1. Listen and complete the sentences with a word from the box.
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athlete dad pilot schoolgirl interpreter musician mechanic |
1 Marcus is a/an …interpreter… . He can speak German and Spanish fluently.
2 Seb is a/an ……………… . He can run very fast.
3 Tomas is a/an ……………… . He can mend cars.
4 Anna is a/an ……………… . She can fly an Airbus A380.
5 Sara is a/an ……………… . She can play the violin really well.
6 Lucy is a/an ……………… . She can write interesting stories.
7 Leo is Lucy’s ……………… . He can make fantastic cakes.
Answer & Audioscript
1 Marcus is an interpreter. He can speak German and Spanish fluently.
2 Seb is an athlete. He can run very fast.
3 Tomas is a mechanic. He can mend cars.
4 Anna is a pilot. She can fly an Airbus A380.
5 Sara is a musician. She can play the violin really well.
6 Lucy is a schoolgirl. She can write interesting stories.
7 Leo is Lucy’s dad. He can make fantastic cakes.
2. Listen and repeat the questions and answers.
Can Marcus speak Spanish? Yes, he can.
Can you speak Spanish? No, I can’t.
Can Leo make cakes? Yes, he can.
Can you make cakes? No, I can’t. I can’t cook at all!
3. Listen to the different pronunciations of can and can’t and repeat.
He can make cakes.
He can’t run fast.
A Can you cook?
B Yes, I can.
4. a) Read and listen to Lucy and her granddad, James. Complete the conversation.
James Lucy, you’re really good at using the computer. I can’t do that. Can you do lots of things on it?
Lucy Of course I (1)……….., Grandad! I can play lots of games on it. My favourite game is Minecraft – you can build your own house. It’s great!
J Wow! Can you build a house for me?
L Of course I can. I (2)……….. make a really big one for you with six bedrooms.
J Six bedrooms – amazing! What other things can you (3)……….. on your computer?
L Lots and lots. I can do my maths homework and write stories. Sometimes I (4)……….. my stories to my friends, and I can chat to my friends, too.
J Wow! That is clever. Now, your mum says you (5)……….. speak a little French?
L Don’t tell Mum, but I’m terrible at French. I (6)……….. speak it at all. But my friend Helen can speak French really well because her mum’s French. They (7)……….. French at home all the time.
J Well, you can learn from Helen. (8)……….. you speak any other languages?
L No, I (9)……….. . Can you speak French, Grandad?
J No, I can’t, but I can speak German. What other things can you do?
L I can cook! I can (10)……….. delicious cakes! Dad makes great cakes, and sometimes I help him. Yesterday we made a really big chocolate cake!
J Mmm! Can I have some?
L Of course you can.
b) Answer the questions about Lucy.
1 What can Lucy do? What can’t she do?
2 What is her favourite game?
3 Who can speak French well?
4 What language can Lucy’s grandad speak?
5 What did Lucy do yesterday?
Answer & Audioscript
a)
1 can 2 can 3 do 4 send 5 can
6 can’t 7 speak 8 Can 9 can’t 10 make
b)
1 Lucy can play games on the computer. She can do her maths homework. She can write stories and send them to her friends. She can chat to her friends. She can make delicious cakes. She can’t speak French.
2 Her favourite game is Minecraft.
3 Lucy’s friend Helen can speak French well.
4 Lucy’s grandad can speak German.
5 She made a really big chocolate cake with her dad.
Audioscript
J = James L = Lucy
J Lucy, you’re really good at using the computer. I can’t do that. Can you do lots of things on it?
L Of course I can, Grandad! I can play lots of games on it. My favourite game is Minecraft – you can build your own house. It’s great!
J Wow! Can you build a house for me?
L Of course I can. I can make a really big one for you with six bedrooms.
J Six bedrooms – amazing! What other things can you do on your computer?
L Lots and lots. I can do my maths homework and write stories. Sometimes I send my stories to my friends, and I can chat to my friends, too.
J Wow! That is clever. Now, your mum says you can speak a little French?
L Don’t tell Mum, but I’m terrible at French. I can’t speak it at all. But my friend Helen can speak French really well because her mum’s French. They speak French at home all the time.
