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can He can play the piano.
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/ can go you can go he/she/it can go etc (no t / can to go, no t he cans-ge)

u can 1 go? can you go? can he/she/it go? etc (NOT do 1 can go?)

D 1cannot go you cannot go he/she/it cannot go etc (NOT l-ean net-go)
Contraction: can't
I can speak Italian. I can read Spanish, but I can't speak it. Can you sing?

^ Write sentences with but about what David can and can't do.

Deutsch

'
! (speak) CC,IA / ia,, buct h e oauc't sp eate,
1 (play) ..........................................................................................baseball.
2 (play) .......................................................................................the violin.
3 (remember) ..............................................................................................
4 (eat) ............................................................................................cherries.

To make questions ( 0 ) with can, we put can before the subject.

Can Bill swim? Can Alice speak Chinese? When can I pay?

^ Make questions with can.

! 'Little Lilya is ten months old now.' (walk) ..9:?.t 'h ........................
! 'John is starting the violin.' (what/play) . . .b.e.I?!'** J..................

.
1 'My brother wants to work in a restaurant.'(cook) ........................................

2 'My daughter's going to Spain.'(speak Spanish) ...........................................
3 'Bill and Lisa want to buy a house.' (how much /pay) ....................................
4 'Can I help in any way?'(drive a bus) .............................................................

5 'Some colours look bad on me.'(wear red) ....................................................
6 'Jessica and I have got a lovely hotel room.' (see the sea) ...............................
7 'I want to learn the piano.'(read music) ........................................................ .
8 'My brother is looking fora job.' (what/do) ..................................................
9 'I can't eat cheese.' (eat butter) ......................................................................
10 'My sister is one year old today.' (talk) ..........................................................

^ Write three things that you can do, and three things that you can't do.
1 I can..............................................................................................................

2 I can..............................................................................................................
3 I can..............................................................................................................
4 I can't.............................................................................................................

5 I can't.............................................................................................................
6 I can't.............................................................................................................

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