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Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 5: Ability: Can and Could

1. The document contains an English grammar and vocabulary unit about ability, comparisons, and skills/people matching exercises. 2. It includes exercises to choose the correct words to complete sentences using can, could, and couldn't. As well as comparatives and superlatives like faster/fastest and exercises matching adjectives to people. 3. The final part provides information about three people, Sally, Natalie, and Eliza, including their birthdates, heights, weights, and running speeds to complete further comparisons.

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Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 5: Ability: Can and Could

1. The document contains an English grammar and vocabulary unit about ability, comparisons, and skills/people matching exercises. 2. It includes exercises to choose the correct words to complete sentences using can, could, and couldn't. As well as comparatives and superlatives like faster/fastest and exercises matching adjectives to people. 3. The final part provides information about three people, Sally, Natalie, and Eliza, including their birthdates, heights, weights, and running speeds to complete further comparisons.

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Grammar and vocabulary unit 5

Ability: can and could 4 Look at the information about Sally and Natalie.
Then write Sally or Natalie.
1 Choose the correct words a, b or c.
Sally Natalie Eliza
When I was a child, I couldn’t ride a bike.
born 17/11/96 23/11/96 17/12/96
a can’t b didn’t can c couldn’t
height 1 m 60 cm 1 m 75 cm 1 m 65 cm
1 My sister is really clever. She _________
weight 53 kg 64 kg 58 kg
speak three languages.
run 100 m 12.2 secs 12.00 secs 12.5 secs
a can b can’t c cans
art skills **** ** *****
2 Henry doesn’t like lakes. He _________ swim.
a can b can to c can’t She’s taller than her friend. Natalie

3 Two years ago he _________ speak English. 1 She’s younger than her friend. ___________

a coulds b couldn’t c could to 2 She’s heavier than her friend. ___________

4 Mr Jones is 74 now so he _________ play football. 3 She’s shorter than her friend. ___________

a can b couldn’t c can’t 4 She’s more artistic than her friend. ___________

5 My father _________ run very fast when he was 5 She’s faster than her friend. ___________
my age.
5 Look at the information in exercise 4 again.
a could b could to c can Then write Sally, Natalie or Eliza.
She’s the slowest. Eliza
Questions with how 1 She’s the tallest. ___________
2 She’s the oldest. ___________
2 Choose the correct words.
3 She’s the lightest. ___________
How high / tall is your sister?
4 She’s the most artistic. ___________
1 How fast / often do you have maths lessons?
2 How many / much times did you go there?
3 How far / high is it from Madrid to Seville? Skills and people
4 How much / long is the River Thames? 6 Match 1–5 with a–f to make people.
5 How fast / much can you run? sin a oser
1 pai b ger
Comparative and superlative 2 co c ok

adjectives 3 wri d mmer


4 progra e nter
3 Complete the table.
5 comp f ter
Adjective Comparative Superlative
fast faster fastest
(1) young ___________ ___________ Adjectives
(2) ________ bigger ___________ 7 Choose the correct words.
(3) short ___________ ___________ Formula 1 cars are very slow / fast.
(4) ________ ___________ heaviest 1 A cow is a domesticated / wild animal.
(5) light ___________ ___________ 2 Van Gogh was very practical / artistic.
(6) ________ ___________ most intelligent 3 An mp3 player is very light / heavy.
(7) ________ better ___________ 4 An Atlantic marlin is very peaceful / aggressive.
5 Siberian tigers are very common / rare.

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