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New Headway Beginner

Unit 11

Öğr. Gör. Barış Eriçok

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi

Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu

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1 Can and can’t have the same form for all persons.

Positive

Negative

Questions with question words

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I/You/He/She/It/We/They can

speak Spanish.

play the piano.

understand.

I/You/He/She/It/We/They can’tdrive.

help.

Where can

we wait?

How many musical instruments you play?

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Yes/No questions and short answers

2 Complete the sentences with can/can’t.

A ___ Rick drive a motorbike?

B No, he ___.

A When ___ we go swimming?

B We ___ go at 4.00.

A I ___ help you now. I’m busy.

B ___ you help tomorrow?

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Can Rick drive a motorbike?

No, he can’t.

When can we go swimming?

We can go at 4.00.

I can’t help you now. I’m busy.

Can you help tomorrow?

Can you drive?

Can she cook?

Yes, I can.

No, she can’t.

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1 Can is a modal verb.

Dennis can drive a car.

Claude can speak Italian.

can verb

We don’t use do/does/don’t/doesn’t with can.

We can’t speak Russian.

Can she play golf?

She can’t sing.

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NOT We don’t can speak Russian.

NOT Does she can play golf?

NOT She doesn’t can sing.

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2 Change the sentences.

Rita can swim. (?)

1 He can sing well. (X)

2 You can cook. (?)

3 Paul and Dan can come. (?)

4 I can understand you. (X)

5 We can’t wait. (√)

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Can Rita swim?

He can’t sing well.

Can you cook?

Can Paul and Dan come?

I can’t understand you.

We can wait.

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1 Adverbs give more information about verbs.

run fast walk slowly

verb adverb

2 Notice the word order.

She dances beautifully.

3 Regular adverbs end in -ly.

Adjective

clear

careful

bad

fluent

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verb adverb

Adverb

clearly

carefully

badly

fluently

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4 Some adverbs are irregular.

Adjective

good

late

fast

early

5 Make sentences. Change the adjectives to adverbs.

1 Bill always / work / hard.

2 I speak French / fluent.

3 She / not cook / good.

4 They talk / slow.

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Adverb

well

late

fast

early

Bill always works hard.

I speak French fluently.

She doesn’t cook well.

They talk slowly.

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