5

Exercises Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

What can you do?

He can ride a

bike

He can

swim

What can you do?

He can

driveHe can

play

baseball

What can you do?

She can’t

ski

He can

ski

What can you do?

He can’t play the

piano

He can play the

piano

What can you do?

He can’t

play

basketball.

He can play

basketball.

What can you do?

They can paint

What can you do?

They can’t paint

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

Affirmative Form :

Personal + Can + Verb + Complement

Pronoun

Affirmative Form :IYouHe She Can swimIt WeThey

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.

Negative Form :I

You

He

She Can’t Swim

It

We

They

Interrogative Form :

Can + Personal + Verb +Complement?Pronoun

Short answers :I

YouHe

She Can +Yes, It

We

They

Short answers:I

YouHe

She Can’t -No , It

We

They

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 can dance ballet*We use 'can' to ask for and give

permission.

Can I go to the bathroom? / Yes, you can.

You can use my phone./ You can’t use my

phone*We use 'can‘ in offers and request

Can you give me a hand? / Can you help

me?

Can / Can’t

E.G. :• Penelope Cruz can speak Spanish and

English. • 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.

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.

Exercises

2.- Order these sentences :

a) drive/can’t/Fiorella

b) guitar/can/Manuel/the/play

c) Liset/sing/can’t

d) draw/José/can’t

e) the/cat/fly/can/?

f) dog/the/jump/can’t

g) swim/mouse/the/can/?

h) horse/the/can/speak/?