Tuesday, January 22, 2013

A1: FILE 4A Listening and pronunciation: WHAT CAN YOU DO? HOW WELL?

To talk about abilities we use - CAN/ CAN'T
Read the grammar explanation and pronunciation  here.

What can you do? How well? ( very well, quite well, not so well)

Can you play any musical instruments?

Here's a list of musical instruments. Look at these musical instruments.
Match the names below with the cards.


the maracas, the violin, the piano,the French horn, the clarinet,the flute
the trombone, the sax,the trumpet, the guitar, the tuba, the cymbals,
the drums, the xylophone, the tambourine,
To see the keys click here.

LISTENING- Now watch the video and answer this question:
What can these people do?How well?  Submit your answers to the blog.



(Pronunciation): Can/can't pronunciation

15 comments:

Margarita Corral Arenas said...

MARGARITA CORRAL ARENAS. 1º CAL
The musical instruments we can see in the list are:
The guitar, the piano, the violin, the French horn, the trombone, the sax, the trumpet, the tuba, the flute, the clarinet, the cymbals, the drums, the xylophone, the tambourine and the maracas.

Listening.
The video is a journalist who is on the street asking several questions to people.
Can you play any musical instruments?
How well?
Can you cook?
What is your best dish?
What else can you do?
Can you speak any things languages?
Given these questions, most people can play an instrument, piano, guitar, violin ... Almost everyone, can cook, and the best dish is usually, pasta, spaghetti or lasagna.
with respect to the question about if they can do something else, people say, they can sing, play sports, play chess, work, play piano…Finally, he asks to a girl if she can speak any language and she says she can speaks French, Spanish and English.

Elena Gómez said...

Marga, excellent!! Thanks a lot for submitting your answers.

I look forward to seeing your answers, please try it!

Anonymous said...

ANTOÑITA VALERO MORALES 1º CAL
These are the names of the instruments:

the guitar, the piano, the violin, the French horn, the trombone, the sax, the trumpet, the tuba, the flute, the clarinet, the cymbals, the drums, the xylophone, the tambourine, the maracas

The listening talks about a interview for answers.

Can you play any musical instrument?
How well?
Can you coook?
What is your best dish?
What else can you do?
Can you speak any things languages?

The instruments most mentioned are: the piano, the guitar, the violin.

All people cook, the best dish of people is pasta.

The people can, sing, walk, do sport.

A girl speak three languages,French,Spanish and Spanish.

Anonymous said...

ANTONIO RAMON ARREDONDO CALDERON
1º CAL
First are many musical instruments. the guitar, the piano, the violin, the French horn, the trombone, the sax, the trumpet, the tuba, the flute, the clarinet, the cymbals, the drums, the xylophone, the tambourine, the maracas.

In the second place, a journalist ask various people that they play instruments musical Some, play guitar, play piano and other people do not play instruments musical. After journalist ask various people if they cook They cook , lasagna, spaguetti, eggs and potatoes. Later, the journalist ask some people what they do. They play football, tennis, table and tennis..Finally, the journalist ask one person what languages speek. She speek three languages, French, Spanish and English.

Anonymous said...

JESÚS FERNÁNDEZ OSORIO 1º CAL

In this video of Real English, we can find four questions:

First. Can you play any musical instruments? The people answer: the clarinet, the violin, the piano,the guitar...Soo some people say: "No, I can't"

Second.Can you cook? and, What your best dish? They answer: pasta, lasagna,spaghetti...

Third. What else can you do? Here, they say: another musical instruments, sing, play tennis, play chess, play football, play rugby...

And the fouth and last question. Can you speak any languages?
A woman speaks three languages: some French, Spanish and English.

Susana Lozano Rodríguez said...

Real English
Questions:
Can you play any musical instrument?
The people answer: they can play the clarinet, the piano, play the guitar very well, and other people answer They can´t.
Can you cook? and What's you best dish?
The people answer: they can and your best dish: Pasta, lasagna, spaguetti, cookies, sandwich,...
What else can you do?
The people answer: They can direct films, sing, play the piano,dance, act, ski, play tennis, play table tennis, play chess, play football,..
Can you speak any lenguages?
She says she can speak French, Spanish and English.

The list of instrument:
The guitar, the piano, the violin, the French horn, the trombone, the sax, the trumpet, the tuba, the flute, the clarinet, the cymbals, the drums, the xylophone, the tambourine, the maracas.


BEATRIZ said...

The order of musical instruments is: The guitar, the piano, the violin, the French horn, the trombone, the saxophone, the trumpet, the tuba, the flute, the clarinet, the cymbals, the drum, the xylophone, the tambourine and the maracas.

Listening:

-First question: Can you play any instruments?
Some people can play the piano, the violin, the guitar. Other people can’t play any instrument.
-Second question: Can you cook? What’s your best dish?
People can cook spaghettis, lasagna, curry, sandwich, chili…
-Third question: What else can you do?
People can do different things sing, dance, walk, shop, play the piano and different sports, ski, tennis, football, chess, rugby…
-Fourth question: Can you speak any languages?
A woman can speak French, Spanish and English.

Unknown said...

