16-01-2025

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Good to see you all again!

• On your table:
• Book
• Notebook
• iPad --> LessonUp

Today's Programme

• Warm up exercise
• Reading:
• News article
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Learning goals

• At the end of today's class you know when to use can, could, to be able to, to be allowed to.
• At the end of today's class you can write example sentences in which you use these words correctly.

Modals: ability and possibility

• Can, could, to be able to, to be allowed to
•  Iets is mogelijk
• Je hebt het vermogen, de vaardigheid of de mogelijkheid om iets te doen.
• Je hebt toestemming om iets te doen
• Je stelt een beleefde vraag

Iets is mogelijk

• Can of could
• Can = het is waarschijnlijk
• Could = iets minder waarschijnlijk
• He can win this competition.
• He could win this competition.

Je hebt het vermogen, de vaardigheid of de mogelijkheid om iets te doen

• can, could, to be able to
• Can --> alleen in de present simple
• Could --> iets wat je mogelijk zou kunnen, soms als verleden tijd van can
• To be able to --> alle werkwoordstijden.
•  I can help him.
• I could help him. 
• Luckily, I could help him.
• Luckily, I was able to help him.

Je hebt toestemming om iets te doen

• Can, could, to be allowed to
• Can --> alleen in present simple
• Could --> soms als verleden tijd van can
• to be allowed to --> alle werkwoordstijden
• Dad says I can stay until 11 p.m.
• Dad said I could stay until 11 p.m.
• Will you be allowed to stay until 11 p.m.? 

Je stelt een beleefde vraag

• Can of could in combinatie met please
• Could is beleefder dan can
• Can I have a glass of water please?
• Could I have a glass of water please? 

I ______________ sleep last night.

1. can
2. could

Rabbits should ______________ run really fast, but mine is too lazy

1. be able to
2. could
3. can

_____________ all citizens __________ vote? - Yes, as long as they have a valid passport

1. are ... able to
2. are ... allowed to
3. can
4. could

Keisha says she won't ___________ come tonight.

1. can
2. could
3. be able to
4. be allowed to

Practise

• What? Fill in the correct modal verb in exercise 8
• How? Individually or in pairs
• Time? 8 minutes
• Note? If you have any questions, please ask!
• Done? Study your irregular verbs 

Answers exc. 8

• can
• isn't able to
• couldn't
• are allowed to
• could
• be able to
• be allowed to
• can

Interview

• What? You are going to interview each other, using can, could to be able to and to be allowed to in your questions. First prepare your interview questions and write them down in exc. 9. Then do the interview.
• How? In pairs (with your neighbour)
• Time? 10 minutes
• Note? If you have any questions, please ask!
• Done? Study your irregular verbs

Modals

• Come up with example sentences that make clear to you when you have to use which modal. 

Next class

• Reading