A1
English Speaking Exercises for A1 – Talking about ability and asking for permission
6 exercícios
1. Label the instruments with the words below.
- clarinet drums flute guitar piano saxophone trumpet violin
2. Look at the table. Then write sentences with can or can’t.
- 1)Ted / the violin
- Ted can’t play the violin.
- 2)Marie / Chinese
- 3)Mason / a bike
- 4)Ted and Sophie / football
- 5)Marie and Sophie / the violin
- 6)Ted / Chinese
3. Write questions with Can … ? and the information in brackets. Then write answers using the table in exercise 2.
- 1)(Ted / football) Can Ted play football? Yes, he can.
- 2)(Marie / violin)
- 3)(Sophie and Mason / bike)
- 4)(Marie and Mason / Chinese)
- 5)(Mason / football)
4. Put the words in the correct order to ask for permission. Then add them to the correct mini-dialogues (1-6).
- a)question / ask / I / can / a Can I ask a question?
- b)borrow / pencil / can / a / I ?
- c)book / share / I / your / can ?
- d)copy / answer / I / can / your ?
- e)use / dictionary / can / your / I ?
- f)borrow / can / I / £1 ?
- 1)A Can I ask a question?
- B Yes, of course. What is it?
- 2)A Write your name here, please.
- B OK.
- 3)A Have you got money for the bus?
- B No, I haven’t.
- 4)A I don’t understand question 3.
- B No, you can’t!
- 5)A Turn to page 56.
- B Oh no! My book is at home.
- 6)A How do you spell ‘clarinet’?
- B I’m not sure.
5. Write true sentences about your abilities using can / can’t and the verbs in brackets.
- 1)(swim) I can swim. / I can’t swim.
- 2)(sing)
- 3)(dance)
- 4)(ski)
- 5)(ride a horse)
- 6)(speak French)
6. Now write five sentences about what your friends and family can or can’t do.
- 1)My friend Adam can speak Russian.
- 2)
- 3)
- 4)
- 5)
- 6)
Como praticar
- 1Leia cada pergunta cuidadosamente
- 2Escreva sua resposta ou selecione a opção correta
- 3Clique em 'Mostrar Resposta' para verificar seu trabalho
- 4Revise quaisquer erros e tente exercícios similares
- 5Passe para o próximo exercício quando estiver pronto