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Expressing abilities Unit 3
O verbo  can  (poder, conseguir, saber) está no presente e expressa habilidades/capacidades. Giba  can  play volleyball extremely well. (sabe, consegue) Africans  can  run the marathon better than anybody else. (são capazes de) Não se acrescenta  s  ao verbo na 3ª pessoa do singular. Não se usa  to  antes ou depois de  can . to can to run
A forma negativa é  can’t  ou  cannot . Shaquille O’Neil  can’t  play basketball so well anymore. Em perguntas,  can  vem antes do sujeito, já que também funciona como verbo auxiliar. Can  you throw the discus? What position  can  they play?
Could  expressa habilidade / capacidade no passado. A forma negativa é  couldn’t (could not).  Em perguntas,  could  também aparece antes do sujeito. Mark Spitz  could  swim like a fish. Could  Ayrton Senna speak English? I  couldn’t  swim at all when I was a child.
Intensifiers Geralmente,  can  e  could  são usados junto com os advérbios de intensidade abaixo, mostrados numa escala progressiva: Harriot can’t swim  at all. Simone can ride a horse  pretty well. Zico could play soccer  extremely well.

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Can Express Abilities

  • 2. O verbo can (poder, conseguir, saber) está no presente e expressa habilidades/capacidades. Giba can play volleyball extremely well. (sabe, consegue) Africans can run the marathon better than anybody else. (são capazes de) Não se acrescenta s ao verbo na 3ª pessoa do singular. Não se usa to antes ou depois de can . to can to run
  • 3. A forma negativa é can’t ou cannot . Shaquille O’Neil can’t play basketball so well anymore. Em perguntas, can vem antes do sujeito, já que também funciona como verbo auxiliar. Can you throw the discus? What position can they play?
  • 4. Could expressa habilidade / capacidade no passado. A forma negativa é couldn’t (could not). Em perguntas, could também aparece antes do sujeito. Mark Spitz could swim like a fish. Could Ayrton Senna speak English? I couldn’t swim at all when I was a child.
  • 5. Intensifiers Geralmente, can e could são usados junto com os advérbios de intensidade abaixo, mostrados numa escala progressiva: Harriot can’t swim at all. Simone can ride a horse pretty well. Zico could play soccer extremely well.