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    Modal Verbs: CAN / CAN'T

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    The modal verb can is used to indicate ability, permission, and possibility. It is used before the main verb in the infinitive form. Some key uses of can include expressing ability ("We can use public transportation"), permission ("You can borrow my notes"), and possibility ("It can rain tomorrow"). Can is also used with senses to talk about something happening now ("I can hear music playing").

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    The modal verb can is used to indicate ability, permission, and possibility. It is used before the main verb in the infinitive form. Some key uses of can include expressing ability ("We can use public transportation"), permission ("You can borrow my notes"), and possibility ("It can rain tomorrow"). Can is also used with senses to talk about something happening now ("I can hear music playing").

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    The modal verb can is used to indicate ability, permission, and possibility. It is used before the main verb in the infinitive form. Some key uses of can include expressing ability ("We can use public transportation"), permission ("You can borrow my notes"), and possibility ("It can rain tomorrow"). Can is also used with senses to talk about something happening now ("I can hear music playing").

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    One function of the modal verb can is for ability.

    We can use the can if we decide now that we will do in the future.

    The verb 'Can' belongs to modal verbs and is located before the main verb in infinitive. Means 'power'.
    It is used for ability, permission

    We can take a taxi to the airport.

    Mary can be very stubborn sometimes.


    .

    You can sit here if you lik

    It can take longer than we thought.

    Nobody can understand that.

    Your decision can change our lives.

    Modal verbs: CAN / CANT


    Posted on February 29, 2012
    Many people learning English find modal verbs confusing, especially their
    specific meanings. Heres a basic introduction to the modal verb CAN with
    examples.
    We use can to talk about possibility. POSIBILIDAD
    Can you do that?
    I cant manage to do that.
    You can leave your car in that parking space.
    You cannot smoke in here.
    * Notice that there are two negative forms: cant and cannot. These mean exactly
    the same thing. When we are speaking, we usually say cant.
    We use can to talk about ability. PARA HABLAR DE UNA HABILIDAD
    I can speak French.
    I cant drive.
    We use can to ask for and give permission. (We also use may for this but is more
    formal and much less common.) PARA PEDIR Y DAR PERMISO
    Can I speak to you or are you too busy?
    You can use my phone.
    You cant come in.
    We use can in offers, requests and instructions. OFRECIMIENTOS, PETICIONES E
    INSTRUCCIONES.
    Can I help?
    Can you give me a hand?
    When you finish that, you can take out the garbage.
    We use can with see hear feel smell taste to talk about something which is
    happening now . (Where you would use the present continuous with most other verbs.)
    I can smell something burning.
    Can you hear that noise?
    I cant see anything.
    We can use cant for deduction.DEDUCCIN
    You cant be hungry. Youve just eaten. No puedes tener hambre. Acabas de
    comer.
    He was in London one hour ago when I spoke to him. He cant be here
    yet.Estaba en Lndres hace una hora cuando habl con l. No puede estar ya
    aqu.

    Modal Example Uses

    They can live where they want . Ability / Possibility


    We cant fix it. No podemos arreglarlo Inability / Impossibility
    Can I smoke here? Asking for permission
    Can Can you help me? Request (peticin)

    Here you have some examples of the use of CAN / CANT in dialogues:
    a) Can you play the piano?

    Yes, a little. How about you?


    No I cant, but I can play the guitar.

    b) Can you cook?

    Not really. I can make toast and pasta, thats all.

    Everyone can make toast!

    Well, can you cook?

    Yes, I can. I can cook delicious fish and chicken.

    Wow, thats great.

    c)So what can you do?

    I can draw, and I can paint really well too. I can also speak English and Korean.
    How about you?

    I can play chess and I can write computer programs. I can also speak English
    and Spanish.

    Excellent!
    efiniciones de lack
    sustantivo

    the state of being without or not having enough of something.

    "the case was dismissed for lack of evidence"

    sinnimos: absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity,
    unavailability, deficit

    verbo

    be without or deficient in.

    "the novel lacks imagination"

    sinnimos: be without, be in need of, need, be lacking, require, want, be short of, be deficient in, be
    bereft of, be low on, be pressed for, have insufficient, be strapped for

    Ver tambin

    lack of, lack of knowledge, lack of confidence, lack of understanding, lack of evidence, lack of time,
    lack of respect, for lack of, lack of appetite, lack of experience

    efiniciones de falta

    sustantivo

    el estado de ser sin o no tener suficiente de algo.

    "el caso fue desestimado por falta de pruebas"


    Sinnimos: ausencia, quiera, necesidad, carencia, escasez, insuficiencia, escasez, dficit, la escasez, la
    escasez, la falta de disponibilidad, el dficit

    verbo

    sin o deficientes en.

    "la novela carece de imaginacin"

    Sinnimos: sin, estar en necesidad de, necesidad, faltar, requerir, quiero, faltarn, ser deficiente en, ser
    privado de, ser bajo en, ser presionado para, han insuficiente, se corto de

    Ver Also

    falta de, falta de conocimiento, falta de confianza, falta de comprensin, falta de pruebas, la falta de
    tiempo, falta de respeto, por falta de, falta de apetito, falta de experiencia

    \There are three verbs that collocate with sports and other free time activities: go, do and play, but
    they are not interchangeable:

    Go is used with activities and sports that end in -ing. The verb go here implies that we go
    somewhere to practice this sport: go swimming.

    Do is used with recreational activities and with individual, non-team sports or sports in which a
    ball is not used, like martial arts, for example: do a crossword puzzle, do athletics, do karate.

    Play is generally used with team sports and those sports that need a ball or similar object
    (puck, disc, shuttlecock...). Also, those activities in which two people or teams compete against
    each other:play football, play poker, play chess.

    Collocations: do, play or go with


    sports and other activities
    In British English, you can "do sport". In American English you
    can "play sports".
    A typical mistake Spanish speakers make is using the
    verb practise for sports:
    *I love practising sport. This should be: I love sport.
    *I usually practise sport every evening. This should be: I
    usually do sport every evening.
    However, in American English you can use the
    verb practise or practice (as it is spelt there) to mean "to
    train": The team is practicing for tomorrow's competition.
    When other words related to sports are used, we may use
    other verbs:
    "What sports do you do?"
    "I play tennis".

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