MODALS: Could and be able to for ability
I could fly a spaceship when
I was six and I’ll be able to speak English as well as Nick
and Jenny soon.
1 What could you do? Work with a partner. Ask what your partner could do when he or she was six years old.
YOU Could you read?
PARTNER Yes, I could. OR No, I couldn’t.
use a calculator
take photographs
dive
go shopping
make a fire
count to a hundred
ride a bicycle
climb trees
tell the time
use the telephone
read
swim
play the piano
ride a horse
write in English
cook a meal
paint pictures
write
run fast
use a computer
play football
draw pictures
3 Growing up
Nick's friend Paul has a younger brother who is only one year old. Make six sentences saying what he could do when he was a baby, what he can do now, and what he will be able to do when he is five.
Baby
Now
Age 5
cry ü
walk ü
swim ü
eat
play with toys
draw
sleep
talk
smile
count to three
play computer games
· When he was a baby he could cry.
· Now he can walk.
· When he is five he will be able to swim.
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