Hello dear students. I'm so sorry but I had problems with my computer and I couldn't write the classroom Diary. But here I am. It's never too late.
Well, today we checked the homework and after we continued with unit 9. We did the listening activity on page 74 (2b) and then we worked with the dialogue AT THE STATION. We did the listening on page 75 (5) and we created a new dialogue about how to buy tickets to go somewhere. After I explained you the use of CAN.
CAN SIMPLE PRESENT
AFFIRMATIVE
I CAN BUY
YOU CAN BUY
HE CAN BUY
SHE CAN BUY
IT CAN BUY
WE CAN BUY
YOU CAN BUY
THEY CAN BUY
NEGATIVE
I CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
HE CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
SHE CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
IT CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
WE CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
THEY CAN'T PLAY TENNIS.
INTERROGATIVE
CAN I SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN YOU SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN HE SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN SHE SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN IT SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN WE SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN YOU SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN THEY SPEAK FRENCH?
And remember the answer is always: YES, I CAN or NO, I CAN'T
COULD(SIMPLE PAST)
AFFIRMATIVE
I COULD PLAY TENNINS
YOU COULD PLAY TENNIS
SHE COULD PLAY TENNIS
HE COULD PLAY TENNIS
IT COULD PLAY TENNIS
WE COULD PLAY TENNIS
YOU COULD PLAY TENNIS
THEY COULD PLAY TENNIS
NEGATIVE
I COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
HE COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
SHE COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
IT COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
WE COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
THEY COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
INTERROGATIVE.
COULD I PLAY TENNIS?
COULD YOU PLAY TENNIS?
COULD SHE PLAY TENNIS?
COULD HE PLAY TENNIS?
COULD IT PLAY TENNIS?
COLD WE PLAY TENNIS?
COULD YOU PLAY TENNIS?
COULD THEY PLAY TENNIS?
And the answer: YES, I COULD or NO, I COULDN'T.
REMEMBER: We use CAN TO EXPRESS ABILITY IN THE PRESENT and COULD TO EXPRESS ABILITY IN THE PAST.
On page 56 we did exercise 1, 3 and 4.
HOMEWORK: Go to page 54 and do exercise 1,2 an 4. And on page 55 read what Jack and jenny say and do exercise 6 b.
Thanks. See you on Thursday!!!!
PRACTISE THE SE OF CAN/CAN'T/ COULD/COULDN'T
EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4
EXERCISE 5
EXERCISE 6