J Well, you can learn from Helen. Can you speak any other languages?
L No, I can’t. Can you speak French, Grandad?
J No, I can’t, but I can speak German. What other things can you do?
L I can cook! I can make delicious cakes! Dad makes great cakes, and sometimes I help him. Yesterday we made a really big chocolate cake!
J Mmm! Can I have some?
L Of course you can.
5. a) Bobby Boyd is Irish, but he lives in London, in Portugal. Listen and tick (✓) the things he can do.
Can Bobby …?
1 speak Portuguese
2 speak German
3 ride a horse
4 surf
5 sing Fado
6 play the guitar
7 cook sardines
8 make Irish coffee
b) Listen again and complete Bobby’s sentences with words from the box.
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a little bit fluently quite well really well (not) at all very well |
1 I can speak Portuguese ………………… .
2 I can speak German ………………… .
3 All my Portuguese friends can surf ………………… .
4 I can’t surf ………………… .
5 I can sing Fado ………………… .
6 I can’t cook ………………… .
Answer & Audioscript
a)
speak Portuguese (fluently)
speak German (a little bit)
ride a horse
sing Fado
make Irish coffee
b)
1 I can speak Portuguese fluently.
2 I can speak German a little bit.
3 All my Portuguese friends can surf really well.
4 I can’t surf very well.
5 I can sing Fado quite well.
6 I can’t cook at all.
Audioscript
Hi, my name’s Bobby. I’m Irish, but I live in Lisbon, in Portugal. I teach English at a big school here. I can speak Portuguese fluently and German a little bit.
I love it here. Most Saturdays I leave the city and go to Sintra. It’s a beautiful old town very near Lisbon. I go with friends, and we usually go horse riding or walking in the lovely countryside. Sometimes we go surfing, too. The beaches are amazing. All my Portuguese friends can surf really well. I can’t surf very well, so I sunbathe. I love the beaches here.
On Sunday nights we sometimes go to Fado restaurants. Fado is traditional Portuguese music. I love it! I can now sing Fado quite well, but I can’t play the guitar.
Sunday is also the day for ‘sardinhas assadas’ – grilled sardines, in English. My friend, Jorge, always cooks delicious sardines with potatoes. I can’t cook at all, but I sometimes make Irish coffee for my friends. Coffee, whisky and cream! They love it, and so do I!
6. Listen and underline can or can’t. Then listen again and repeat.
1 I can / can’t ski quite well.
2 She can / can’t speak German at all.
3 He can / can’t speak English fluently.
4 Why can / can’t you come to my party?
5 We can / can’t run fast.
6 They can / can’t read music.
7 Can / Can’t you play the violin?
8 Can / Can’t cats swim?
Answer & Audioscript
1 I can ski quite well.
2 She can’t speak German at all.
3 He can speak English fluently.
4 Why can’t you come to my party?
5 We can’t run fast.
6 They can read music.
7 Can you play the violin?
8 Can cats swim?
7. a) Look at the pictures. Use the words to write questions with Can …?
b) Match these answers with the questions in exercise a).
..3.. a Yes, please! That’s so kind of you!
……. b I’m sorry. Is this better? Can you understand me now?
……. c Yes. Can you tell us about this TV, please?
……. d Of course I can. Careful!
……. e It’s 4 o’clock.
……. f Yes, of course. Here you are.
Answer & Audioscript
a)
1 Can I help you? (offer)
2 Can you tell me the time? (request)
3 Can I give you a lift? (offer)
4 Can I have the bill, please? (request)
5 Can you speak more slowly, please? (request)
6 Can you open the door for me, please? (request)
b)
a 3 b 5 c 1 d 6 e 2 f 4
Audioscript
1
A Can I help you?
B Yes. Can you tell us about this TV, please?
2
A Can you tell me the time?
B It’s four o’clock.
3
A Can I give you a lift?
B Yes, please! That’s so kind of you!
4
A Can I have the bill, please?
B Yes, of course. Here you are.
5
A Can you speak more slowly, please?
B I’m sorry. Is this better? Can you understand me now?
6
A Can you open the door for me, please?
