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ABILITIES
5 Do the questionnaire. Answer Yes, / can or No, I can't.

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1 In pairs, match the verbs in the box with the photos
in the questionnaire in Exercise 5. ■ l j 1 1 1 Wmi ■ ■ ■ n r ,
cook dance paint rollerblade sing Can you sinq ?
speak swim

Listen. Tick what Jon and Mia can do and
cross what they can't do.

rollerblade speak a foreign sing dance
language
Jon V
Mia

3 Complete the sentences with can or can't.
Jon 1can rollerblade. He 2___________ speak a foreign
language. He 3___________ sing. He 4___________
dance. Jon's sister, Mia,5___________ rollerblade too.
She 6___________ speak a foreign language. She
7___________ sing. She 8___________ dance.

4 Read REMEMBER THIS and complete the cartoon.
j j Can you_______
r w foreign language?
REMEMBER THIS
You use can to talk about abilities.
+ I/You/He/She/We/They can sing.

- I/You/He/She/We/They can't sing.
Can you sing?
?
Yes, I can./No, I can't.

6 SPEAKING In pairs, ask and answer the questions
in the questionnaire. Then tell the class about your
partner.
Teresa can dance, but she can't paint. She ...

7 Write five questions. Use the ideas in the box or your
own ideas.

dance the tango draw comics play Halo
run ten kilometres ski speak three languages
swim a kilometre use the Internet

Can you run ten kilometres?

8 SPEAKING In pairs, ask and answer your questions.
Then tell the class about your partner.
A: Can you run ten kilometres?
Grammar page 125 B: Yes, I can./No, I can't. Can you ...?
A: Maria can run ten kilometres. She ...
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