ABILITIES in the Present -CAN- & the Past -COULD-

Listen to the dialogue:

a) What can they do now?

b) What age were they when they could do the abilities mentioned?

c) There are two mistakes related to the speaking of languages. Can you spot them?

My Shoes

My shoes short film & comprehension questions.



Watch it and tell the story.

Ability or permission?

1) Listen and circle the words in bold you hear.

You Can Leave Your Hat On, by Joe Cocker

Baby put on / take off your coat

Real slow
And on / take off your shoes
I'll put on / take off your shoes
Baby put on / take off your dress
Yes yes yes

You can leave your hat on (x3)

Go on over there
Turn on the light
No all the lights
Come over here
Stand on this chair
That's right
Raise your arms up into the air
Now shake 'em
You give me a reason to live (x4)
Sweet darling

You can leave your hat on (x2)
Feeling
You can leave your hat on (x4)

Suspicious minds are talkin'
Tryin' to tear us apart
They don't believe
In this love of mine
They don't know I love you
They don't know what love is (x3)
I know what love is
Sweet darling

You can leave your hat on (x2)
Feeling
You can leave your hat on (x2)

2) Write down the 5 words dealing with clothes:s

3) Find the 9 imperatives (orders or instructions) in the lyrics:

4) PERMISSION is given in this song. Which is the sentence with this use? Write it down in the table below.

Subject	Modal V. for PERMISSION	Main V.	Direct Object

5) What is one lover asking the other one to do?

6) What do people think about the lovers in the song?

FOLLOW-UP:

7) Make 3 sentences giving and asking for PERMISSION:

Abilities - What can you do, guys?

BEFORE WATCHING
1. Guess three musical instruments the people in the video can play.
2. Now, guess three dishes the people can cook.
3. Finally, guess four other things the people can do.

WHILE WATCHING
4. Check your guesses. How many have you scored? (0-10)
5. Watch the video again. Write down...
...the musical instruments the people can play.
...the dishes the people can cook.
...the other things the people can do.

Take your notes only at WORD level.

AFTER WATCHING
Make full sentences with the notes taken for exercise 5.

FOLLOW UP
Make a survey for all your classmates. Show your results graphically with a pie, bars, etc. Make sure there is a bar chart per question.

1. Can you play a musical instrument?
2. What musical instrument can you play?
3. Can you cook?
4. What's the favourite dish you can cook?
5. What other things can you do very well?

Look at this example for question #1. Do the same for all the questions:

When you are finished, send it to me at negroarroz@gmail.com


GRAMMAR PRACTICE with:
- can/can't: 1 2 3

- can/could: 1

Ability, Permission, Advice, Obligation/Prohibition

ABILITY:
Look around. Sometimes everything looks so disappointing. The Rolling Stones couldn't get any Satisfaction in the 60's.
1. Why?
2. What else can't you do?



PERMISSION:

Joe Cocker is playing a funny game. Let's call it "You can leave your hat on". If you don't want to play it, just listen to revise some vocabulary about clothes and the structure for permission.

ADVICE:

Listen to Should I stay or should I go? by The Clash. The vocalist is complaining about his relationship with a girl.

1. Spot the four sentences conveying an advice.
2. The guy mentions two choices about what to do. Are any of them satisfactory? Why
3. Why doesn't he know what to do?
4. The boy promises something. What is it?
5. When does she feel happy with him?
6. Do you think the girl really loves him?
7. What piece of advice would you give him? What should he do?

GLOSSARY:

cool (v) to make colder.

blow (v) to explode.

bug (v) to bother.

tease (v) to annoy someone by deliberately offering something with the intention of delaying or withdrawing the offer.

OBLIGATION:
Freddie Mercury sang with The Queen "The Show Must Go On". It was a moral inner obligation for everybody to keep on going, when he was no longer in the band. Bloody AIDS!
1. Can you think of any other things we must do?
2. Can you also say some things we mustn't do?