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canlcan'tlcou/dlcou/dn't • was/were • Words that sound the same • On the phone

STARTER 1 Where do people speak these languages?

French Spanish German Italian
Portuguese Japanese English
2 Which languages can you speak? I can speak English and a little. Spanish. And of course., I can speak my language..
Tell the class.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

can/can't
1 Match the photos of the Brady family
with the sentences.
1 c She can walk now.
2 e We can draw, but we can't write.
3 a I can sing quite well.
4 b 'Can you play the drums?'
'Yes, I can! 'No, he can't!'
5 d 'Can they dance?'
'Yes, they can. My dad's OK, and my
mum can dance flamenco really well!
IDI Listen and check.

GRAMMAR SPOT
1 Say all persons of can and can't.
What do you notice?
I can, you can, he . .-� she..• it... we... they...
I can't, you..• , etc.
Pronunciation
2 . IDI Listen and repeat these sentences.

/ /
? = bn
Yes, I can. = /kren/
No, I can't: = /ko:nt/
3 Say these • • • •
sentences. We can ra She
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44 Unit 6 • Can you speak English?

 PRACTICE
2 IDJ Listen and complete the sentences with can or
can't+ verb. Lucia can't cook. Can you?
1 I c a n s p e a k f r e n c h , but I can speak germany. 1 IDI Listen to Lucia and complete the chart.
2 He can dance , but he can't sing . Put✓ orX.
3 Can you cook ?''Yes,I can .'
Can •.. ? Lucia You Partner
✓
4 They can ski ,butthey can'tswim.
5 We can dance and we can sing drive a car X ✓
6 'Can she drive ?' 'No, she can' .' speak French ✓ X X
✓ ✓ ✓
✓
speak Spanish
IDJ Listen again and repeat.
X ✓
✓
cook
play tennis X X
ski ✓ X X
X ✓ ✓
✓ ✓
swim
play the guitar ✓
· dance ✓ ✓ ✓
use a computer ✓ ✓ ✓
2 Complete the chart about you.
3 Complete the chart about your partner.
Ask and answer the questions.

Tell the class about you and your partner.

What can computers do?

4 What can computers do? Discuss with a partner.

Can they ... ?

✓ translate
✓check spellings
D write poetry
D feel ill
✓ speak English
✓ make music
D laugh
0 think
✓ play ,.ches
D have conve 0
hear
D fall in love

Imagine you live in 2050. What can/can't a

computer do?

Unit 6 • Can you speak English? 45

 WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY?
was/were, can/could

IDI Read and listen to the questions. Complete the answers.

Present Past
1 What day is it today? What day was it yesterday?
It's thursday Itwas __wednesday_

2 What month is it now?

It's june
What month was it last month?
Ifwas __may

3 Where are you now? Where were you yesterday?

I'm in/at in my home I was in/at __home_
4 Are you in England? Were you in England in 1999? ··
yes ,lam. ,no I'm not. yes ,I was. no , I wasn't.
5 Can you swim? Could you swim when you were five?
_............yes........,, I can. no I can't. -..::.....:yes=�I could. - - no I couldri't.
...,.
Lan your teacher speak three langoages? Could your teacher speak English when he/she was$even?
she can. No, she_ she could. - No,__she couldn't

- -

GRAMMAR SPOT
1 Complete the table with the past of to be. Pronunciation
Positive Negative
l 111:1 Listen and repeat.
It was !mzl o day e erday. We were /wa/ at
I was wasn't In short answers the pronunciation is different.
You were weren't Was lwazJ it o -? es, it as /wozl.
but
He/She/It was wasn't Were /wa/ you ire ?
We were wern't 3 What Is the past of can? Positive Negative
were weren't couldn't
They I I/You/He/She/It/We/They could

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46 Unit 6 • Can you speak English?

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was
was
was
were
were
was
wasn't
were wern't

douldn't
were ✓ ✓
was
✓ ✓
✓

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write right
hear here
wear were
 this is jo

great I'll see you on sunday at ten, then bye

no, it isn't. I'll just get her

there's a party at my house on saturdar. can you come?

oh, never mind. perhaps next time. bye

can i speak to the manager, please?