B Of course I can. Careful!
8. a) Read and listen to the text about smartphones. Then answer the questions.
1 When did we start to use smartphones?
2 Why do we use smartphones so much?
What can’t you do on your SMARTPHONE? NOT MUCH!
The history
Was there ever a world with no smartphones? Well, yes there was! IBM made the first smartphone in 1993. It was big and heavy. It also cost an amazing $899! The first Blackberry went on sale in 2002. Tens of millions of people used the Blackberry. It sent emails and ‘surfed’ the net. In 2007 Apple’s first iPhone arrived in the shops and it was very popular. Today Samsung sells the most smartphones worldwide.
Now more people in the world have mobile phones than have toilets, and we use our smartphones more than 110 times a day!
Hundreds of uses
Of course, you can text friends, send emails and take photos and videos with your phone, but we use our phones for so much more. Our phones can open and lock our front doors, and a satnav app can give us directions when we’re lost! There’s an app that tells us how healthy we are and there’s even an app that tells us how well we sleep. We can ask our phone what song is on the radio, we can play chess with a friend thousands of miles away and we can Skype our family when we’re not at home. The smartphone is a really important part of our lives.
We can’t live without it!
b) All the sentences below are false. Read the text again and correct them.
1 Apple made the first smartphone.
2 The first smartphone was cheap.
3 Only a few people used Blackberries.
4 A satnav app can drive your car.
5 Our phones can sing songs for us.
Answer & Audioscript
a)
1 We started to use smartphones in 1993.
2 We use them so much because they can do so many things.
b)
1 Apple didn’t make the first smartphone. IBM made the first smartphone.
2 The first smartphone wasn’t cheap. It cost $899.
3 Tens of millions of people used Blackberries.
4 A satnav app can’t drive your car. It can give you directions.
5 Our phones can’t sing songs for us. We can ask our phone what song is on the radio.
9. Look at the photos. These people use their phones a lot. Who do you think says the lines below? Listen and check your ideas.
1 I often go on Facebook too – it’s a great way to get everybody’s news and we can share all our photos.
2 Mostly I play games on it with my friends. My favourite game is Flappy Birds.
3 I live in Scotland and my son lives in London. Playing Scrabble makes us feel nearby.
4 It is amazing that I can send a video from Mumbai in India and it’s on the 6 o’clock news!
5 I use FaceTime to see and speak to my family so I don’t feel so sad. I can even see my dog, Clara.
6 I can arrange meetings and talk to clients when I’m on the train.
Answer & Audioscript
1 Kylie 2 Josh 3 Keith 4 Maddie 5 Antonio 6 Taylor
Audioscript
Keith, age 73
I play Scrabble with my son on my phone, I love it! I live in Scotland and my son lives in London. Playing Scrabble makes us feel nearby. We usually play in the evening after he finishes work. It’s the best part of my day. I usually win! I had an eight-letter word yesterday and got eighty-two points!
Maddie, age 34
I’m a journalist – I work for the BBC. I travel a lot and take photos and videos of news events around the world on my phone, and send them back to the BBC in London. It’s amazing that I can send a video from Mumbai in India and it’s on the six o’clock news! I use my phone 24/7 because news is 24/7!
Antonio, age 21
I’m Italian, but I live and work in London at the moment. I miss my family so my phone is very important to me. Most evenings, when I finish work, I phone home. It’s wonderful. I use FaceTime to see and speak to my family so I don’t feel so sad. I can even see my dog, Clara. I speak to her and she knows my voice.
Kylie, age 17
The main thing I use my phone for is to message my friends. We text all the time, about everything in our lives, big and small. I often go on Facebook too – it’s a great way to get everybody’s news and we can share all our photos. Yesterday, we posted photos from this amazing party we went to last weekend. It was wild!
Josh, age 8
My mum and dad say I can use my phone after school and homework, and sometimes at the weekend. Mostly I play games on it with my friends. My favourite game is Flappy Birds. It’s great fun – I love it! We have big competitions – I win a lot, not always of course, but most times.
