swim/dance.

 

  

How well can you...?

*** : very well

** : quite well

*: a little

X: can’t ... at all : I can’t dance at all.

 

HOMEWORK: 01/12/2015: learn the lesson: animals + symbols (***/**/*/X)

 

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