This document contains a slideshow on using modals like can, could, be able to as well as prepositions like at and in. It discusses how can expresses ability or possibility, how could is the past form of can, and how be able to has the same meaning as can. It also covers the differences between very and too when used with adjectives, as well as the words two, too, and to. Finally, it examines the uses of at and in for places, noting that at is used with specific locations like work or home while in is used with enclosed spaces like bed or class. The slideshow aims to teach English grammar through examples and exercises.

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2. CONTENTS
12-1
12-2
12-3
12-4
12-5
12-6
12-7
12-8
12-9
Using can
Pronunciation of can and can’t
Using can: questions
Using know how to
Using could: past of can
Using be able to
Using very and too + adjective
Using two, too, and to
More about prepositions: at and in for place

3. 12-1 USING CAN
Tarifa is smart.
She can speak five languages.
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4. 12-1 USING CAN
(a) Tarifa is smart.
She can speak five languages.
(b) I have some money.
I can buy a present for my mom.
(c) You are smart. You can fix cars.
can
ability
possibility
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5. 12-1 USING CAN
(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a bike.
can
simple form
of main verb
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6. 12-1 USING CAN
(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a bike.
(e) INCORRECT: Thelma can to ride a bike.
can
infinitive
with to
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7. 12-1 USING CAN
(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a bike.
(e) INCORRECT: Thelma can to ride a bike.
(f) INCORRECT: Thelma can rides a bike.
can
main verb – final -s
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8. 12-1 USING CAN
(g) Rajiv can not snowboard.
Rajiv cannot snowboard.
Rajiv can’t snowboard.
NEGATIVE:
can + not = can not or cannot
CONTRACTION:
can + not = can’t
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9. 12-1 Let’s Practice
A dog can swim.
___
can
can’t
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10. 12-1 Let’s Practice
A kitten ____ read.
can’t
can
can’t
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11. 12-1 Let’s Practice
can
can’t
A butterfly ____ dance.
can’t
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12. 12-2 PRONUNCIATION OF CAN AND CAN’T
Jonas can come to school with us.
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13. 12-2 PRONUNCIATION OF CAN AND CAN’T
(a) Jonas can come to school with us.
Can – pronounced “kun”
/kən/
(b) Liv can’t come to school with us.
Can’t – pronounced as “ant” /kænt/
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14. 12-2 Let’s Practice
can
can’t
Fish ____ swim.
can
Fish ____ fly.
can’t
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15. 12-2 Let’s Practice
Giraffes ____ roar.
can’t
can
can’t
Lions can roar.
___
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16. 12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS
Alia can speak Farsi.
Can you speak Farsi?
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17. 12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS
CAN + SUBJECT + MAIN
VERB
(a) Can
you
speak
Farsi?
Yes, I can.
No, I can’t.
(b) Can
Ida
drive?
Yes, she can.
No, she can’t.
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18. 12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS
QUESTION + CAN + SUBJECT + MAIN
WORD
VERB
(c) Where
can
I
walk my dog?
In the park.
(d) When
can
we
bake cookies?
On Saturday.
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19. 12-3 Let’s Practice
Inga can jump rope.
Can Inga
_________
`
jump rope
________?
Yes, she can
__________.
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20. 12-3 Let’s Practice
Ari can’t play the violin.
Can Ari play
_________
the violin
________?
No, he can’t
__________.
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21. 12-3 Let’s Practice
I can bake a cake.
___________
Can you bake
__________?
a cake
Yes, I can
_________.
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22. 12-4 USING KNOW HOW TO
They know how to dance very well.
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23. 12-4 USING KNOW HOW TO
(a) They can dance.
(b) They know how to dance.
(c) Can you dance?
(d) Do you know how to dance?
same
meaning
same
meaning
know how to expresses ability
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24. 12-4 Let’s Practice
Yes, I
do.
.
_________
Do you know
_________
how to knit
_?
know how to
knit
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25. 12-4 Let’s Practice
Do you know how
______________
to play golf
____________?
Yes,
I do.
.
play golf
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26. 12-4 Let’s Practice
Do you know
__________
__________
how to get to
__________
the library
__?
get to the library
No,
I don’t.
.
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27. 12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
I was in Maine last summer.
I could eat lobster every day.
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28. 12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
(a) I am in Maine.
I can eat lobster every day.
(b) I was in Maine last year.
I could eat lobster every day when
I was there.
could = past form of can
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29. 12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
(c) I can’t watch TV this afternoon.
I have to do my laundry.
(d) I could not watch TV last Friday.
had to do my Friday.
I couldn’t Iwatch TV lastlaundry.
NEGATIVE
could + not = couldn’t
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30. 12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
(e) Could you get to class before 9:00?
QUESTION
could + subject + main verb
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31. 12-5 Let’s Practice
could
couldn’t
Last year we went to Thailand.
