English grammar. Can, can not (can’t)

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Betty Schrampfer Azar
Stacy A. Hagen
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CONTENTS
12-1
12-2
12-3
12-4
12-5
12-6
12-7
12-8
12-9
Using can
Pronunciation of can and can’t
Using can: questions
Using know how to
Using could: past of can
Using be able to
Using very and too + adjective
Using two, too, and to
More about prepositions: at and in for place

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12-1 USING CAN
Tarifa is smart.
She can speak five languages.
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12-1 USING CAN
(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.
can
ability
possibility
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12-1 USING CAN
(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a bike.
can
simple form
of main verb
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12-1 USING CAN
(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a bike.
(e) INCORRECT: Thelma can to ride a bike.
can
infinitive
with to
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12-1 USING CAN
(d) CORRECT: Thelma can ride a bike.
(e) INCORRECT: Thelma can to ride a bike.
(f) INCORRECT: Thelma can rides a bike.
can
main verb – final -s
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12-1 USING CAN
(g) Rajiv can not snowboard.
Rajiv cannot snowboard.
Rajiv can’t snowboard.
NEGATIVE:
can + not = can not or cannot
CONTRACTION:
can + not = can’t
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12-1 Let’s Practice
A dog ___
can swim.
can
can’t
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12-1 Let’s Practice
A kitten ____
can’t read.
can
can’t
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12-1 Let’s Practice
can
can’t
A butterfly ____
can’t dance.
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12-2 PRONUNCIATION OF CAN AND CAN’T
Jonas can come to school with us.
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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 “ant” /kænt/
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12-2 Let’s Practice
can
can’t
Fish ____
can swim.
Fish can’t
____ fly.
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12-2 Let’s Practice
Giraffes ____
can’t roar.
can
can’t
Lions can
___ roar.
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12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS
Alia can speak Farsi.
Can you speak Farsi?
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12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS
CAN + SUBJECT + MAIN
VERB
(a) 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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12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS
QUESTION + CAN + SUBJECT + MAIN
WORD
VERB
(c) Where
can
I
walk my dog?
In the park.
(d) When
can
we
bake cookies?
On Saturday.
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12-3 Let’s Practice
Inga can jump rope.
_________
Can
Inga`
jump rope
________?
Yes,
__________.
she can
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12-3 Let’s Practice
Ari can’t play the violin.
Can
_________
Ari play
the
________?
violin
No,
he can’t
__________.
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12-3 Let’s Practice
I can bake a cake.
___________
Can
you bake
a cake
__________?
Yes, I can
_________.
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12-4 USING KNOW HOW TO
They know how to dance very well.
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12-4 USING KNOW HOW TO
(a) They can dance.
(b) They know how to dance.
(c) Can you dance?
(d) Do you know how to dance?
same
meaning
same
meaning
know how to expresses ability
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12-4 Let’s Practice
Yes, I
do.
.
__________
Do
you know
_________?
how to knit
know how to
knit
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12-4 Let’s Practice
Do
you know how
______________
to
play golf
____________?
Yes,
I do.
.
play golf
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12-4 Let’s Practice
___________
Do you know
___________
how to get to
__________?
the library
get to the library
No,
I don’t.
.
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12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
I was in Maine last summer.
I could eat lobster every day.
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12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
(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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12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
(c) I can’t watch TV this afternoon.
I have to do my laundry.
(d) I could not watch TV last Friday.
had toTV
do last
my laundry.
I couldn’t Iwatch
Friday.
NEGATIVE
could + not = couldn’t
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12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
(e) Could you get to class before 9:00?
QUESTION
could + subject + main verb
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12-5 Let’s Practice
could
couldn’t
Last year we went to Thailand.
We _______
could go swimming every day
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12-5 Let’s Practice
could
couldn’t
I _______
couldn’t fix the
heater because I didn’t
have the right tools.
