This lesson focus only on how we use a modal <br />can indicating ability and it’s negative.<br />a. The modal “can” is used with a main verb when we wish to show that someone, an animal or a plant is “able to do something”.<br /><br />Flowers can make the garden look pretty.<br /><br />Fruits can give us the vitamins our body needs.<br /><br />My sister can type very fast.<br /><br />More examples<br /><br />My father can play tennis very well.<br /><br />A camel can live in a hot dessert.<br /><br />b. The modal “can” may be written in the “negative” by adding “-not” or “-n’t”.<br /><br />She can not carry the heavy desk.<br /><br />I do not have a watch so I cannot tell you what time it is.<br /><br />Mother can’t drive a car.<br /><br />I can’t speak German.<br /><br />Practice Exercise:<br /><br />Fill in each blank with “can” or “cannot”<br /><br />1. A bird __________swim. It __________fly.<br />2. The thin boy __________ run very fast. The fat boy __________ run very fast.<br />3. A snail __________ crawl. It __________ jump.<br />4. A fish __________ breathe in water. It __________ walk on land.<br />A monkey __________ fly. It __________ climb trees.<br /><br /><br />
