1) Read and listen to the following info:

Read the leaflet. Which do you think is the best charity event: the sports event,

the talent show, the art show or the food stall?

Every year Parkslde Youth Club has a charity weekend for Friends of the Earth. 

This year it’s on April 25th and 26th. What can you do?

SPORTS EVENT

Can you run five kilometers? Ask your family and friends for 50p for every kilometer that you run. Maybe you can’t run, but can you swim? Ask people for 50p for every 100 meters that you swim.

TALENT SHOW

Can you sing or dance? Maybe you can play a musical instrument or juggle. Join our talent show and help to sell tickets.

ART SHOW

Some people can’t sing or dance very well but they can draw, paint or take good photographs. Organize an art show at your school. Then sell the artwork

FOOD STALL

Can you cook? Cook a dish for the food stall at the youth club and sell it to your friends.

2) Abilities & Talents

3) Write Sentences using can or can’t plus the correspondent verb

4) Listening Practice A 5.8

5) Listening Practice B Can't & Can

 

6) Listening Practice C 3 People Abilities

   

7) We can use: can, be able to, know how to and be good at to express ability

		can	Be able to	Know how to	Be good at
		can+ verb(base form)	Be able to+ verb(base form)	How to+ verb(base form)	At+ verb(ING)
Singular	+	She can speak 5 languages	She is able to speak 5 languages	She knows how to speak 5 languages	She is good at speaking  languages
	-	She can’t=cannot speak 5 languages	She isn’t able to speak 5 languages	She doesn’t know how to speak 5 languages	She isn’t good at speaking  languages
	?	Can she speak 5 languages?	Is she able to speak 5 languages?	Does she know how to speak 5 languages?	Is she good at speaking languages?
Plural	+	They can speak 5 languages	They are able to speak 5 languages	They know how to speak 5 languages	They are good at speaking  languages
	-	They can’t=cannot speak 5 languages	They aren’t able to speak 5 languages	They don’t know how to speak 5 languages	They aren’t good at speaking  languages
	?	Can they speak 5 languages?	Are they able to speak 5 languages?	Do they know how to speak 5 languages?	Are they good at speaking languages?

8) Homework

Read the following information about 3 animals. Pay attention to the underlined words in the text to express ability.

You are going to look for some information about an animal describing where this animal comes from and the abilities it has using: can, be able to, know how to and be good at.  You are going to record that information in maximum 1 minute and minimum 45 seconds and send it to the following email: icourse67@gmail.com 

9) Further Explanation and Exercises

Using Can:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eunz-1dWRxg

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit12/page2.htm

Using Be able to:

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/miscelaneous-topics/to-be-able-to.php

Look at the following links and complete the exercises there:

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit12/page5.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit12/page6.htm