This document contains exercises from an Oxford ESL grammar textbook. The first exercise asks to ask and answer questions about drawings using can and can't. The second exercise has students make sentences about the fabulous Plum family using could. The third exercise has students complete sentences with can, can't or couldn't and verbs in parentheses.
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Los modales 1
1. Ejercicios extra鱈dos de la Gram叩tica Oxford ESO.
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Ejercicio 1 Haz preguntas y respuestas sobre los dibujos, utilizando
can y cant.
1. A: Can she play tennis ?
B: Yes, she can .
A: Can she play the violin ?
B: No, she cant. She can play tennis
but she cant play the violin .
2. A: ___________________________?
B: Yes, ____________.
A: ___________________________?
B No, _______________________
but ______________________.
3. A: ___________________________?
B: Yes, ____________.
A: ___________________________?
B No, _______________________
but ______________________.
Los Modales (1)
Poder (can, cant, could, couldnt
En Ingl辿s usamos can/cant en el presente y could/couldnt en el
pasado para expresar la capacidad de hacer cosas, es decir, lo que
podemos o sabemos hacer.
He can run 100 metres in 12 seconds. El puede correr 100 metros
I couldnt speak English when I was little. Yo no sab鱈a hablar
2. Ejercicios extra鱈dos de la Gram叩tica Oxford ESO.
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4. A: ___________________________?
B: Yes, ____________.
A: ___________________________?
B No, _______________________
but ______________________.
Ejercicio2 Haz frases sobra la fabulosa familia Plum utilizando could.
1. Mr Plum / speak / 10 languages when he / be / 20
__Mr Plum could speak 10 languages when he was 20.___________
2. Simon Plum / drink / 10 litres of orange juice a day when he / be / 5
____________________________________________________
3. Mrs Plum / swim / 10 kilometres when she / be / 21
____________________________________________________
4. Gransmother Plum / dance / all evening when she / be / 60
____________________________________________________
5. Joan Plum / ride / a bike when she / be / 2
____________________________________________________
Ejercicio 3 Completa las frases con can, cant o couldnt y los verbos
entre par辿ntesis.
1. You dont have to shout. I __can hear___ (hear) you very well.
2. I ________________ (watch) that programme last night because I had
to go out.
3. He ________________ (play) last week because he was injured.
4. He eats in restaurants all the time because he ________________
(cook).
5. I ________________ (give) you a lift1
in my car because it isnt working
at the moment.
6. I didnt have a good seat in the theatre, so I ________________ (see)
the stage2
very well.
7. John doesnt need a calculator. He ________________ (do) very difficult
sums in his head.
1
Give a lift: llevar
2
Stage: escenario