1. CAN, CAN’T, COULD, COULDN’T,
WAS/WERE
By Belinda Baardsen, American Ex Pat

2. UNIT 6

3. BAKING

4. BEDTIME

5. BETWEEN

6. BIKE

7. BORING

8. BUSINESS

9. CAN

10. CAN YOU BREATH UNDER WATER?
No. You
can not
breath
under
water!

11. CAN YOU BREATH UNDER WATER?
You can only
breath under
water if you
have a mask,
and oxygen
tank.

12. CAN YOU FLY?

13. CAN YOU FLY?
No, you can not fly! You can only jump out of a plane with a
parachute to help you land safely on the earth.

14. CAN YOU SWIM?
Yes!!!!
I can swim. --- >
I can not swim.
I cannot swim.
I can’t swim. No!!!

15. CAN / CAN’T
Can & can’t have the same
form in all persons.
There is no “do” or “does.”
Can is followed by the infinitive
(without to).
I
He/she/
it
We
You Can/could walk.
They

16. COULD/COULDN’T
I
He/She/It
Can’t
We Couldn’t
Swim.
You
they
Can not – can’t ---- No!

17. QUESTION
What
I
Can You
Could He/she/it
We
they
Do?

18. YES/NO QUESTIONS
You Cook?
Can She
Could Drive?
they
Short answers:
No, I can’t. / No, we couldn’t.
Yes, she can/could. Yes, they can/could .

19. WAS/WERE
Was/Were = past

20. WAS/WERE
I
Was In Italy
He/Sh
e/It
(wasn’t) yesterday.
We,
Were In England
you, (weren’t)
they
last year.

21. WAS / WERE
Where?
Was:
I/he/she/it?
Were: we/you/they?

22. YES/NO QUESTIONS
Was – he/she
At work?
At home?
Were –
you/the
y

23. WAS BORN
He
was she
Where
You
were they
Born?

24. PREPOSITIONS
They were in England in
1998.
I was at the library.
Can I speak to you?
I was at a conference?
He writes for two hours until
bedtime.
Yesterday there was a lecture
at the museum.

25. PREPOSITIONS OF LOCATION
My book is on my desk.
In (a):
On = preposition
My desk = object of the
preposition
On my desk = a prepositional
phrase

26. PREPOSITIONS OF LOCATION
Tom lives in the United States.
He lives in New York City.
He lives on Hill Street.
He lives at 4472 Hill Street.
A person lives:
- In a country and in a city.
- On a street, avenue, road, etc.
- At an address

27. SOME PREPOSITIONS OF
LOCATION
Above
The sun is
above the
earth.

28. SOME PREPOSITIONS OF
LOCATION
Around
We flew around
the world.

29. BEHIND
Behind
The cat was
hiding behind
the tree.

30. BELOW
Below
The roots of
the tree grew
below the
water line.

31. BESIDE
Beside
The cupcake is
beside the
coffee cup.

32. BETWEEN
Between
There is a cute
puppy between
two bunnies.

33. FAR AWAY FROM
Far Away
From
The moon is far
away from the bird.

34. IN BACK OF
In back of
The cup is in back
of the cupcake.

35. IN FRONT OF
In front of
The coffee cup is
in front of the
book.

36. ON TOP OF
On top of
The man is on top
of the horse.

37. NEXT TO
Next to
Knut, the Polar
Bear is next to
the man.

38. OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE
The flowers are
outside of the house.

39. ON TOP OF
On top of
The butterfly is
on top of the
flower.