10-02-2025 (can and could / short answers)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome 

Planning  I Monday the 10th of February

- can vs could.

- short answers.

Goal: After today you will be able to answer questions using a short reply. 

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Ik kan een kilometer zwemmen. 

Ik kan niet een kilometer zwemmen. 

Ik kon een kilometer zwemmen toen ik zeven was. 

?

I can swim one kilometer.

I can't swim one kilometer. 

I could swim one kilometer when I was seven. 

Can  vs could

Can and can't 

kan / kunnen

1) zeggen dat je iets wel of niet kunt

2) tegenwoordige tijd

Could and couldn't 

kun / konden 

1) Nette vraag om een gunst 

2) Verleden tijd

Name 5 things you can do and 5 things you can't do.

Name 5 things you couldn't do as a baby.

Hulpwerkwoord

Did you see the burglar when he escaped the house?

Hulpwerkwoord

Did you see the burglar when he escaped the house?

Short answers

Have you got your passport with you?  

Do you understand the rules? 

Can you throw the ball from there? 

Have you found the ball? 

Will you talk to her for me? 

Would you walk through fire for me?  

Does this make you feel uncomfortable? 

Short answers

Have you got your passport with you?  

Do you understand the rules? 

Can you throw the ball from there? 

Have you found the ball? 

Will you talk to her for me? 

Would you walk through fire for me?  

Does this make you feel uncomfortable? 

Hulpwerkwoord

Did you see the burglar when he escaped the house?

Yes I did. 

Short answers

Have you got your passport with you?  Yes, ___________.

Do you understand the rules? No, __________.

Can you throw the ball from there? No, _________.

Have you found the ball? No, _______ . 

Will you talk to her for me? Yes, _______. 

Would you walk through fire for me? Yes, ________. 

Does this make you feel uncomfortable? No, ________ . 

Short answers

Have you got your passport with you?  Yes, I have.

Do you understand the rules? No, I didn't.

Can you throw the ball from there? No, I can't.

Have you found the ball? No, I haven't

Will you talk to her for me? Yes, I will.

Would you walk through fire for me? Yes, I would.

Does this make you feel uncomfortable? No, it doesn't.

Homework 

Exercises 1 until 8 of unit 4