María Jesús Rodríguez Ruiz 1º CAL
Listening
1st:Can you play any musical instrument?
Shirley: I can play the clarinet. Ghia: Violin. Jenny: the recorder and the piano. Robin: No, I can´t. Dave:No, I can´t. Diana: The piano. Ruth: He can play the guitar. Can he play well? Very well. Leslie: no. Helen: No.
2nd:Can you cook? what your best dish?
Michael: Yes, I can. Bouillabaise. Daina: Yes, I can cook. PAsta. Loren: my lasagne. Andrew: I can cook something. Spaghetti. Charmine: of course. Salad. Ann: Chocolate chip cookies. Gillian: Chili and curry.Matt: I can cook eggs and toast. My best dish is probably ... sandwich.Linda: yes. Donna: No, she´s lying.
3rd: What else can you do?
Michael: I can direct films. Bernadette: A lot of things. I can sing, play the piano. Marie-Noelle: I can sing, I can dance and act. Eddie: I can play ..,the piano. Daina: I can do a lot of things. I don´t know. I can walk, talk, shop. Lynn: I can ski. Alison: tennis. Alli: I can play table-tennis, tennis, chess, football, rugby. Maria: Can you speak any foreign languages? Yes, I can speak French, Spanish and English. Michelle: Can you sing? She´s not bad; Not really.

María José Prados said...

Five people the a video can play these instruments: the clarinet, violin, piano, guitar. But the fourth, fifth and last person can't play the instruments.
These people can cook and their best dish are the pasta, lasagna, spaguetti, salade, chip cookies, steak and chips, eggs, sandwich.
These people too can do else: sing, play piano, walk, shop, ski, play tennis, play chess, play football.
Maria too can speak three languages: French, Spanish and English.

Estefanía said...

ESTEFANÍA MARTÍN MALDONADO 1ºCAL

REAL ENGLISH LESSON
In the listening I can hear asks and answers:
Can you play any musical instruments? clarinet, violin, piano and guitar.
Can you cook? pasta, lasagne, spaguetti, sandwich.
What else can you do? play the piano,tennis,football, rugby, sing, ski.
Can you speak any things languages?
French, Spanish and English.
For me it´s a funny video.

Juanjo Ruiz said...

Juan José Ruiz Martos 1º CAL
This is the order of musical instruments:The guitar, the piano, the violin, the french horn, the trombone, the sax, the trumpet, the tuba, the flute, the clarinet, the cymbals, the drum, the sylophone, the tambourine and the maracas.

The video of Real English.
In this video a journalist asks to various people some questions.
The first is, you can play a musical instrument?
Some people say yes: clarinet, violin, piano guitar (very well).
The second question is: Can you coke? and the best dish?
Some answers are: pasta, salad, spaghetti, salad, cookies, sandwiches ...
Another question is, What else can you do?
Some people respond: play piano, yoga, sing, ski, play table tennis, tennis, chess, football, rugby.
For questions on languages​​, the woman says she speaks French, Spanish and English.

jparrilla said...

José Manuel Parrilla Martín 1º CAL

Listening
First:Can you play any musical instrument?
Shirley play the clarinet. Jenny play the recorder and the piano. Robin no can´t. Dave no can´t. Ruth play the guitar very well. Leslie no can´t. Helen no can´t.

Second:Can you cook?
Michael cook Bouillabaise. Daina cook pasta. Loren lasagne. Andrew cook spaghetti. Ann, cookies. Matt cook sandwich.

Third: What else can you do?
Michael can direct films. Bernadette can sing and play the piano. Marie Noelle can singer, dance. . Eddie can play the piano. Daina can wakes,dance, shop. Lynn can ski. Alison can tennis. Alli can play table tennis, tennis, chess, football, rugby.
Maria speak French, Spanish, English.

Anonymous said...

Mariano Vacas Pereira. 1 CAL.

I can see fifteen musical instruments.
The guitar, the piano, the violin, the french horn, the trombone, the sax, the trumpet, the tuba, the flute, the clarinet, the cymbals, the drums, the xylophone, the tambourine and the maracas.

In this video there are some journalist and very people. They´re asking : can they play the musical instrument, can they cook, can they language speak and can they sing ?

First, can you play the musical instrument?
First, one woman the clarinet.
Second, two women the violin.
Third, the piano.
Fourth, I can´t.
Fifth, one partner, she can´t.
Sixth, one partner, he can the guitar, very well
Seventh, the family can´t.
Eighth, one partner and she can´t.

Then, can you cook? And what is your best dish?
First, yes I can.
Second, yes I can.Pasta.
Third, yes I can. My lasagna.
Fourth, yes I can. Spaguetti.
Fifth,
Sixth, yes I can.
Seventh, yes I can. Chips.
Eighth, yes I can.Curry.
Ninth, yes I can. Sandwich.
Tenth, yes I can.

Finally, what else can you do?
First, films.
Second,
Third, play the piano.
Fourth, dance.
Fifth, judo and play the piano.
Sixth, walk.
Seventh, ski.
Eighth, play tennis.
Ninth, play table tennis, football and rugby
Tenth, she can speak French, Spanish and English.
Eleventh, can you sing? No I can´t.

Elena Gómez said...

Well done everybody!!
Thanks for leaving your comments.
Keep it up!

Anonymous said...

MªDolores Lopéz-Puertas 1ºCAL

In the video the people answers the following questions:
Can you play any musical instruments?
Can you cook?
What is your best dish?
What else can you do?
Can you speak any things languages?

People say:
I can play violin, piano, guitar.
I can cook lasagna, spaguetti, cookies, sanwich.
I can sing, play piano, dance, work,ski, tennis, play chess, football, rugby.
i can speak French, Spanish, English.