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Grammar
GRAMMAR Adverbs of frequency | can / can’t presentation

always hardly ever never not often We use can to talk about ability and possibility.
ABILITY I can play football.
Adverbs of frequency We use adverbs of frequency to talk about how can / can’t Use can + infinitive without to.
occasionally often rarely sometimes
POSSIBILITY You can buy stamps in this shop.
usually
He can swim.
often we do things.
I can’t (cannot) swim.
I often cycle to school.
I sometimes take out the rubbish.
My granddad rarely goes to the cinema. Can you swim? Grammar reference page 113
I don’t often get up late. 5 Complete the dialogue with can or can’t and the
verbs in brackets. Then listen and check.
We never eat pork.
We hardly ever go to the cinema. Sam: Your English is great, Erika!
With be, we put the adverb after the verb. Erika: Thanks.
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I’m always late. Sam: Can most Dutch
Grammar reference page 113 people speak
German too?
1 Complete the table with adverbs of frequency. (speak)
Erika: Yes, they ... . We
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1 never get a lot of TV
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2 ... ... programmes from
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4 ... ... the UK and Germany.
6 ... And Dutch is similar to English and German, so we
7 ...
3 ... them easily. (learn)
8 ...
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9 ... Sam: So you ... English and German. Any other
languages? (speak)
0% 100% Erika: Not really. I ... a few words in Italian like Ciao, but I
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6 ... a conversation. (say, have)
2 Put the words in order to make sentences. Sam: My mum is Italian. We speak it at home.
1 at school / usually / we / have lunch Erika: Oh, great! ... you ... me some? (teach)
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We usually have lunch at school. Sam: Sure. I ... it now – I’ve got a Maths lesson. But we ...
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2 hardly ever / music / listen to / my parents later if you like. (do, practise)
3 do / in the evening / always / my homework / I Erika: That sounds great!
4 go swimming / doesn’t / very often / Rosie
5 never / my brother / the housework / does PRONUNCIATION can and can’t More
practice
6 tired / often / is / on Monday morning / Lisa 6 Listen. How are can and can’t pronounced
in each sentence? Then listen again and repeat.
3 How well do you know your partner? Write five 1 Jo can play the guitar.
sentences about him/her including an adverb of 2 Molly can’t dance.
frequency.
3 Can you swim? Yes, I can.
Carla always eats paella on Friday. 4 Can you speak Russian? No, I can’t.

4 Tell your partner your ideas. Are you correct?
7 Ask and answer questions with can.
Carla, you always eat
paella on Friday. That isn’t true! I sometimes eat play tennis cook count backwards in English
other things on Friday.
play chess ride a horse speak Portuguese
do karate juggle ski play the piano

Can you play tennis?
No, I can’t. But I can play table tennis.

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56 practice FAST FINISHERS Write a paragraph about what your partner can and can’t do.

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