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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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