9. Can / Can’t
•Can
is an auxiliary modal verb.
•Can is the same for all subjects.
•E.g.
•- He can see my neighbor in the garden.
•- They can play golf.
•- She can play golf.
•- I can play golf
12. Negative Form :
Personal + Can’t + Verb +Complement
Pronoun
To form a negative sentences we
use can + not = can not and in
contraction we use can’t.
17. Can / Can’t
*We
use 'can' to talk about 'possibility'.
Can you do that? You can’t smoke here.
*We use 'can' to talk about ‘ability'.
I can speak French / I can speak
Italian
I can drive / I to dance and
*We use 'can'canask for balletgive
permission.
Can I go to the bathroom? / Yes, you can.
You can use my phone./ You can’t use my
phone 'can‘ in offers and request
*We use
Can you give me a hand? / Can you help
me?
18. Can / Can’t
E.G. :
•
Penelope Cruz can speak Spanish and
English.
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Penelope Cruz can’t speak Japanese.
The elephants can’t jump.
The children can’t smile when they are babies.
The horses can’t fly.
Patricia can paint.
Luis can play the drum.
Miss Ingrid can’t play guitar.
19. Exercises
1.-Write sentences about what
you can or can’t do. Use these
verbs : drive, fly,
play(piano/football/trumpet),
speak (French /Italian/Quechua),
paint, ride, sing, run a mile,
jump.
20. 2.a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Order these sentences :
drive/can’t/Fiorella
guitar/can/Manuel/the/play
Liset/sing/can’t
draw/José/can’t
the/cat/fly/can/?
dog/the/jump/can’t
swim/mouse/the/can/?
horse/the/can/speak/?
