Inglés. Can and could

Can and Could

1 Read the dialogue and write can, can’t

or could.[pic 1]

TOM:   Can you ski?

MARY: Yes I can, but I can’t snowboard. TOM:   I could ski when I was six.

MARY: Can you ride a horse?

TOM:   No, I can’t, but I can ride a bike. MARY: Me, too. I can ride a bike, and I can

ride a horse.

a) Mary    can    ride a bike and ride a horse. b) Mary   can’t          snowboard.

c) Tom    could         ski when he was six. d) Tom     can         ride a bike.

e) Tom     can         ride a horse.

3 Write sentences about what Mary can do now and what she could do when she was four.

a)  She can swim  now.  She couldn’t  swim when she was four.         [pic 2]

b)  She can play basquetball now. She couldn’t play basquetball when she was four        

c)  She can ride a bike now. She could ride a bike when she was four        [pic 3]

STOP

a Use can / can’t to indicate ability in the present.

I can’t ride a horse now. I can ride a bike now

b Use could / couldn’t to indicate ability in the past.

I couldn’t ride a horse in 2001. I could ride a bike in 2001.

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