ATIVIDADE 16 – Modal Verbs: can x could - 24/09/2021
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1. Write a sentence using the clues.
2. Read the text and answer the question below:
Hi! My name is Julia. I’m eight years old. When I was five years old, I couldn’t read a book. Now I can read, I can write and I can a draw picture. I have a sister. Her name is Claudia. She is 2 years old. She can walk now. But she can’t write, she can’t read and she can’t draw a picture. When I was six years old, I learned to swim. Now I can swim. But Claudia can’t swim. She is a little girl.
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Fill in the blanks with can / can’t / could / couldn’t.
Claudia
Julia
a) Claudia ____________ walk now
b) She ____________ read a book.
c) She ____________ write.
d) She ____________ swim.
e) She ____________ draw a picture.
f) Julia ____________ read a book when she was five years old.
g) She ____________ swim when she was seven years old.
h) She ____________ draw a picture.
i) She ____________ run.
j) She ____________ do her homework.
3. Choose the correct form of modal verb CAN x COULD:
I. Tom is blind. He ____________ see.
a) couldn’t
b) can
c) can’t
d) could
II. – ____________ an ostrich fly?
– No, it ____________.
a) Could / can’t
b) Can / can’t
c) Couldn’t / couldn’t
d) Could / couldn’t
III. Our English teacher fell asleep in class today. I think he____________ sleep well last night.
a) can’t
b) could
c) couldn’t
d) can
IV. Albert Einstein ____________ speak until the age of 4.
a) can’t
b) couldn’t
c) could
d) can
V. We didn’t have enough money last year so we ____________ go on a holiday. But this year we ____________.
a) could / can’t
b)couldn’t / can
c)can’t / can
d) can / couldn’t
VI. I ____________ buy this car as it ____________ too expensive.
a) can / was
b) could / weren’t
c)can’t / is
d) can’t / isn’t
VII. We ____________ win the match yesterday, because Albert ____________ catch any of the balls.
could / could
can / can’t
couldn’t / couldn’t
can’t / can
4. Pay attention to the comic strip and answer:
Qual habilidade/possibilidade (CAN) Garfield descobriu ser possível ao olhar para o computador
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5. Read the comic strip below and answer the questions about it:
a) No primeiro balão, Charlie Brown diz: “E ele bufou e bufou e derrubou a casa!”. Você conhece esse trecho? Qual a história que Charlie Brown está lendo?
b) No segundo quadrinho, Charlie Brown duvida da capacidade de um sopro derrubar uma casa. Retire do quadrinho a frase que contém essa possibilidade:
c) Relacionando as falas e as imagens, o que tornou a história engraçada?
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