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English Skills: Can/Can't & Was/Were Practice

The document provides instructions and examples for using modal verbs like "can", "could", "can't", etc. in the present and past tense. It includes examples sentences with blanks to fill in with "can" or "can't" as well as questions to complete with the present and past forms of "be", "can", and other verbs. The document is teaching about using modal verbs to talk about ability and possibility in different tenses.

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English Skills: Can/Can't & Was/Were Practice

The document provides instructions and examples for using modal verbs like "can", "could", "can't", etc. in the present and past tense. It includes examples sentences with blanks to fill in with "can" or "can't" as well as questions to complete with the present and past forms of "be", "can", and other verbs. The document is teaching about using modal verbs to talk about ability and possibility in different tenses.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO?

can/can’t

1. Match the photos of Brady Family with the sentences. 2. |CD2 11| Listen and complete the sentences with
can or can’t + verb.
1. ____________ She can walk now.
1. I _____ ______, but I _____ _____ ______.
2. ________________We can draw, but we can’t write.
2. He ______ ______, but he ______ _______.
3. _____________ I can sing very well.
4. _____________ “Can you play drums?” 3. “______ you _______? “Yes, I ______.”
“Yes, I can.” “No, he can’t!” 4. They ______ ______, but they ______ _____.
5. _________________ “Can they dance?”
5. We ______ _______ and we ______ ______.
“Yes, they can. My dad is OK,
and my mom can dance flamenco 6. “______ she ______?” “No, she _______”
really well.”
WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY?
Was/were/can/could

PRESENT TO BE PAST TO BE PRESENT VERB CAN PAST VERB CAN


AM WAS CAN COULD
IS WAS
ARE WERE NEGATIVE
COULD NOT / COULDN’T
NEGATIVE
WAS NOT / WASN’T
WERE NOT / WEREN’T

Read and listen to the questions. Complete the answers.


CD2|13

Present Past

1. What day is it today? 1. What day was it yesterday?


It’s ______________. It was _____________.

2. What month is it now? 2. What month was it last month?


It’s _______________. It was _____________.

3. Where are you now? 3. Where were you yesterday?


I’m in/at __________. I was in/at _____________.

4. Are you in the United States? 4. Were you in the United States in 2000?
________, I am. _________, I’m not.
_________, I was. ________, I wasn’t.

5. Can you swim? 5. Could you swim when you were five?
________, I can. __________, I can’t.

6.
6. Can your teacher speak three languages?
Could your teacher speak English when he/she
was seven?
Yes, ________. No, _________ can’t.
Yes, ________ could. No, __________ couldn’t.

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