This section is for worksheets using can and could; there are now 207 can/could worksheets included in this section. Lets take a look at a couple of the available worksheets. This worksheet is pretty basic and just gives students practice answering basic Can you ~? questions so it might be a good warm up or first practice activity. The second worksheet is a group activity that combines can and animal vocabulary into a fun guessing game that would be great as a review once students feel comfortable using the different target structures on their own. If those are not quite what you are searching for, look through the rest of this page to find something that your students will enjoy. For more modal verb worksheets choose the main modal verb section; there is a lot of variety there and has great modal review worksheets too. Besides worksheets, there are links to teaching articles on this page and while they are not directly related to modal verbs, the tips can be applied to lessons about any topic.
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This is a pretty simple worksheet for teaching can, can't must and mustn't at elementary level. There's a brief explanation followed by an easy activity in which students are asked to look at the ...
This is a simple elementary worksheet about London. It has some typical things that you would find in London such as a black cab, a post box, a london bus, a pint of beer, etc. The students have t ...
This worksheet consists of 4 exercises to practise with the modal verb can to express ability in the present. There are 3 people and some pictures for the activities they can do. The students have ...
A grammar guide to review degrees of certainty in past modals. Students study and complete the blanks in the grammar chart. Afterwards, elicit the different forms of certainty and possibility. At ...
This is a worksheet for revising modal verbs: Mustn't, Can’t, Should, Shouldn't, Would, Might, Could and Must. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to rewrite the sentences s ...
This is a simple worksheet for teaching or revising modal verbs: can, can’t, must, mustn’t, may, might not and should. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to match the ...
Animals and their abilities. Students look at a picture containing different wild animals and then they have to describe what these animals can and can't do. Plus: a reading activity about animal ...
This webquest was designed as an overall review on modal verbs. As a webquest should be, the approach, even though it is teacher-oriented, it is actually student-centered. It does not mean that st ...
This is a 2-page worksheet on can / can't to express ability and inability. There are simple explanations at the top of the page followed by five different and easy activities to go with it. Reco ...
A very funny way to teach your pupils/students about wild animals. You can also practise some structures such as It has got, It likes, It can, It lives. Here are the videos:
This is a worksheet for teaching modal verbs: can and be able to. There is a brief explanation at the top of the page followed by a simple activity in which students are asked to fill in the gaps ...
Grammar - controlled practice Students will be practicing the modal verb can (abilities) associated with the vocabulary of animals to talk about the things animals can or can't do. Afterwards they ...
Students read and listen along with "That's All" by Nat King Cole, and fill in the missing lyrics. After listening through the song verse by verse, and then in its entirety, work together as a cl ...
The use of the modal CAN for abilities and requests. Some examples in questions and answers and a lot of interrogative sentences for the students to practice and they can answer the questions. Thi ...
Learners can practice how to express abilities with can and can't. The first exercise includes animals. The learners' task is to write sentrences about them. In the second and the third exercise t ...
The modal verb CAN for Young ESL learners. This worksheet contains a: - listening and repeating activity; - writing exercise (speech bubble). - set of keywords for a speaking activity with I CAN ...
It's about the use of CAN/BE ABLE TO, including reading, writing and oral skills. Teachers can use it for presenting this grammar tip adn explore Sts speaking using their own experience. There is ...
These are simple word flashcards, with a symbol in each one, to represent ability, advice and order. I printed the affirmative ones in green paper and the negative in red paper. On the board, I dr ...
Exercises to make sentences and answer questions using the auxiliary verb can. Students will be able to understand and make sentences using common action verbs and talk about their own abili ...
This worksheet is a list of 47 questions and tasks that can be used as an ice-breaker, a class activity or 1on1 activity. Print out the entire list or cut out individual questions. Students roll ...
Pupils look at the pictures and write what people can or can't do. This way you practice action verbs combined with the modal verb can.Appropriate for junior A pupils. They have fun by looking at ...
This is a simple worksheet for teaching can / can't for ability. There are two pages with activities in which students are asked to look at the picture and complete the sentences, fill in the bla ...
Modals Test: Must/Have to (obligation), Don't Have to (absence of necessity), Can't/Mustn't (prohibition), Can (permission), Be Able to (ability).
his worksheet was originally created for a middl ...
A worksheet for teaching modal verbs: can for ability. Students are asked to write sentences using the verbs given, make questions and write short answers and write affirmative and negative sente ...
A simple exercise to ask different people what can or can't do. You must ask to 5 different people about the activities shown and complete the chart: "Can you speak German? Yes, I can. No, I can't ...
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![Song Worksheet: That's All by Nat King Cole [Cloze Listening Activity]](https://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-05/1337225667_all.jpg)
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