Preface

This teaching material is aimed to eighth graders and developed to achieve

minimal competences indicated within the paired basic competences as
follows:
3.2 Menerapkan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan teks interaksi transaksional lisan dan tulis
yang melibatkan tindakan memberi dan meminta
informasi terkait kemampuan dan kemauan, melakukan
suatu tindakan, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.
(Perhatikan unsur kebahasaan can, will).
4.2 Menyusun teks interaksi transaksional lisan dan tulis
sangat pendek dan sederhana yang melibatkan tindakan
memberi dan meminta informasi terkait kemampuan dan
kemauan, melakukan suatu tindakan, dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks
Learning objectives:
By the end of the learning activities, learners are expected to be able:
(1) To state and ask whether or not one can do something.
(2) To state and ask whether or not one wants to do something, and
(3) To give a response to statements and/or questions about abilities and
wants.

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Activity 1
Look at the picture and answer orally some questions below.

1. What do you name the music instrument in the picture?

2. What do you know about the instrument?
3. Can you play the instrument? How well?

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Activity 2
2a. Look, Listen, and repeat!

2b. Look at the conversations again and play each conversation in pairs.

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Activity 3
Listen to three people sing, play the guitar, and dance. Complete the
sentences with Jude, Gareth, and Kelly. There is one example.
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Jude can play the guitar quite well.

_________ can play the guitar very well.
_________ cant play the guitar.
_________ and _________ can dance well.
_________ cant dance.
_________ can sing quite well.
_________ can sing very well.
_________ cant sing.

Activity 4
Listen, repeat and write the sentences. There is one example.

(1) Man
(2) Woman
(3) Man
(4) Woman
(5) Man
(6) Woman
(7) Man
(8) Woman

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Can you sing?

_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________

Activity 5
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5a. Listen to the conversation between a man and a woman. Check for the
instruments he/she can play and cross for the ones he/she cant.
The man

: ___ guitar

____ violin

___ trumpet

The woman

: ___ guitar

____ violin

___ trumpet

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5b. Listen again, but this time read the conversation as you listen. Then,
check your answer.
Wow! You can play the guitar really well.
Thanks. Can you play the guitar?
No, I cant. But I can play the violin.
Really? What else can you play?
I can play the trumpet, too.
Oh, yeah? I cant play the trumpet.
I think its really hard.
: Its not that hard. You just need to practice.
: Can I hear you play some time?
: Sure.

Man
Woman
Man
Woman
Man
Woman

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Man
Woman
Man

Activity 6
6a. Look at the pictures. Whats the problem in each one? Listen and check.

Picture 1

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Picture 2

6b. Listen again. Write three can /cant sentences from each conversation.
Conversation 1
(1) _______________________________
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(2) _______________________________
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(3) _______________________________
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Conversation 2

(1) _______________________________
(2) _______________________________
(3) _______________________________

Activity 7
In pairs, write down dialogues using can you ? There is one example done
for you.

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Activity 8
8a. How many of the things can you do? Check your own answers. Then
talk to three two classmates, find out whether he/she is physical,
creative, or practical. Interview him/her and complete the survey.
An Example:
A: Can you play a sport?
B: Yes, it is basketball.
A: How well?
B: Quite well.

8b. After completing the survey, tell the class three facts about your
classmates. An example: Doni can play basketball quite well. He can
dance and swim. He is physical.

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Activity 9
9a. Look, listen, and repeat!

9b. Look at the conversations again and play each conversation in pairs

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Activity 10
Lets play the game.

Running Dictation

How to play?
Your teacher will prepare sentences stuck around the classroom, for
example, on the wall or the board. You have to play in pairs. One person
play a role as the one who runs to the sentences, looks at and memorizes
them, and runs back to another. He/she then has to say or dictate the
sentences while the other one has to write it down in a short time. You have
to cooperate each other. The winner is the pair who can complete all the
sentences fastest.

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Activity 11
In pairs, write down dialogues using will you ? There is one example done
for you.

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Activity 12
Write down your class journal about what have learned in this lesson.

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