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9th Grade

9th Grade. English 10-14 MART. The verb CAN. We use can to express our abilities He can swim . Birds can fly Babies can’t walk I can dance well . Martin can’t draw picture well . He is a horrible artist. My sister can play tennis well but she can’t play chess .

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9th Grade

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  1. 9th Grade English 10-14 MART

  2. Theverb CAN • Weuse can toexpressourabilities • He can swim. • Birds can fly • Babiescan’twalk • I can dancewell. • Martin can’tdrawpicturewell. He is a horrible artist. • My sister can playtenniswell but shecan’tplaychess. • SueandBobcan’tspeak French but they can speak English.

  3. Toofferhelp • Can I helpyou? • How can I helpyou ? • Tomake a request • Can I speaktoTom, please ? • Note: Theverb can is a model verb. Itdoes not take an –s in thethirdpersonsingular, it does not form thenegativeandquestion form with do/ does, and it is alwaysfollowedbythebase form of theverb.

  4. Exercises: Complete the dialogues with can and the word s in brackets. 1) Matt: I think Mr Brown is a great musician. He___________(play) the piano and guitar very well. Bruce: Really? _____________ ( he / play ) the flute well, too ? Matt: Oh, I don’t know about that. 2) Carl: ___________( your sister/ use) a computer? Brian : Of course, ______________. Carl: _________________( she/ speak) Spanish and French? Brian : No, ______________, but she ______________ ( speak) German.

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