can i take a message

i'll ring back later
EXERCISES 9.3 some and any
We use some in positive sentences with uncount nouns and
1 Make sentences. plural nouns.
1 Sue/ yesterday/ to the cinema I went
There is bread
some on the table.
2 ago / I / met/ Nick/ two years There are oranges
We use some in questions when we ask for things and offer things.
3 last night / go / they/ out/ didn't Can I have coffee, please?
some
Would you like grapes?
4 three weeks I Jack/ ago/ was born
We use any in questions and negative sentences with uncount
nouns and plural nouns.
5 Friday/ we / last/ met Is there water? (I don't know if there
Does she have children? is any water / if she
2 Rewrite the sentences. Use the negative form of the Past Simple. any has any children.)
I I watched TV last night. _____________ I can't see rice.
2 They travelled by train. ______________ There aren't people.
3 Mary sang in the concert last week. _________
4 Pete saw three men outside the bank. _________
5 We went to New York in 2002. ___________ 9.4 How much ... ? and How many ... ?
3 Complete the sentences. Use the Past Simple. We use How much ... ? with uncount nouns.
1 Nick ____ off his bike. (fall) How much rice is there? There isn't much rice.
We use How many ... ? with count nouns.
2 I _____ them an email. (send) How many apples are there? There aren't many apples.
3 You ____ my glasses! (find)
4 She ____ a cup of coffee. ( drink)
9.5 Prepositions
5 We ____ a new DVD. (buy)
I've got a book by John Grisham.
4 Choose the correct preposition. What do you have for breakfast?
1 They met on/ at/ in 11 June. Germany has many kinds of sausages.
2 Kate was born in/ at/ on the 1980s.
3 We play tennis on / in/ at weekends.
4 She bought the flat at/ on/ in May.
5 What did you do in I at/ on Monday?
EXERCISES
1 Write C (countable) or U (uncountable).
UNIT 9 1 milk ____ 5 apple
2 money _____ 6 bread
9.1 Count and uncount nouns 3 homework _____ 7 fruit
Some nouns are countable. 4 CD ____ 8 tea
a book - two books an egg - six eggs 2 Complete the sentences. Use Would ... like or 'd like.
Some nouns are uncountable.
bread rice 1 I _____ a cup of coffee, please.
Some nouns are both! 2 _____ they _____ some food?
Do you like ice-cream? We'd like three ice-creams, please. 3 _____you _____ to go out tonight?
4 _____ she _____ a drink?
9.1 would like 3 Choose the correct word.
Would is the same in all persons. I Can I have any/ some milk, please?
We use would like in offers and requests. 2 Do they have some / any sandwiches?
Positive 3 There are some / any oranges.
4 Would you like any/ some coffee?
I 5 Are there any/ some biscuits?
You
He/Shent 'd like a drink. 'd =would 4 Complete the sentences. Use is, are, some, any, much, or many.
We I How _____ sugar is there?
They 2 I'd like ____ water, please.
3 _____ there any bread?
Yes/No questions Short answers
4 How _____ people did you see?
you 5 There _____ some letters for you.
Would he/she/it like a biscuit? Yes, please.
No, thank you. 6 Have you got _____ money?
they

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 Count and uncount nouns • I likelfd like ... • Food and drink
In a restaurant• some/any• How much/many... !
Food you I ike!
. . � ,,, . .

Count and uncount nouns Do you like . . . ?

1 Can you count these? 3 like+ -ing

..
Are these u-sually count or uncount nouns? Put C or U. Answer the questions \Vith a-wo_td from A, a line from
1 ]J pasta 8 cstrawberry B, and a line from C,
9 c biscuit
. ' ,.
, ;;:

2 c money .,, . : ,,: .r_ ,•

-< .� C
10 c fruit
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3 c bread
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skiing cro.sswords
4 ustamp
11 c sandwich love looking at old movies in bed
5 u wine u
12 chees e like takin g music
6 D
c apple D
13 c cup likes doing.
watching
in the mountains
and windsurfing
7 lJ
c hamburger 14 � loves
c egg sunbathing computer games
listening to photographs
l a, an, or some? y
pla ing paintings
Complete the sentences with a, an, or some.
l Would you. like � pasta? Why does Peter go to Switzerland every winter?
2 Would you like ____some wine? Because he �ing iK tlte, ��-
some 2 \iVhy is there a music system in your living room,
3 Can I have stamps, pleas·e?
a ki'tchen, and bedroom?
4 I'd like --- chicken sandwich and some
loves listening to music
Becausef_________ _____
cheese for lunch.
s Doyouwant a
drink"? 3 'Why does your father buy three newspapers every
day?
6 Would yeu like ____ an apple or a
doing crosswords
Becausehe __________ _
strawberries?
7 Can I have a br�ad? 4 Why do you have a video recorder in your bedroom?
like watching old movies in bed
8 Can you give me_ some___ money? Because I --- --- --- --- --
9 I usually have__a biscuit and some cup 5 \Nhy does Silvia have nvo cameras?
of coffee ,1.t U a.m. Because sbe ____ taking___
photographs
______
10 (:ould you buy some fruit when you go to the 6 Why do you visit so many art galledes?
·sh9ps? love looking at paintings _
Because 1 _____________
ll He always has an egg for b.reakfast.
7 \i\fhy do Ines and Pablo g o to the beach at weekends?
sunbathing and windsurfing_
Because they ___________
8 \\Thy is there a computer in your son's bedroom?
Becausehe ________playing computer games __ _

42 Unit 9 • Food you likel

 cooking
no, I don´t
italian and mexican shopintg
what at weekends No, I don´t
playing
films does she like yes I do
doing
lisa likes the no, I don´t
doing like the chinesse food learning
she likes Yes I do
no she d
when she
she going the restaurants at weekends
she like going to the
no she doing like
 vegetable soup
sirloin steak

carrots peas and green salad

apple pie

he likes

i´d like

she´d like a house big

they lie

I´d like

He like CDs

I´d like stay in my home

they like a winter holiday

 we´d like a table for two
would you like some coffe ?
we could have the manu
would you like to order some wine

I´d like fist the paté

still mineral water or sparkling ?

we´d like a table for two is service included?

we can have the bill? waht would you like vegetables?

we could have the menu? would you like to order som wine

is service included?
still mineral water or sparklig

I´d like first the paté

would you like some coffe?

I´d like course the chicken for the main
I´d like course the chicken for the main

what would you like vegetables ? we can have the bill

 I get very homework this week
some
how many
any I have two nooks
how many
some costs 13 Bs.
some how many
I speak trhee languages
any how many
there are twenty people in my class
some how many
any I have two weeks of holiday
how much
some I drink a liter
some

any
some

de verdad me gusta la fruta, es deliciosa

no me gustan las verduras en absoluto

Te gusta el café?

any chairs te gustaría algo de café ?

any photos
me gustaría un poco de agua mineral porfavor
any food
hay algún pan?
some petrol
si hay algunos pero no tantos

some stapms
hay alguna galleta ?
some people
si hay unas cuantas,pero no son muchas
some peopel
some books
me podrías pasar la sal porfavor ?