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The best restaurant in town
1
Match responses a–h to questions 1–8. Use
each response only once.
1
What I can get you?
2
Shall we go shopping on Saturday?
3
Can you speak Italian?
4
Would you like a side salad with that?
5
How about going cycling this weekend?
6
What do you want to do this evening?
7
Do you like playing football?
8
Can I have the bill, please?
a
Yes, please.
b
It’s up to you.
c
No, sorry, I can’t. I’m busy.
d
I’m not sure. I’d prefer to go shopping.
e
I can’t stand it.
f
I’ll have a cheeseburger and chips, please.
g
Yes, I can but not very well.
h
Yes, certainly.
2
Read the Language Tip. Rewrite each
sentence with the word in brackets.
1
Georgia is really good at skiing. (well)
2
I’m unable to drive a car. (at all)
3
Are you good at drawing? (can)
4
Jill and Sarah are capable of working
together. (work)
5
We know how to cook Chinese food. (can)
6
John doesn’t speak Polish. (can’t)
7
Chris is a very good tennis player. (well)
8
They’re terrible swimmers. (can’t)
Language
Culture
Function
Grammar
Culture
Function
Grammar
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
When we talk about ability, we usually use
can
– which is a modal verb. There are some other
expressions we can use to talk about ability.
Each expression is used in a different structure:
be able
+
to do:
I’m able to ice-skate.
(Note that
we can say both
I’m not able
or
I’m unable
to
do something.
)
be capable
+
of doing:
I’m capable of riding
a horse.
(Note that we can say both
I’m not
capable
or
I’m incapable
of doing something.
)
be good
(excellent, bad, fantastic, terrible)
+
at
doing:
I’m good at playing the guitar.
3
Complete the text with the missing words.
Write only one word in each gap.
When I visit my friend, Adam, he often cooks
dinner for me. He can cook very
1
. My
favourite is Mexican food, and he’s quite good
2
making fajitas or burritos. When he
asks, ‘How
3
having dinner at my place?’,
I never say no. I just reply, ‘Great
4
!’ He’s
really polite, so he asks me before my visit,
‘And what
5
you like to eat tonight?’
Sometimes I say, ‘I don’t know. It’s
6
to
you.’ I think these surprise dinners are the best!
I can’t wait for my next invitation!
4
Use words in the box to complete the
sentences. There are two words you don’t
need to use.
we
don’t can’t sounds mind
prefer sure
go
how
why
1
about going to the cinema later?
2 A
Do you want to go into town?
B
I don’t really
.
3
Why
we have some fish and chips
for lunch?
4 A
Let’s play volleyball.
B
I’d
to watch TV instead.
5
Shall
have a quick look in the
shops?
6 A
I’m bored. Would you like to go out?
B
I’m not
. It’s raining.
7 A
Let’s go cycling on Sunday.
B
I’m sorry I
.
8 A
What about a coffee later?
B
That
good!
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Unit 7