“High School English Teaching Video: can” is exclusively produced by China Good Classroom. Good Classroom breaks through the traditional rigid teaching model, using the humorous Young class format to help students learn more knowledge in a relaxed and humorous teaching environment. Today, let’s summarize the usage of can. We all know that can is a … Read more
1. Indicating Ability (1) To indicate present ability, use can: My sister can drive. Everyone here can speak English. (2) To indicate future ability, usually do not use can or could, but use the future tense of be able to: I’ll be able to speak French in another few months. One day people will be … Read more
First Year English Second Semester [Modal Verbs] Common Mistakes with Can and Could [Key Common Mistakes] 1. Indicating Ability He could swim when he was five. He could swim when he was five. —Can you drive a car? Can you drive a car? —Yes, I can. Yes, I can./No, I can’t. No, I can’t. 2. … Read more
The negative form of can: cannot/can't 1. Basic Usage 1. Indicates ability (in terms of physical and mental capacity) to do or to happen, meaning “can, able to,” etc., generally indicating present ability, for example: They could speak English at a very young age. They could speak English at a very young age. Peter can … Read more
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In today’s “Learn Sentences and Vocabulary”, we will learn a simple sentence structure: Can …? Can means “can/able to”. In a declarative sentence, it indicates “who can …”, while in an interrogative sentence, it is used to ask “who can …?” Sentence Pattern: Can …？ can/able to …? Example Sentences: 1. He can fly a … Read more
Three Uses of Can 1. Indicates Ability “Can” I can swim. 2. Indicates Possibility “May” He can’t be at home. 3. Indicates Permission “May” Can you open the door? Three Uses of Could 1. Indicates Ability “Could”, the Past Tense of Can I could swim when I was five. 2. Indicates Permission “Could”, More Polite … Read more
Indicates ability or possibility, meaning “can” or “be able to”. I can run fast. I can run fast. Can you call back tomorrow? Can you call back tomorrow? 2. Indicates knowledge of how to do something, meaning “know how to”. She can speak Spanish. She can speak Spanish. Can he cook? Can he cook? 3. … Read more
The modal verb has a specific meaning but cannot stand alone as a predicate. It does not change with person or number and is followed by the base form of a verb, meaning that the modal verb and the base verb together form the predicate. Common modal verbs include: can (could), may (might), must, will … Read more
speak /spiːk/ vi.to speak say /seɪ/ vi.to say talk /tɔːk/ vi.to talk tell /tel/ vt.to tell These four words all have the meaning of saying; do you know how to use them? Let’s take a look with the teacher! 1. speak means “to talk” and is an intransitive verb emphasizing the action of beginning to … Read more