We _______ go swimming every day
could
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32. 12-5 Let’s Practice
could
couldn’t
I _______ fix the
couldn’t
heater because I didn’t
have the right tools.
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33. 12-5 Let’s Practice
could
couldn’t
I _______ use the blue
couldn’t
blanket because it
was dirty.
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34. 12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
I am able to read very fast.
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35. 12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
PRESENT
(a) I am able to read very fast.
(b) I can read very fast.
same
meaning
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36. 12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
FUTURE
(c) You will be able to go
home Monday.
(d) You can go home Monday.
same
meaning
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37. 12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
PAST
(e) I wasn’t able to watch a
movie last Saturday.
(f) I couldn’t watch a movie
last Saturday.
same
meaning
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38. 12-6 Let’s Practice
Jen is deaf.
She can use sign language.
be able to
Jen is deaf.
She ________ use sign language.
is able to
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39. 12-6 Let’s Practice
He couldn’t finish his work.
be able to
not
He ___________ finish his work.
wasn’t able to
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40. 12-6 Let’s Practice
Goldfish can’t sing.
be able to
not
Goldfish ___________ sing.
aren’t able to
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41. 12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
The homework is very long,
but you can do it.
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42. 12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
(a) The paper is very long, but you can do it.
(b) The paper is too long. You can’t do it.
(c) The line is very long, but I can wait.
(d) The line is too long. I can’t wait.
very ≠ too
very long = difficult but possible
too long = impossible
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43. 12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
(e) The line is too long.
NEGATIVE RESULT:
I can’t wait.
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44. 12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
(f) These pants are too tight.
NEGATIVE RESULT:
I can’t wear them.
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45. 12-7 Let’s Practice
too
That mountain
too
is ___ high. He
can’t climb it.
very
The mountain is
very
____ high, but he
can climb it.
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46. 12-7 Let’s Practice
too
very
The race is ____
very
long, but he can
finish it.
The race is ___
too
long. He can’t
finish it.
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47. 12-7 Let’s Practice
too
very
can’t
can
The homework is
___ difficult. She
too
can’t
____ do it.
The homework is
____ difficult, but
very
she ____ do it.
can
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48. 12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
They have two pets.
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49. 12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
TWO (a) They have two pets.
TWO
TOO
TO
same
pronunciation
TWO = a number
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50. 12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
TWO (a) They have two pets.
TOO (b) Ralph is too short to reach that.
too short = impossible to reach
because of height
(c) Ada likes music. I like it too.
too = also
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51. 12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
TWO (a) They have two pets.
TOO (b) Ralph is too short to reach that.
(c) Ada likes music. I like it too.
TO
(d) I ran to school.
(e) They want to go to Africa.
to topart of an infinitive
= = a preposition
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52. 12-8 Let’s Practice
They are walking __ school.
to
two
too
to
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53. 12-8 Let’s Practice
two
We have ___ teenagers.
to
Kristie is going ___ college.
to
too
Ben is going ___ college ___.
two
too
to
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54. 12-8 Let’s Practice
too
My grandmother is ____ old
to
two
____ ski. My ____ aunts will
stay home with her.
two
too
to
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55. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
Rhea is at work.
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56. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
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57. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
Anna is at home.
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58. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
Anna is at home.
Yumi is at school.
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59. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
Anna is at home.
Yumi is at school.
at
+
home
work
school
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60. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
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61. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
Jim is in class.
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62. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
Jim is in class.
Ralph is in jail.
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63. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
Jim is in class.
Ralph is in jail.
in +
bed
class
jail/prison
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64. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(c) Ms. Kim is in the hospital.
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65. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(c) Ms. Kim is in the hospital.
American English
British English
= in the hospital
= in hospital
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66. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(d) Roger is in the kitchen.
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67. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(d) Roger is in the kitchen.
in +
the kitchen
the classroom
the hall
my bedroom
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68. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(e) Nathan is in Athens.
cities
states/provinces
countries
continents
in +
th
nA
i
ns
e
er
V
in
nt
mo
ain
Sp
in
pe
ro
Eu
in
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69. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(f)
A: Where’s Inga?
B: She isn’t here. She’s at the library.
usually used with
at is
he
t
ter
ea
th
he taur
t
es
r
nt
a
ep
th
the post office
the bank
the bookstore
rk
a
all
b
ot m
fo i u
e
th tad
s
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70. 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(g) Len is at the store.
Bea is in the store.
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71. 12-9 Let’s Practice
at
in
Is Len here?
No, he’s __ the store.
at
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72. 12-9 Let’s Practice
at
in
Where’s Cindy?
She’s __ the garage.
in
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73. 12-9 Let’s Practice
at
in
Is Lynn okay?
No, she’s __ the hospital.
in
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