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What can it be? Listen to a song about amazing fantasy animals. Help. Preparation. Connection Error. Lyrics by Carolyne Ardron | Animation by Cambridge English Online. Game. Documents. Print the words to the song. 276.21 KB. Print an activity for the song. 437.17 KB. Print the answers. 437.08 KB. Discussion. Do you know any other fantasy animals?
Author. Rachael Ro. In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the popular song 'What can it be?'. They will listen to the song, complete comprehension activities, and practise the animals, mythical creatures and body parts mentioned in the song.
A lion’s body and an eagle’s wings It’s a griffin, can you see? What can it be? Is it a woman? Maybe Is it a fish? A woman’s body and a fish’s tail It’s a mermaid, can you see? Listen to this song. https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/what-can-it-be. Contributors. Lyrics by Carolyne Ardron. www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids.
Children design their own mythical creature, write about it and draw a picture. Then they write a new verse for the song and sing it.
- Possibility and Impossibility
- Ability
- Permission
- Requests
- Questions and Negatives
We use could to show that something is possible, but not certain: We use can to make general statementsabout what is possible: We use can't or cannot to say that something is impossible: Level: intermediate We use could have to make guesses about the past: We use could to make general statements about the past: We use can't have or couldn't have to...
Level: beginner We use can and can't to talk about someone's skill or general abilities: We use can and can't to talk about the ability to do something at a specific time in the present or future: We use could and couldn't to talk about the past: Level: intermediate We use could have to say that someone had the ability or opportunity to do somethin...
Level: beginner We use can to ask for permissionto do something: could is more formal and polite than can: We use can to give permission: We use can to say that someone has permissionto do something: We use can't to refuse permission or say that someone does not have permission:
We use could you … as a polite way of telling or asking someone to do something: can is less polite:
We make questions by putting the subject aftercan/could: The negative form is can't in spoken English and cannotin written English. We sometimes say cannot, but it is very emphatic. The negative form of could is couldn't in spoken English and could notin written English.
1. Song, activity sheet, answers and lyrics: ‘What can it be?’. https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs/what-can-it-be. 2. Flashcards: ‘Mythical creatures’ . https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/flashcards/mythical-creatures-flashcards. 3. Flashcards: ‘Animal body parts’.
Verbs. Modal verbs. Oops, something went wrong. Check your browser's developer console for more details. Level: beginner. The modal verbs are: We use modals to show if we believe something is certain, possible or impossible: My keys must be in the car. It might rain tomorrow. That can't be Peter's coat. It's too small.
