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CAN
► A: Can is used to express abilities (be able to do something or how to do something):
I can drive
I can play the piano
► B: We also use can to ask for permission:
Can I go to the toilet, please?
► IMPORTANT ⇒ CAN is a modal verb. It only has one form (CAN). It is always followed by an infinitve without TO
A: ABILITIES
Writing
Look at the pictures above and say what the people (he/she/they) can (v) or can't (x) do. Example:She can play tennis.
CAN
| Affirvative form | Negative form |
| I can | I can't |
| You can | You can't |
| He/she/it can | He/she/it can't |
| We can | We can't |
| You can | You can't |
| They can | They can't |
► Cannot = Can't
► For the interrogative form we invert the verb and the subject:
Can you play tennis?
Can she speak French?
► Sometimes we repeat the verb can in short answers:
Can you drive? → Yes, I can.