This document discusses abilities and skills. It defines abilities as things you know how to do after practice or training, and skills as a special ability. It provides examples of sentences using "can" and "can't" to describe abilities, noting that "can't" is the negative form. It encourages sharing three things you can do, can't do, and want to learn to do.

1. Talking about
Abilities
SPEAKING A
Professor Corinna Lopez

2. Remember
• Check your videos
• I usually reply back with some
feedback and comments.
• Thank you!

3. ABILITIES SKILLS
are things you know
how to do.
are to do
something after some practice
or some training.
is special skill or ability.

4. ABILITIES SKILLS
4

5. He can She
can
He can He can

6. He can’t cook.
He can’t
dance.

7. CAN CAN’T
7

8. CAN CAN’T
8
can
Can’t
can
can
can
Can’t
Can’t

9. To make a question
switch can and the
subject.
CAN…?
You can dance..
Can you dance?

10. Can you…?

11. CAN
• I can ride a bike.
• He can speak English.
• We can run fast.
Base form;
nothing at the
end of the
verb
CAN’T
• I can’t read French.
• He can’t walk fast.
• We can’t cook.
Can’t is
negative
Can’t = cannot
Tell your group: 3 things you can
do, 3 things you can’t do, and 3
things you want to learn to do.