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Grammar: Can, Could, Be Able To (Ability and Possession)

The document discusses the use of modal verbs like can, could, be able to, must, have to, and should. It provides examples of sentences using these modal verbs and asks students to identify the correct modal verb based on the context. It also asks students to work with a partner to recall the stories from the examples.

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Grammar: Can, Could, Be Able To (Ability and Possession)

The document discusses the use of modal verbs like can, could, be able to, must, have to, and should. It provides examples of sentences using these modal verbs and asks students to identify the correct modal verb based on the context. It also asks students to work with a partner to recall the stories from the examples.

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4A GRAMMAR can, could, be able to (ability and possession)

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Anyone for tennis?


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UFOOJT4P MBTUZFBS BUUIFBHFPG *EFDJEFEUPMFBSO*XBT
SFBMMZIBQQZXIFO*GPVOEBUFBDIFSXIPwas able to could
HJWFNFMFTTPOTBOETP*TUBSUFE6OGPSUVOBUFMZ BGUFSUIFGJSTU
GFXMFTTPOT *SFBMJ[FEUIBU*EOFWFS3can be able toQMBZUIJT
HBNF0OFPGUIFQSPCMFNTXBTUIBU* couldn’t wasn’t able
toNPWFGBTUFOPVHICFDBVTF*BNOPUJOHPPETIBQF5IFPUIFS
QSPCMFNJTUIBUUFOOJTJTOPUBOFBTZTQPSUUPMFBSORVJDLMZ*
IBUFEnot can not being ableto IJUUIFCBMMPWFSUIFOFU*U
XBTSFBMMZGSVTUSBUJOH%JE*MFBSOBOZUIJOH :FT *EJEwUIBU*MM
OFWFSbe able to can QMBZUFOOJT

It’s never too late


.ZZFBSPMEHSBOEGBUIFScouldn’t / wasn’t able toFWFO
UVSOPOBDPNQVUFSVOUJMBCPVUUXPZFBSTBHP"MMUIBUDIBOHFE
XIFOIFEFDJEFEUIBUIFXBOUFEUPcan / be able toVTFUIF
*OUFSOFU BOEIFEJEBDPVSTFBUIJTMPDBMBEVMUFEVDBUJPODFOUFS
"MUIPVHIIFSFBMMZFOKPZFEUIFDPVSTF IF couldn’t / wasn’t
able toQVUXIBUIFMFBSOFEJOIJTDMBTTFTJOUPQSBDUJDFCFDBVTF
IFEJEOUIBWFBDPNQVUFS4P GPSIJTCJSUIEBZ *CPVHIUIJN
IJTPXOMBQUPQ BOEUIBUTXIFOIFSFBMMZTUBSUFEMFBSOJOH
/PX IF ’sable to / canVTFUIF*OUFSOFUSFBMMZXFMMBOETFOE
FNBJMT8IBUIFMPWFTNPTUJT11can / beingable to TQFBLBOE
TFFIJTHSBOEDIJMESFOPO4LZQFBUMFBTUPODFBXFFL5IFZMJWF
JO"VTUSBMJB BOEJGIFEJEOUIBWFBDPNQVUFS IFcouldn’t /
wouldn’t be able toLFFQJOUPVDIXJUIUIFNTPNVDI

b $
PNQMFUFUIFTFOUFODFTXJUIcancan’tPScouldcouldn’t*GBGPSNPGcancouldJTOUQPTTJCMF
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*IBWFOU TQFBLUP)BSSZ UIJTXFFLFOE*NUPPCVTZ
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UPUIFNFFUJOHPOUJNF TQBDFT

activation
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4B GRAMMAR modals of obligation: must, have to, should
a $JSDMFUIFDPSSFDUWFSC4PNFUJNFTCPUIWFSCTBSFQPTTJCMF

/P UIBOLT*must not / :PVmust not / don’t have -JWJOHBUIPNFJTHSFBU*


shouldn’tFBUBOZNPSFDBLF toUFMMBOZPOFXIBU*KVTUUPME must not / don’t have toEP
*NPOBEJFU ZPV*UTBTFDSFU BOZUIJOHCFDBVTFNZNPN
EPFTJUBMMGPSNF

:PVmust / have toHFUBWJTB :PVshould / have toEP +FSSZdoesn’t have to /


JGZPVXBOUUPHPUP$VCB ZPVSIPNFXPSLPO4BUVSEBZ must notHFUVQFBSMZUIJT
NPSOJOH5IBUXBZZPVMMIBWF NPSOJOH)FJTOUHPJOHUP
UIFSFTUPGUIFXFFLFOEGSFF XPSL

*UT.FHTCJSUIEBZUPNPSSPX :PVmust not / don’t have *UIJOLZPVshould / mustHP


*have to / shouldSFNFNCFS toUPVDIFMFDUSJDBMUIJOHT UPCFEFBSMZUPOJHIU:PVMPPL
UPDBMMIFS XIFOZPVSIBOETBSFXFU*UT SFBMMZUJSFE
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b $
PNQMFUFUIFTFOUFODFTXJUImust, must not, have
to, PSdon’t have to4PNFUJNFTUXPBOTXFSTBSF
QPTTJCMF
:PV have to pay GPSGPPEBOEESJOLT
TFQBSBUFMZ
2
:PV ESJWFBUNPSFUIBONQI
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activation
c $PWFSUIFTFOUFODFTJOb-PPLBUUIFQJDUVSFTBOESFNFNCFSUIFTFOUFODFT

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