This Can and Can’t ESL Worksheet gives A1–A2 adult learners structured practice with abilities, requests, offers, and permission. It uses realistic pictures, everyday situations, a natural phone conversation, controlled grammar work, and communicative speaking activities.
STUDENTS PRACTICE
- can and can’t for abilities, requests, offer and permission;
- affirmative, negative and interrogative forms;
- adverbial expressions (very well, well, pretty well, a little, not very well, and not at all, etc.);
- short and polite answers.
ACTIVITIES
- picture and vocabulary matching;
- sentence-completion activities;
- a listening gap-fill dialogue;
- reading comprehension questions;
- partner speaking practice;
- sentence-order exercises;
- five short listening conversations;
- everyday communication situations.
The topics are suitable for teenagers and adults and include family life, household activities, hobbies, practical skills, and everyday tasks rather than child-focused situations.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
📝 Student worksheet (4-page PDF)
🔑 Answer key (classroom-ready PowerPoint)
🔊 MP3 audio files
PERFECT FOR
- A1 and A2 English learners
- ESL and EFL classrooms
- Adult English learners
- Teen learners
- Grammar lessons
- Sub plans
- Whole-class instruction
- Individual or small-group work
- Online and in-person teaching
