Transcript can/to be allowed to

T6 – Unit 8
CAN & TO BE ALLOWED TO
by
Teacher Giovanna Oliveira
**Read and observe:
• He can stay out after • He can’t stay out
after 10 p.m.
10 p.m.
• He is allowed to stay
out after 10 p.m.
• He is not allowed
to stay out after
10 p.m.
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CAN:
“Can” is one of the most commonly
used modal verbs in English. One
of its uses is to express
permission.
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• In this activity we will focus on
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permission…
E.g.:
I can go to parties only if I do my homework.
I can’t go to parties if I don’t do my homework.
 The
use of can for permission is informal
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As I said before, we sometimes use can to ask or give
permission for something:
• Can I smoke in this room?
• You can’t smoke here, but you can smoke
in the garden.
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Make examples. Just follow the structure
Subject+CAN+ main verb to write a permission
Arrive at midnight
Board the plane
Buy cigarettes
Use the computer
Play Video-Games
Drink Alcohol
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Remember these are examples. Just follow the structure
Subject+CAN+ main verb to write a permission
You can drink
alcohol when
you don’t drive
People can buy
cigarettes when
they are 18
Children can play
video games after
dinner
You can board the
plane now
Arrive at midnight
Use the computer
You can use the
computer to do
homework
My son can arrive
at midnight
Board the plane
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Play
Video-Games
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Buy cigarettes
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Drink Alcohol
To be allowed to
• We use to be allowed to when we
want to talk about permissions—
things other people let us do.
• It is a synonym of CAN.
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• They are allowed to play soccer in
the garden.
• They are not allowed to play soccer
inside the house.
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• We often use to be allowed to
instead of "can“ because can only
has the Past form (could), it does
NOT have a future form. Then, we
use “to be allowed to”.
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To put "can" into other tenses we can use to
be allowed to.
Observe and listen to these examples:
Simple Present I can jump in
my bed.
I am allowed to
jump in my
bed.
Simple Past
I was allowed
to eat
everything I
wanted.
I could eat
everything I
wanted.
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• As you can see the
sentences have the same
meaning when we use “can”
or “to be allowed” to
express permission.
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More examples
•In my English class I can’t use my cell-phone.
•In my English class I am not allowed to use my
cell-phone.
•You can use your lap top on an airplane.
•You are allowed to use your lap top on an airplane.
•Kids can swim in this pool with parents supervision.
•Kids are allowed to swim in this pool with parents
supervision.
•In some movie theaters you can bring little kids
with you
•In some movie theaters you are allowed to bring
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Let’s practice!!
How much do you
know about your
teacher’s life in the
past?
Complete the sentences below using CAN,
CAN’T, COULD, COULDN’T, and BE ALLOWED
TO in the correct form (present or past):
a) When she was 5, she _______ cross the street alone.
b) When she was 10, she ______ to go to the mall by herself.
c) When she was 14, she ______ go to the movies with her friends.
d) When she was 15, she ______ to go to Pecuária with friends.
e) When she was 18, she ______ to have a boyfriend.
f) When she was 25, she ______ drive her car at night.
g) When she was 30, she ______ to travel with friends.
i) Now, she _______ to come back home very late.
j) Now, she ____ drive anytime and go anywhere she wants.
k) Now, she ______ miss work without an explanation.
l) Now, she _______to have a vacation from work in April
or September.
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Complete the sentences below using CAN,
CAN’T, COULD, COULDN’T, and BE ALLOWED
TO in the correct form (present or past):
a) When she was 5, she couldn’t cross the street alone.
b) When she was 10, she wasn’t allowed to go to the mall by herself.
c) When she was 14, she could go to the movies with her friends.
d) When she was 15, she was allowed to go to Pecuária with friends.
e) When she was 18, she was allowed to have a boyfriend.
f) When she was 25, she couldn’t drive her car at night.
g) When she was 30, she was allowed to travel with friends.
i) Now, she is allowed to come back home very late.
j) Now, she can drive anytime and go anywhere she wants.
k) Now, she can’t miss work without an explanation.
l) Now, she isn’t allowed to have a vacation from work in
April or September.
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Follow Up
• Write 5 things you were allowed to/could
do when you were child.
• Write 5 things you can/are allowed to do
in the present, that you were not allowed
to/couldn’t do when you were child.
• Write 5 things you are not allowed to/can’t
do in the present and were not allowed
to/couldn’t do in the past.
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Let’s share!!!
• Say your sentences to your
calssmates.
• Were there any similarities? What?
• What about the present? Are things
you are allowed to do the same as
your classmates’? Check it out.
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