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I can recognizeand use can for ability, permissionand requests.
Can for ability
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We use can + baseform to talk about ability.
I cansing. Questions
Dancan'tplaythe guitar. I /you
Can he/she /it S„M
Affirmative
we /you /they
I / you / he/ she/ it/ we / you / they can swim.
Short answers
Negative
1/you
Fullform Yes, he/she /it can.
we/you /they
I /you/he /she/it /we /you/they | cannot | swim.
I/you
Short form
No, he/she /it
I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they | can't |swim. we / you / they
* 1 Completethe sentences with can or can't. * 2 Write sentences about yourself with
can or can't. Usethe verbs from exercise 1.
ÿ You can't drivea car.X ÿ I can'tdrive a car.
1 They _ play basketball./ 1 _ basketball.
2 Oscar _ swim./
3 We _ play the piano./ 3 _ the piano.
4 He _ draw an elephant./ 4 _ an elephant.
5 I _ make nicecakes./ 5 _ nicecakes.
6 Those children _ speak Spanish./ 6 _ —Spanish.
7 Spiders _ fly. X 7 _ fly.
8 Leoand Pete _ takegood photos, y 8 _ good photos.
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