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5th Grade Exam Preparation

The document explains the use of 'can' and 'can't' to express abilities and inabilities in English, providing examples and exercises for practice. It also covers how to tell time in English, detailing various expressions used for different times. Additionally, it includes exercises to reinforce understanding of both topics.

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5th Grade Exam Preparation

The document explains the use of 'can' and 'can't' to express abilities and inabilities in English, providing examples and exercises for practice. It also covers how to tell time in English, detailing various expressions used for different times. Additionally, it includes exercises to reinforce understanding of both topics.

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Can / Can’t

Can (Abilities)
In English, we use the CAN structure to make sentences when
we talk about our talents, skills, and activities we can do .

✦ I can speak English.


✦ You can play the piano.
✦ We can play soccer.
✦ They can do experiments.

✦ He can solve problems.


✦ She can draw pictures.
✦ It can swim.

Can’t (Inabilities)
✦ I can't (cannot) play a musical instrument.
✦ You can't (cannot) dance.
✦ We can't (cannot) do origami.
✦ They can't (cannot) rollerblade.

✦ He can't (cannot) play checkers. (He can't play checkers.)


✦ She can't (cannot) read. (He can't read.)
✦ It can't (cannot) run. (He can't run.)
Question Sentences with Can
When asking a question to find out whether the other person can
do an activity, CAN is placed at the beginning of the sentence.

EXAMPLES
✦ Can you do gymnastics?
Short answers
– Yes, I can .
– No, I can't .

Long answers
– Yes, I can do gymnastics.
– No, I can't do gymnastics.
Modals – ‘can’ and ‘can’t’
We can use can and can’t to talk about abilities in the present.

1. True or false?
Read and circle true or false for these sentences.

I know lots of sports. I can swim and I can play football. I can play
basketball too because we practise at school! But I can’t play
tennis. What else can I do? Well, I can’t speak German or French
but I can speak English and Arabic!

a. She can swim. true false

b. She can’t play football. true false

c. She practises basketball at school. true false

d. She can play tennis. true false

e. She can’t speak Arabic. true false

2. Choose the answer!


Read the sentence. Circle the correct answer.

a. I can . to swim / swim / swimming

b. She ride a bike. can / cans / know

c. Can you tennis? plays / to play / play


d. He isn’t / can’ts / can’t
speak Spanish.
e.
run fast? They can / Can they / Are they
f.
He can’t five pizzas! eat / ate / to eat
g.
We dinner. can to cook / can cook / can cooking
h.
What sports play? you can / are you / can you
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3. Make it right!
Find the mistake in each sentence and correct it.

She can’t driving a car. She can’t drive a car.


a.
I can’t to play chess.
b.
He cans make a cake.
c.
They can’t to sing very well.
d.
Can you eating with chopsticks?
e.
She can’ts ride a horse.
f.
He can speaking three languages.
g.
How many musical instruments you can play?
h.

4. Write and draw!


What sports can you play? What languages can you speak? What else can
you do? Write about yourself like in exercise 1 and draw a picture!

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Telling The Time in English
The first way to tell the time in English is to say the hours and
minutes in order, as we see them on a digital clock screen.

It is thirty eight. (It's eight thirty)

It is two fifteen.
Other expressions we can use to tell the time are:
1. O'clock is used only at full hours.

2. When it is half past time, the expression half past is used.

3. We use quarter past to express that it is quarter past time.

4. We use quarter to to express that it is a quarter to o'clock.

5. When we say the elapsed minute, we use PAST , and when


we say the remaining minute , we use TO . We need to pay
attention to the fact that in English, when we say the hours, the
elapsed or remaining minute is said first, followed by the hour.
We need to use PAST (past) for the time period up to half past,
and TO (near) after half past.

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