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Can & Could

(Possibility)

Grammar Presentation

" We use CAN to say it's possible to do it. For the past, we use "Could". "

Contents

Can

1. Affirmative2. Negative 3. Questions 4. Short answers 5. Wh- questions 6. Could

Can

Affirmative

Can

(Affirmative)

Sentences

I can play the piano and the violin. You can speak French very well. He can run fast in the park. She can sleep for ten hours every day. The cat can jump high. We can read comics in English. You can do your homework in the library. They can go to school by bus.

Can't

Negative

Can't

(Negative)

Sentences

I can't play the piano and the violin. You can't speak French very well. He can't run fast in the park. She can't sleep for ten hours every day. The cat can't jump high. We can't read comics in English. You can't do your homework in the library. They can't go to school by bus.

Can...?

Questions

Can

(Questions)

Questions

Can I play the piano and the violin? Can you speak French very well? Can he run fast in the park? Can she sleep for ten hours every day? Can the cat jump high? Can we read comics in English? Can you do your homework in the library? Can they go to school by bus?

Can

Short answers

Can

(Short answers)

Answers

Questions

Yes, I can / No, I can't Yes, you can / No, you can't Yes, he can / No, he can't Yes, she can / No, she can't Yes, it can / No, it can't Yes, we can / No, we can't Yes, you can / No, you can't Yes, they can / No, they can't

Can I play the piano and the violin? Can you speak French very well? Can he run fast in the park? Can she sleep for ten hours every day? Can the cat jump high? Can we read comics in English? Can you do your homework in the library? Can they go to school by bus?

Can

Wh- Questions

Can

(Wh- questions)

Questions

WHAT can I play? HOW MANY languages can you speak? WHO can he run fast in the park? WHY can she sleep for ten hours? WHICH animal can the cat jump high? WHERE can we read comics in English? WHAT TIME can you do your homework in the library? HOW can they go to school by bus?

Could

The past

Could

(For the past, we use COULD)

Affirmative

When I was young, I could run very fast

Negative

I was very tired but I couldn't sleep last nigh

Questions

Could you understand English two years ago?

The end

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