Can .... Cannot.... Can't
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Can and can't (cannot is the same) are used in many different situations.
On this page we are going to focus on the "ability to do something" |
If you can dream it, you can do it. |
GRAMMAR
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ExamplesI can speak English.
She can speak English and Japanese. He can play tennis very well. We can hear cows near this school. I can't remember her name. They can't come to our place this weekend. |
What is your Special skill?
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Can you play any musical instruments?
What can you play? What kind of music can you play (e.g. classical, rock)? |
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What kind of sports can you do?
Can you play tennis? Can you swim very well? Can you do any martial arts (e.g. karate, judo)? What sports are you not good at? (e.g. I really can't ...) |
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Are there any foods that you cannot eat?
- I can't eat natto (納豆). I don't like the smell and the taste of it. - I can't eat pilchards (イワシ). I like fishing and used pilchards as bait, so it is hard for me to think of it as food. |
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What languages can you speak?
Can you speak any words (e.g. thank you, please, hello, goodbye) in another language? What language (other than English) do you wish you could speak? - I love travelling. I backpacked around Europe for 4 months by myself, so I studied some basic words and phrases in French, Italian, German, Dutch and Czech. The most difficult for me was Czech. |
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Practise
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Think of your favourite superhero.
Write 4-5 sentences. What can he/she do? |
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Choose your Vacation
Look at the following example. These are just some of the ideas for what you can do on a "mountain holiday", or a holiday in the mountains.
Use this same pattern to write ideas about what you can do on the following types of holiday.
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WAtch and ListenTourism Queensland video
Where is Queensland? Watch the YouTube video and write down 5-10 things that you can do on a holiday to Queensland, Australia. |
Finish these sentences
1. A cheetah ..............................................................................
2. A tuna ...................................................................................
3. On my phone, I ...........................................................................
4. From the top of Tokyo SkyTree, you ........................................................................................
5. In Tokyo, you .........................................................................................................
6. The Prime Minister of Japan .........................................................................................
7. In Japan, ....................................................................................
8. At my school, ......................................................................................
9. My teacher ......................................................................... but he/she ...............................................................
10. I ......................................................................., but I .....................................................................................
2. A tuna ...................................................................................
3. On my phone, I ...........................................................................
4. From the top of Tokyo SkyTree, you ........................................................................................
5. In Tokyo, you .........................................................................................................
6. The Prime Minister of Japan .........................................................................................
7. In Japan, ....................................................................................
8. At my school, ......................................................................................
9. My teacher ......................................................................... but he/she ...............................................................
10. I ......................................................................., but I .....................................................................................