Taylor, age 42
I work for a large global company. I work long hours and I travel a lot. My phone is very important for work – I can arrange meetings and talk to clients when I’m on the train. And I send and receive emails. But every weekend, when I can, I turn my phone off and just spend time with my wife and two young daughters. My job is important to me, but my family is too.
10. Listen and complete the sentences.
1 A Ferrari is an …expensive car… .
2 We can’t go for a walk, it’s too …cold and wet… .
3 ‘How ……………… is your brother?’
‘He’s very ………………, 1.9 metres.’
4 I think motor racing is a ……………… .
5 Can I have a ……………… orange juice, please?
6 New York is a very ……………… .
7 Charlie Chaplin made some very ……………… .
Answer & Audioscript
1 expensive car 2 cold and wet 3 tall … tall
4 dangerous sport 5 fresh 6 cosmopolitan city
7 funny films
Audioscript
1
A A Ferrari is a fantastic car. It’s very fast.
B Yeah, I know, but it’s also very expensive.
2
A We can’t go for a walk – it’s too cold and wet.
B Yes, we can. Look, it’s sunny again! Come on!
3
A How tall is your brother?
B He’s very tall – 1.9 metres. I’m only 1.7 metres.
4
A I think motor racing is a really dangerous sport.
B I know it’s dangerous, but it’s exciting, too. That’s why I love it!
5
A Can I have a fresh orange juice, please?
B I’m afraid we don’t have fresh.
A OK. Just a glass of water then.
6
A New York is a very cosmopolitan city. I love it.
B Me too. I can’t believe I’m here.
7
A Charlie Chaplin made some very funny films, don’t you think?
B No, I don’t like his films. I think they’re really boring.
11. Listen and complete the conversations.
1
A Excuse me! Can you help me? I’m lost.
B Where do you (1)………… to go?
A The Canadian Embassy.
B Turn left onto Trafalgar Square. It’s (2)………… on. You (3)………… miss it.
2
A Excuse me! This ticket machine (1)………….
B Did you (2)………… the green button?
A No, I didn’t.
B Ah, well. Here’s your (3)………… .
A Thank you very much.
3
A I’m so sorry (1)………… .
B It’s OK. The film (2)………… in 15 minutes!
A I missed the (3)………… .
B I told you, it doesn’t (4)………… . Come on! Let’s go.
4
A Come on! It’s time to leave.
B But I (1)………… the car keys! I can’t find them anywhere!
A You (2)………… them in your bag.
B Did I? Oh yes. (3)………… they are! Phew!
5
A Are you (1)…………?
B Yes, I think so.
A Does your arm hurt?
B It hurts (2)…………, but I think it’s OK.
6
A Oh no!
B What’s the matter?
A There’s something (1)………… with my computer. I can’t (2)………… the Internet, so I can’t send emails.
B Turn everything off and try (3)………… . That sometimes (4)………… .
Answer & Audioscript
1
1 want 2 straight 3 can’t
2
1 doesn’t work 2 push 3 ticket
3
1 I’m late 2 starts 3 bus 4 matter
4
1 can’t find 2 put 3 Here
5
1 all right 2 a bit
6
1 wrong 2 get on 3 again 4 works
Audioscript
1
A Excuse me! Can you help me? I’m lost.
B Where do you want to go?
A The Canadian Embassy.
B Turn left onto Trafalgar Square. It’s straight on. You can’t miss it.
2
A Excuse me! This ticket machine doesn’t work.
B Did you push the green button?
A No, I didn’t.
B Ah, well. Here’s your ticket.
A Thank you very much.
3
A I’m so sorry I’m late.
B It’s OK. The film starts in 15 minutes!
A I missed the bus.
B I told you, it doesn’t matter. Come on! Let’s go.
4
A Come on! It’s time to leave.
B But I can’t find the car keys! I can’t find them anywhere!
A You put them in your bag.
B Did I? Oh yes. Here they are! Phew!
5
A Are you all right?
B Yes, I think so.
A Does your arm hurt?
B It hurts a bit, but I think it’s OK.
6
A Oh no!
B What’s the matter?
A There’s something wrong with my computer. I can’t get on the Internet, so I can’t send emails.
B Turn everything off and try again. That sometimes works.
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