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Presente
En espaol utilizamos el verbo PODER seguido de otro verbo para hablar de la capacidad de hacer ciertas cosas. En ingls, utilizamos can/cant para el presente y could/couldnt para el pasado.
I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They can see (puedo, puedes ver) I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They cannot see (no puedo, no puedes ver) I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They cant see (no puedo, no puedes ver) Can I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they see? (puedo, puedes ver?)
Pasado
AFIRMATIVA NEGATIVA CONTRACCIN INTERROGATIVA I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They could run very fast. (Poda correr muy rpido/rpidamente.) I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They could not run very fast. (No poda correr muy rpido/rpidamente.) I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They couldnt run very fast. (No poda correr muy rpidamente.) Could I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they run very fast? (Poda correr muy rpido/rpidamente?)
Fjate que algunas veces traducimos estos verbos al espaol como saber: I can speak English (S hablar ingls.) NO: I know (to speak) English.
Ejercicios
A Haz preguntas y respuestas sobre los dibujos, utilizando can y cant.
0 A: Can she play tennis B: Yes, she can. A: Can she play the violin B: No, She cant. ? ?
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A: B: Yes, A: B: No, see the hills see the sea but A: B: No, A: B: Yes, speak Japanese speak French but A: B: Yes, A: B: No, eat the chips eat the sh but
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C Completa las frases con can, cant, couldnt y los verbos entre
parntesis. 0 You dont have to shout. I can hear 0 I couldnt watch 1 He 3 I moment. (hear) you very well.
(watch) that programme last night because I had to go out. (play) last week because he was injured. (cook). (give) you a lift in my car because it isnt working at the (see) the stage (do) very difcult sums in
4 I didnt have a good seat in the theatre, so I very well. 5 John doesnt need a calculator. He his head.
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