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CAN - CANNOT

USES OF CAN

1.- ABILITY or POSSIBILITY

I can swim

2.- PERMISSION

You can use my pen.

CAN + VERB* Base form of the infinitive

He can speak English

He can speks English X No "s" in the verb

He can to speak English X No to after "can"

SINGULAR PLURAL

I can speak English. We can play football..

You can ride a bike. You can see the stars.

He can drive a car. They can dance tango.

She can play the guitar.

It can swim.

CAN is a modal verb.

CAN is used to express "ability" or to say that something is "posible".

CAN is the same for all subjects.

W e don´t add "S" in the third person (like other verbs).

The verb that comes after "can" is in the infinitive without "to".

I can speak Spanish.

You can swim well.

She can see our neighbour in the garden.

The dog can run fast.

We can run in the maratón.

They can play the guitar in our party.

Question > Can they cook Italian food?

Affirmative > They can cook Italian food. Yes, they can

Negative > They can´t cook Italian food. No, they can´t or They cannot