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English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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Body parts and can / be able to

Today,

after recapitulating what we had said last time about super hero powers, we worked on expressing "ability", "capacity".

Here is what we said about Superman:

Superman can...
  • outrun speeding locomotives.
  • leap tall building.
  • bend steel in his bare hands.
  • cast fire balls.
These are his abilities.

Grammaire: Attention "can" ne peut s'utiliser qu'au présent et jamais après "to"

Si vous devez parler d'une capacité à un autre temps ou après "to", vous devrez utiliser:
(be) able to...

Ex. au prétérit:
  • I wasn't able to take the bus. (je n'ai pas pu prendre le bus)
  • They weren't able to take the bus. (ils n'ont pas pu prendre le bus)

Ex. au futur:
  • I will not be able to go to the cinema with you.

Ex. après "to":
  • I would like to be able to fly.

Then, we worked on body parts. You had to place the letters in the correct order and put each word in a column corresponding to its pronunciation. You will need to know those vocabulary words and their pronunciation by next Thursday.


You can download the body parts exercise here:
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