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Lanternfish ESL

Sample Modal Can Flashcard

The Modal Can Card Game

This card game can be used to teach the modal 'can,' especially in regards to abilities or things we can do. The vocabulary covered includes playing sports, gymnastics, musical instruments, and things like whistling or snapping your fingers.

Print two copies of the cards and paste on posterboard to make a deck of cards to play Go Fish, review the vocabulary, or play Memory.

Go Fish:
Students each get 2 or 3 cards dealt to them. Going clockwise students try to match up their cards by asking other students if they have a matching card. Interactions are as follows:

Student A: Can you do a handstand? Student B: Yes, I can. (Student B gives card to student A and student A gets a point).



or


Student A: Can you ride a skateboard? Student B: No, I can't. (Student A takes a card from the deck).