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12-5 Let’s Practice
could
couldn’t
I _______
couldn’t use the blue
blanket because it
was dirty.
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12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
I am able to read very fast.
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12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
PRESENT
(a) I am able to read very fast.
(b) I can read very fast.
same
meaning
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12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
FUTURE
(c) You will be able to go
home Monday.
(d) You can go home Monday.
same
meaning
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12-6 USING BE ABLE TO
PAST
(e) I wasn’t able to watch a
movie last Saturday.
same
meaning
(f) I couldn’t watch a movie
last Saturday.
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12-6 Let’s Practice
Jen is deaf.
She can use sign language.
be able to
Jen is deaf.
She ________
is able to use sign language.
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12-6 Let’s Practice
He couldn’t finish his work.
be able to
not
He ___________
wasn’t able to finish his work.
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12-6 Let’s Practice
Goldfish can’t sing.
be able to
not
Goldfish ___________
aren’t able to sing.
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12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
The homework is very long,
but you can do it.
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12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
(a) The paper is very long, but you can do it.
(b) The paper 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 ≠ too
very long = difficult but possible
too long = impossible
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12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
(e) The line is too long.
NEGATIVE RESULT:
I can’t wait.
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12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
(f) These pants are too tight.
NEGATIVE RESULT:
I can’t wear them.
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12-7 Let’s Practice
too
That mountain
too high. He
is ___
can’t climb it.
very
The mountain is
very high, but he
____
can climb it.
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12-7 Let’s Practice
too
very
The race is ____
very
long, but he can
finish it.
The race is ___
too
long. He can’t
finish it.
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12-7 Let’s Practice
too
very
can’t
can
The homework is
___
too difficult. She
can’t do it.
____
The homework is
____
very difficult, but
she ____
can do it.
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12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
They have two pets.
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12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
TWO (a) They have two pets.
TWO
TOO
TO
same
pronunciation
TWO = a number
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12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
TWO (a) They have two pets.
TOO (b) Ralph is too short to reach that.
too short = impossible to reach
because of height
(c) Ada likes music. I like it too.
too = also
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12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
TWO (a) They have two pets.
TOO (b) Ralph is too short to reach that.
(c) Ada likes music. I like it too.
TO
(d) I ran to school.
(e) They want to go to Africa.
to to
= part
= a of
preposition
an infinitive
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12-8 Let’s Practice
They are walking __
to school.
two
too
to
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12-8 Let’s Practice
We have ___
two teenagers.
Kristie is going ___
to college.
Ben is going ___
to college ___.
too
two
too
to
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12-8 Let’s Practice
My grandmother is ____
too old
____
to ski. My ____
two aunts will
stay home with her.
two
too
to
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
Rhea is at work.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
Anna is at home.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
Anna is at home.
Yumi is at school.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(a) Rhea is at work.
Anna is at home.
Yumi is at school.
at
+
home
work
school
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
Jim is in class.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
Jim is in class.
Ralph is in jail.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(b) Ruth is in bed.
Jim is in class.
Ralph is in jail.
in +
bed
class
jail/prison
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(c) Ms. Kim is in the hospital.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(c) Ms. Kim is in the hospital.
American English
British English
= in the hospital
= in hospital
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(d) Roger is in the kitchen.
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(d) Roger is in the kitchen.
in +
the kitchen
the classroom
the hall
my bedroom
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(e) Nathan is in Athens.
in +
cities
states/provinces
countries
continents
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(f)
A: Where’s Inga?
B: She isn’t here. She’s at the library.
usually
at is used with
the post office
the bank
the bookstore
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12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR
PLACE
(g) Len is at the store.
Bea is in the store.
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12-9 Let’s Practice
at
in
Is Len here?
No, he’s __
at the store.
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12-9 Let’s Practice
at
in
Where’s Cindy?
She’s __
in the garage.
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12-9 Let’s Practice
at
in
Is Lynn okay?
No, she’s __
in the hospital.
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