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Personal Pronouns / ‘Be1/ ‘Have (got)1/ ‘Can’

The verb can’

Affirm ative Negative Questions Short answers


Long form Short form
I can I cannot I can’t Can I swim? Yes, I can. / No, I can’t
You can You cannot You can t Can you swim? Yes, you can, / No, you can’t.
He can He cannot He can’t Can he swim? Yes, he can. I No, he can’t
She can She cannot She can’t Can she swim? Yes, she can. I No, she can’t.
It can It cannot It can’t Can it swim? Yes, it can / No, it can t
We can We cannot We can t Can we swim? Yes, we can / No, we can’t.
You can You cannot You can’t Can you swim? Yes, you can. / No, you can’t
They can They cannot They can’t Can they swim? Yes, they can. / No, they can't

We use can:
• to say what we are able to do in the present. I can run fast.
• to ask for permission to do something. Can I go out, Miss?

W rite sentences as in the example:

Claire and Tom I /

1 Sam .G&n. m iV ' pMy. fasefaJl ffl4 . $ m . he draw p r rtfe .3 h Q !^ i


2 Claire and Tom ........................................................................................................

3 Mary

4 I ...

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Personal Pronouns / ‘Be1/ ‘Have (got)’ / ‘Can’

8 Look at the prompts. Write questions using Can /?

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go I bathroom open / window go I party have / last piece help / you
Can I go to the
bathroom?
m • 1 ■ ■ i a m a • ■ ■ a ■ « * ■ r ■ ■ ■ ■ 1 ■ ■ ■ m m

► Now, in pairs, ask and answer questions using one o f the responses from the
box.
Yes, of course. Certainly. Sure.
No problem. No, I’m afraid not. No, you can’t.
A: P.m J m Pa Ph<?.fattow w ?............
B: X'<?& o f povrp.e......................................

9 Put the words in the correct order.

1 got I Melek / hair / has I long 4 pencil I got / you / have / a?


Melek ha$, g p t jQngh@ ir.w.
2 quiet I are I the children 5 video camera I she I the / find I cannot

3 computer / can I you I use / the? 6 has I a mobile phone I got / she I not

10 Fill in the gaps with am, is, are, have (got), can or c a n ’f.

0 0 0
1 Dear Lucy,
My name 1 ) . . . .. Michelle and 12) .............10 years old. I 3 ).............. from France.
14) ............. long brown hair. My eyes 5 )............... brown. I love ballet
and 16 )............. dance quite well but I 7 ) ............. . draw very well.
My father 8 ) ............. a dentist and my mother 9 )...............an engineer.
My father 10)............. play the guitar but he 11)............... sing very well. My
mother 12)............. a g r e a t photographer and takes fantastic photos with her
camera. I 13).............. a brother just like you do and his name
14)............. Pierre.
This 15)......... some information about me and my family.
Write back soon.
Michelle

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