U5: Can- Could. Questions with: HOW? 7.A/2 08.03.2021
Watch the video lesson- Usage of modal verbs - can, can't, could, couldn't. Write these main grammas rules in your notebook. 1. CAN or COULD ?Ability (spējas)CANis used to talk about the abilityto do something in the present or future ; Example: He can speak Chinese fluently.COULD is used to talk about past time ( pagātne) Example:I could run 10 miles when I was young.2.CAN or COULD ?Request (lūgums)COULD is used as apolite way of telling or asking someone to do something Example: Could you lock the door when you leave?Canis more informal Example:Can you take me to the Victoria station?3. CAN or COULD ?Asking Permission (atļaujas prasīšana)CAN is used to ask for permission to do something in informal way Example: Can I borrow your car tomorrow?COULD is more formal and politethan can Example:Could I choose my own doctor?4. CAN or COULD ? Allowed things (atļautas lietas)CAN is used totalk about things which are allowed in the present or future Example: You can take a holiday tomorrow if you want.COULD is used to talk about thingswhich are allowed in the past Example:When I first started this job we could take holiday when we wanted.6. Questions and negatives?We make questions by putting the subject after CAN/ COULD: Example: Can Igo to the cinema ? Could Iask you a question? Choose the correct answer.Use your notebook where you have written main grammar rules.Izmanto savu burtnīcu, kur esi ierakstījis galvenos gramatikas noteikumus. We use CAN to talk about the present past We use COULD to talk about the present past The he form of CAN is ... can cans The negative form of CAN is... don't can didn't can Couldn't can't The negative form of COULD is... Didn't could Don't could can't couldn't We use COULD to show that something was possible in the past True False We use COULD to talk about things which are allowed in the present True False We make questions by putting the subject after can True False Is this sentence correct: Could you ride a bike when you where six? True False Complete the sentences with the words in the box under the task. Pabeidz teikumus, izmanto vārdiņus tabulā zem uzdevuma. 1. I can bake a cake. (affirmative sentence)2. She can't sing. (negative sentence)3. Can they sing? (question)Yes, they can (short answer)No, they can't (short answer)4. He could dance when he was young. (use past tense)5. We couldn't play tennis. (use past)6. Could you speak German? (question/ use past tense)Yes, I could (short answer, use past tense)No, I couldn't (short answer, use past tense) Change the sentences into the affirmative (v), negative (x) or question (?) form.Pārveido teikumus. Skaties uz zīmīti iekavās:(V) - affirmative/ apgalvojuma teikums(X) - negative/ nolieguma teikums(? ) - question / jautājuma teikumsExample:Inventors can't make a lot of different things. (V)Inventors can make a lot of different things. 1. Esin can speak five languages. (?)Can Esin speak five languages ?2. I could read when I was three years old. (X)I couldn't read when I was three years old.3. Tim and Steve can't cook well. ( V)Tim and Steve can cook well.4. My dad couldn't swim very fast last year. (V)My dad could swim very fast last year.5. We can understand Italian ( X)We can't understand Italian .6. Kim could read when she was five (?)Could Kim read when she was five ? Write questions with can or could.Thenwrite short answers .Raksti jautājumus ar "can" un "could". Tad raksti īsās atbildes!Short answers:V - affirmative (apgalvojuma)X - negative (nolieguma)Example:_(you a bike when you were six?Could you ride a bike when you were six?Short answers:Yes, I could (V)No, I, couldn't (X) 1. Can you make (you music videos?Yes, I can (V)No, I can't (X)2. Could you swim (you when you were nine?Yes, I could (V)No, I couldn't (X)3. Could you play (you chess when you were eight ?Yes, I could (V)No, I couldn't (X) Take your English book. Open it on page 53 and do the task 3.Complete the text with affirmative or negative forms of CAN and COULD. !!!! Write answers here, in wizer.Write like this:1. can't 1. can't2. could3. could4. couldn't5. can6. can't Organise words in the correct order to make sentences.Sakārtro vārdus pareizā secībā, lai izveidotu jautājuma teikumus ar "how".Uzklikšķini uz tukšās šūnas un izvēlies pareizo vārdu! Remember !!!We use HOW + adjective/ adverb + verb + subject.Example: How far is it to the moon ? How high can you jump? How far can you run and swim? How many words can you say in ten seconds ? How strict is your teacher ? How tall are you ? How often are you late for school ?