[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-d640-757a-980a-7223c05aabc5":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019b5b8e-fb65-77bc-beaa-37f96f269a73":130},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":129},"01a0e1ab-d640-757a-980a-7223c05aabc5","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b5b8e-fb65-77bc-beaa-37f96f269a73","Ability: Check Can and Could Forms","Tap each tile, then tap the matching column. Place every tile.","Can and could: sort ability sentences","Practise can and could for ability by sorting sentences, checking base verbs and questions, and choosing which short answers match everyday questions.",6,"word_sort",[13,36,59,81,103],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-d640-76c6-980a-7223c1436cf5","These statements describe skills, not requests or permission. Sort them by whether the skill belongs to the present or the past.",0,"Can and can’t describe present ability. Could and couldn’t describe general past ability. The main verb stays in its base form, and either time can include things someone is unable to do.",[],{"items":20,"categories":35},[21,24,27,29,31,33],{"text":22,"category":23},"I can swim well.","Present ability: can \u002F can’t",{"text":25,"category":26},"I couldn’t swim well.","Past ability: could \u002F couldn’t",{"text":28,"category":23},"She can’t read music.",{"text":30,"category":26},"She could read music.",{"text":32,"category":23},"They can ride bikes.",{"text":34,"category":26},"They could ride bikes.",[23,26],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":39,"explanation":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a0e1ab-d640-7726-980a-7223c146c64e","These sentences describe childhood ability. Sort them by whether their verb forms are correct.",1,"Could and couldn’t take the base verb, not a past form or an -ing form. A question starts with Could + subject + base verb. For example: Could you climb trees as a child? — No, I couldn’t.",[],{"items":43,"categories":58},[44,47,50,52,54,56],{"text":45,"category":46},"Could she sang at age five?","Needs a correction",{"text":48,"category":49},"At ten, we could play chess.","Correct verb forms",{"text":51,"category":46},"At six, he couldn’t skated.",{"text":53,"category":49},"Could he draw at age four?",{"text":55,"category":46},"At eight, I could dancing.",{"text":57,"category":49},"At two, I couldn’t dress myself.",[49,46],{"id":60,"sentenceTemplate":61,"displayOrder":62,"explanation":63,"blanks":64,"payload":65},"01a0e1ab-d640-7762-980a-7223c1d6d550","Check each sentence about what someone can do or notice now. Sort it by whether its verb forms are correct.",2,"Can stays the same with every subject. After can or can’t, use the base verb without -s, -ing or to. This also applies to see and hear when we say what we notice now.",[],{"items":66,"categories":80},[67,70,72,74,76,78],{"text":68,"category":69},"She can cook rice.","Correct ability sentence",{"text":71,"category":69},"We can hear the birds.",{"text":73,"category":69},"I can’t see the board.",{"text":75,"category":46},"My sister cans drive.",{"text":77,"category":46},"You can to dance.",{"text":79,"category":46},"He can’t running fast.",[69,46],{"id":82,"sentenceTemplate":83,"displayOrder":84,"explanation":85,"blanks":86,"payload":87},"01a0e1ab-d640-779a-980a-7223c238bba6","These questions ask about ability. Sort them by whether the question is formed correctly.",3,"An ability question uses Can + subject + base verb. Put a question phrase such as How well before can. Do not add do or does, and do not add -s to the main verb.",[],{"items":88,"categories":102},[89,92,94,96,98,100],{"text":90,"category":91},"Can he cook soup?","Correct ability question",{"text":93,"category":91},"Can your friends skate?",{"text":95,"category":91},"How well can Anna swim?",{"text":97,"category":46},"Does he can cook soup?",{"text":99,"category":46},"Do your friends can skate?",{"text":101,"category":46},"How well can Anna swims?",[91,46],{"id":104,"sentenceTemplate":105,"displayOrder":106,"explanation":107,"blanks":108,"payload":109},"01a0e1ab-d640-77ce-980a-7223c25661ae","Read each ability question and its short answer. Sort them by whether the short answer is correct.",4,"A short answer to an ability question with can uses can after Yes or can’t after No. Keep the person from the question: you becomes I when you answer about yourself. Do not replace can with do, does or a form of be.",[],{"items":110,"categories":128},[111,114,116,118,120,122,124,126],{"text":112,"category":113},"Can you swim? — Yes, I can.","Correct short answer",{"text":115,"category":113},"Can she cook? — No, she can’t.",{"text":117,"category":113},"Can they ski? — Yes, they can.",{"text":119,"category":113},"Can he read? — No, he can’t.",{"text":121,"category":46},"Can you swim? — Yes, I do.",{"text":123,"category":46},"Can she cook? — No, she doesn’t.",{"text":125,"category":46},"Can they ski? — Yes, they are.",{"text":127,"category":46},"Can he read? — No, he isn’t.",[113,46],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_7b646e3f-0254-4a8d-aa93-dcc1824c4e4b_hero.webp?v=1790492530",{"title":131,"slug":132,"language":133,"level":134},"Ability","ability","en","A1"]