Lesson 13 · I Can, I Can't

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English Grade 7 · Unit 13

I Can, I Can't

Ability with can and could · Reasons with because · A story and a poem

What we learn in this unit

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Say what people can and can't do

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Talk about past ability with could and couldn't

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Give reasons with because and because of

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Read a story, a poem and a news report

Reading
A Terrifying Night
ARRIVE
Two brothers visit their uncle's damp, broken cottage in the country
LISTEN
After supper they stay up by the fire hearing his adventure stories
CRASH
The bedroom ceiling collapses, falling right onto the writer's pillow
LEAVE
Everyone sleeps downstairs and the uncle gives up the cottage

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Presenter notes: Open by asking two or three students something they can do and something they can't. Write their answers on the board; the unit will explain the grammar behind those very sentences.