Use Can when talking about what you are able to do in the present and Could when you want to refer to your abilities in certain time in the past.
I can play the guitar ( now)
I couldn´t play the guitar ( before, or when you were a child, for example).
ACTIVITY:
IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, FILL A CHART WITH THE ABILITIES YOU HAVE NOW AND THOSE YOU HAD OR DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
| (Present) I can… | (Past) I could or I couldn´t… |
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2 | | |
3 | | |
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I can swim
ReplyDeleteI can play video games
I can surf in internet
I can learn
I can't cook
I can't draw
I can't drive
I can't skate
I could speak
I could read
I could write
I could walk
I couldn't swim
I couldn't surf in internet
I couldn't play video games
I couldn't play basketball
I can play guitar
ReplyDeleteI can run
I can dance
I can write history
I can't surf internet
I can't jump
I can't sing
Could
I could to clinb
I could drive
I could speak
couldn't
I couldn play soccer
I couldn't run
I couldn't dance
I couldn't write
By: Carlos Peña
10
I can speak english I can't play basketball
ReplyDeleteI can dance I can't play video games
I can act words I can't sing
I could play doll I couldn't work
I could sleep all day I couldn't paint nails
I could run on the street I couldn´t cook
BY: shila rada =)
I can listen and speak in english
ReplyDeleteI can speak about the book of english
I could sing I couldn't work
I could dance I couldn't paint pictures
Att: Andrea serrato 10
I can run in the house
ReplyDeleteI can dance pop
I can't drive
I can't skate
I couldn't swim
I couldn't games in internet
Att: Sharon llanos
I can jump
ReplyDeleteI can play soccer
I can run
I can dance
Could
I could clean
I could sing
I could speak
I could cry
I can surf the internet
ReplyDeleteI can play basketball
I can create music
I can speak English
I can not drive a vehicle
I can not cook
I can not smoke
I can not drink beer
I could play tennis
I could skate
I could clean
I could play guitar
I could not play the piano
I could not sing
I could not play cars
I could not play with young children
att: jorge aldana
I could not run
ReplyDeleteI could not play soccer
I can play basebol
I can create music pop
I can Sing I can't play soccer
I can act words I can't sing
Att: Luisa vergara
I can run
ReplyDeleteI can play guitar
I can draw
I can swim
I can play nintendo ds
I can eat hot dog
I can shout
I couldn't crawl
I couldn't play nintendo 64
I couldn't play basquetbol
I couldn't jump
I couldn't high jump
I couldn't sleep single
I couldn't walt the dog
Of. Juan alamanza 10º
I can run in the house
ReplyDeleteI can dance pop
I can't drive
I can't skate
I could play doll I couldn't work
I could sleep all day I couldn't paint nails
I could run on the street I couldn´t cook
Att: Jessica Baza 10
i can dance i can run
ReplyDeletei can play in the car
i can swin
I could play tennis
I could not play cars
I could clean
I could to clinb
att: karla perez
I can Dance
ReplyDeleteI can Jump
I can study English
I can Play Basketball
that I can surf the Internet
I can not drive
He could not Jump
He could not Browse Internet
I could not play Basketball