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    Life Elementary Unit 4c

    can (ability): Adverbs of manner

    Well, Jemima can


    Jemima can also play the
    also sing beautifully, run
    Hello. I’m Jemima. piano well. Can William play
    fast, play tennis …!
    I can speak French. a musical instrument?

    I’m William and William can’t play the piano


    I can speak French but he can play the guitar and
    and Chinese. the saxophone really well.

    Presentation

    Use can to describe ability. Adverbs of manner

    Affirmative and negative Use adverbs of manner to talk about how we do


    • 
    something:

    I / You / He / She /
    can He can play the guitar really well.
    play …
    It / We / They She can’t run very fast.
    can’t (cannot)
    Put the adverb of manner at the end of the
    • 
    Questions sentence.
    Say He can play the saxophone really well.
    Can I / you / he / she / it / we / they play …?
    He can play really well.
    (don’t say He can play really well the saxophone.)
    Short answers

    Yes, I can. No, I can’t.

    Can is a modal verb. This means no third person s.


    Say He can play the guitar. (don’t say He cans play the guitar.)

    Key vocabulary Adverbs of manner: (really/very) well/badly/beautifully/fast/slowly not very well = badly

    Exercises
    1 Match the questions to the answers.
    1 Can you speak Chinese? c
    a Yes, I can play the saxophone.
    2 Can you run fast?
    b No, but I can swim fast.
    3 I can play the guitar. Can you
    play a musical instrument? c Yes, I can. But not very well.
    4 I can’t play the guitar. Can you? d No, but I can play tennis.
    5 Can you play golf? e No, I can’t, but my friend can play really well.

    Practical Grammar 1 1 © National Geographic Learning


    Elementary Unit 4c
    2 Complete the conversations with can or can’t. Exercises
    Conversation 1
    A: I 1 can swim ten kilometres. 2 you?
    B: No, I 3
    swim but I 4 run fast.
    Conversation 2
    C: 5 you play the piano?
    D: No, I 6 but I can sing very well.
    C: Great. 7 you sing this song?
    Conversation 3
    E: My mother and father are from Barcelona. They 8 speak Catalan.
    F: 9
    you and your brothers speak Catalan?
    E: No, we 10
    speak it very well. We always speak Spanish.
    Conversation 4
    G: 11 you play tennis?
    H: Yes, I 12 but not very well. 13 you?
    G: No, I 14 . I’m terrible but my sister 15 play really well.

    3 Choose the correct forms.


    1 Can / Can’t you play the piano?
    2 Can you speak / play Arabic?
    3 No, I can / can’t.
    4 She can’t swim very well / not very well.
    5 Yes, I can / can’t.
    6 Can you play the guitar well / not very well ?
    7 I can / can’t run fast but I can swim well.

    4 Write the conversations. Then listen and check.


    1 you + speak Spanish? → no: speak Chinese 4 you + play tennis? → yes: also + play golf
    A: Can you speak Spanish? A:
    B: No, I can’t. I can speak Chinese. B:
    2 they + play the piano? → yes + very well 5 he + speak three languages? →
    A: no + but + speak two languages
    B: A:
    3 she + run fast? → yes
    A: B:
    B:

    5 Complete the sentences so that they are true for you.


    1 I can play but I can’t play .
    2 I can speak but I can’t speak .

    Practical Grammar 1 2 © National Geographic Learning

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