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GUÍA DIDÁCTICA NÚMERO 8

ÁREA DE INGLÉS TIEMPO ESTIMADO 3 HORAS 1 WEEK

ESTUDIANTE ______________________________ CURSO: DÉCIMO ____________

OBJETIVE:
• To talk about past ability and possibility.
• Hablar acerca de habilidades y posibilidades en el pasado.
• To describe his/her childhood memories.
• Describir sus recuerdos de niñez.

COMPETENCIA: Linguistic communicative competence.

DESEMPEÑO: Utiliza un vocabulario apropiado para expresar ideas con claridad sobre
temas del currículo de interés.

CONTEXTUALIZACIÓN: El auxiliar modal could es un verbo modal que se utiliza

para expresar permiso, posibilidad o para hacer sugerencias en presente. También
se utiliza para hablar de una habilidad del pasado, es decir la versión en pasado del
modal ‘can’. Siempre vamos a encontrarlo seguido de un verbo y podemos utilizarlo
también en forma negativa, como couldn’t. COULD/COULDN'T Could es el pasado
de can y utilizamos could and couldn't para expresar lo que éramos o no éramos
capaces de hacer en el pasado. Could is the past of can and we use could and
couldn't to express what we were or weren't capable to do in the past.

EXAMPLE: LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE AND USE

Examples
I could swim when I was four.
I couldn’t ride a bike when I was three.
He could walk when he was two.

Remember!
We use ‘could’ and ‘couldn’t’ to talk about our abilities in the past.
She could play chess when she was seven.
He could read when he was five.
I couldn’t run when I was a baby.

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Querido estudiante, diligenciar lo siguiente para ser devuelto al profesor.

Área:_____INGLÉS____________Nombre del Docente:____________________________

Nombres y apellidos del estudiante:_____________________________________________
Curso: DÉCIMO ________ Jornada:___________________ Guía N.º: 8 Sede:________

Para entregar al Colegio (Solo se entrega el trabajo individual)

TRABAJO INDIVIDUAL:
Modals – could and couldn't

1. True or False.
Read and circle True or False.

When I was a baby I couldn’t speak, but now I can speak my language and
English! When I was smaller I could sleep all day, but now I can’t: I have to
go to school! Now I can watch television and understand what it’s saying, but
when I was younger that was impossible – I couldn’t understand very much!

a. When he was a baby he couldn’t speak. True False

b. Now he can speak 5 languages. True False

c. Now he can sleep all day. True False

d. When he was younger he couldn’t understand very much on TV. True False

e. Now he can’t understand what the television is saying. True False

We can use could and couldn’t to talk about abilities in the past.

2. Where does it go?

Write these words in the correct group so that it is true for you.

play football read play chess swim speak English run quickly

When I was five I could… When I was five I couldn’t…

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2. What’s the order?

Put the words in the correct order.

a. swim was I I five when could

When I WAs five I could swim . or I could swim when I WAs five.
b. was play I when chess six could I

c. I six when couldn’t I was read

d. when speak were you five could you English

e. two when sister could was my she walk

f. could my was ten when brother he judo do

4. Draw a picture.
What could you do when you were 5? Draw a picture and write sentences!

When I wAS 5 ..………….…..................

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