CONTENTS

12-1 Using Can

12-2 Pronunciation of Can and Can’t
12-3 Using Can: Questions
12-4 Using Know How To
12-5 Using Could: Past of Can
12-6 Using Be Able To
12-7 Using Very and Too + Adjective
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Tarifa is smart.
She can speak five
languages.
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(a)Tarifa is smart.
She can speak five
languages.
(b) I have some money.
I can buy a present for my
mom.
(c) You are smart. You can fix
cars.
abili
ca ty
n possibili
ty
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(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a

bike.

simple
ca form
n of main
verb
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(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a

bike.
(e) INCORRECT: Thelma can to ride a
bike.

infiniti
ca ve
n with to
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(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a

bike.
(e) INCORRECT: Thelma can to ride a
bike.
(f) INCORRECT: Thelma can rides a
bike.

ca main verb –
n final -s
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(g) Rajiv can not

snowboard.
Rajiv cannot
snowboard.
Rajiv can’t
NEGATIVE:
can + not = can not or
snowboard.
cannot
CONTRACTION:
can + not = can’t
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can
A dog ca
___
can
swim.n ’t
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can
A kitten
can____ can
read. ’t ’t
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can
can
’t
A butterfly
ca ____
dance. n’t
 12-2 PRONUNCIATION OF CAN AND CAN’T

Jonas can come to school with

us.
 12-2 PRONUNCIATION OF CAN AND CAN’T

(a) Jonas can come to school

with us.
Can – pronounced “kun”
/kən/
(b) Liv can’t come to school
with us.
Can’t – pronounced as n
“ant” /kæ t/
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can
can
’t
Fish ____
ca swim.
n
Fish ____
canfly.
’t
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can
can
Giraffescan
____
’t
roar. ’t Lions ___
ca roar.
n
12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS

Alia can speak

Farsi.
Can you speak
Farsi?
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CAN + SUBJECT +
MAIN
(a) VERB
Can you speak
Farsi?
Yes, I can.
No, I can’t.
(b) Can Ida
drive?
Yes, she can.
No, she can’t.
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QUESTION + CAN + SUBJECT +

MAIN
WORD
(c)
VERBWhere can I walk
my dog?
In the
park.
(d) When can we bake
cookies?
On
Saturday.
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Inga can jump

`
_________
Can rope.
Inga
________? Yes,
__________.
she
jump can
rope
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Ari can’t play the

_________
Can Ari violin.
play the
________? No, he can’t
__________.
violin
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I can bake a
____________
Can you cake.
bake a cake
_________? Yes, I can
_________.
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They know how to dance very

well.
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(a) They can dance.

(b) They know how to same
dance. meani
(c) Can you dance? ng
(d) Do you know how to
dance? same
meani
ng
know how to expresses
ability
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__________
Do you
Yes, I
know
_________?
do.
. how to knit

know how
to knit
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Do you know
_______________ Yes,
how to play golf
___________? I do.
.

play
golf
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Do
___________
you
know
___________ get to the
how
__________?
to get library
to
the library
No,
I
don’t.
.
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I was in Maine last

summer.
I could eat lobster every
day.
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(a) I am in Maine.
I can eat lobster every day.
(b) I was in Maine last year.
I could eat lobster every day
when
I was there.

could = past form of

can
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(c) I can’t watch TV this afternoon.

I have to do my laundry.
(d) I could not watch TV last
Friday.
I had to do my laundry.
I couldn’t watch TV last
Friday.
NEGATIVE
could + not =
couldn’t
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(e) Could you get to class before

9:00?

QUESTION
could + subject + main
verb
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could couldn’t
Last year we went to Thailand.
We _______
coul go swimming every
day d
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could
couldn’t

I _______
couldn fix the
heater
’t because I
didn’t have the
right tools.
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could
couldn’t

I _______
couldn use the
blue
’t blanket
because it
was dirty.
 12-6 USING BE ABLE TO

I am able to read very

fast.
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PRESEN
T
(a) I am able to read very fast.
same
meani
(b) I can read very fast. ng
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FUTUR
E will be able to go
(c) You
home Monday. same
(d) You can go home Monday. meani
ng
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PAS
(e) ITwasn’t able to watch a
movie last Saturday. same
(f) I couldn’t watch a moviemeani
last Saturday. ng
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Jen is deaf.
She can use sign
language.
be able
to
Jen is deaf.
She is
________
able use sign
language.
to
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He couldn’t finish his

work.
be able to
not

He wasn’t
___________
able finish his work.
to
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Goldfish can’t sing.

be able to
not

Goldfisharen’t
___________
able sing.
to
 12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE

The homework is very

long,
but you can do it.
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(a) The homework is very long, but you

can do it.
(b) The homework is too long. You can’t do
it.
(c) The line is very long, but I can wait.
(d) The line is too long. I can’t wait.

very ≠ to
o
very long = difficult but
possible
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(e) The line is too NEGATIVE RESULT:

long. I can’t wait.
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(f) These pants are too

tight.
NEGATIVE RESULT:
I can’t wear
them.
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too
very

That The mountain

mountain
to is ver
is ____ high, but
___o high. He y can climb it.
he
can’t climb it.
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too
very

The race isver

____ The race isto
long, but hey ___ long. Heo
can finish it. can’t finish it.
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too
ver
y
can’
t
can
The homework The homework
is
to___ difficult. is ____ difficult,
ver
She
o ____ do it.
can but
y she
ca ____ do
’t it. n
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