Can / Can't - Grammar Practice
An A1 lesson on can / can't, with contextual examples, grammar guidance, controlled practice and space for written answers. Includes an answer key and teacher notes.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Contextual examples and grammar guidance
- Choose, complete and rewrite activities
- Space for written answers
- Answer key and teacher notes on page 3
Talk about abilities with can / can't plus a base verb. The A1 lesson includes a cooking dialogue, form choices, a concert gap-fill, sentence changes and personal speaking, with a separate answer page.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Review familiar ability verbs and keep page 3 separate. Model She can swim without -s, and Can you…? without do. Offer imagined examples so learners need not demonstrate physical abilities.
- Read Cooking dinner and complete Part A, noticing that can stays the same for every subject.
- Fill A school concert from its clues and change the Part C sentences. Note that the final concert gaps concern whether someone can stay, not a musical skill.
- Write two abilities and one inability, then ask the printed partner questions and an additional ability question. Report two answers.
Support and extension
For support, display positive, negative and question frames with a short verb bank. For an extension, ask what a partner can make or play. Cannot is grammatical, but the written task practises can't. Accept personal variation and focus on the base verb; do not treat an inability as a shortcoming.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
