Real English Lesson 15 - Part 2/3 - Can you cook? - Can in the Past and Future

Lesson 15 - Exercise 7 - Can you cook?

Anne:

Graham:

Grammar Note - The Present, Past and Future of Modal Verb Can:
The Present	The Past	The Future
Anne can* bake. = Anne is able to bake. Can* or be able to = an ability or possibility	Anne could bake. = Anne was able to bake. Could is the past of can. It means the same as was (or were) able to do something.	Anne will be able to bake.

Record and compare. Watch the videos. Listen to the teacher. Record again. Listen to yourself. Record again.

Multiple choice. Click on the correct answer(s).

Last year (in the past)
1. Anne was able to bake chocolate chip cookies.
2. Anne couldn't bake chocolate chip cookies.
3. Anne could bake chocolate chip cookies.
Next year (in the future)
1. Graham could cook steak and chips.
2. Graham will be able to cook steak and chips.
3. Graham won't be able to cook steak and chips.

Vocabulary note: cook and bake
Anne says her best dish is "chocolate chip cookies". But to be exact we do not "cook" cookies. We bake cookies.

cook verb: to prepare food for eating by applying heat.	bake verb: to cook in an oven
	This is an oven.

We all make mistakes: Notice that Graham makes a mistake when he says "Oh, steak and chips is very good". What's the mistake? Watch again!:

And here's the same video

of Anne with Subtitles:

Here's the same video of Graham,
with Subtitles: