Classroom Activities: Modal Auxiliary Can and Could

Materials for teaching grammar modal auxiliary using can and could.

Task 1

Look at the picture and tell what he is doing.

Can you ride a motorbike?

Task 2

Answer the following questions based on your own experience.

• Can you sing?
• Can you dance?
• Can you play guitar?

Task 2

Interview your classmates. Write down name of your classmate who says "yes".

Example: sing --> Can you sing?

• play a piano: ................................
• drive a car: ................................
• type using 10 fingers: ................................
• cook rice: ................................
• make a toy car: ................................
• send an email: ................................
• operate a computer: ................................
• ride motorcycle without handling: ................................
• compose a story: ................................

Task 3

Fill the table with the suitable words based on the part of speech.

Shinta	can	play	a piano
Doni

• Doni
• He
• could
• drive
• a car
• a motorcycle
• She
• I
• You
• They
• may
• can't
• sing
• We
• a song
• must
• has to
• have to
• read
• an English magazine

Task 4

Compose 5 sentences based on the words in the table.

Task 5

Using to or without to? Circle the correct to infinitive.

1. I can (to swim/swim) carefully 
2. She has (to go/go) alone
3. You must (study/to study) hard
4. She could (to sing/sing) a song
5. Yono can't (to play/play) guitar

Task 6

Correct the errors.

1. She can to read newspaper upside down.
2. Alya can't to jump.
3. They have write an application letter.
4. She has go soon.

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