VIP ENGLISH CLASS
CONTENTS: CAN/ CAN’T MODAL
STUDENT’S NAME: ____________________________________
TIME:___________DATE:_____________ DAY: _____________
Modal Verbs Can
We use modal auxiliary verbs can, may, must in the English language for various meanings -
ability, possibility, probability, certainty, permission, prohibition, obligation, opinion,
speculation, etc.
Can
1. It is used to express the ability to do something.
I can swim very well.
Can he speak English fluently? - No, he can't.
We cannot sing at all!
2. It expresses the possibility to do something.
We can go to the seaside at last. Our holidays start next week.
3. We use it to say that something is probable.
It can be John. He has blond hair and he is wearing glasses.
4. It expresses the permission to do something.
Why not? You can marry her. She is a nice girl.
CAN/ CAN’T ACTIVITY
A- Write the correct Modal Verb Can/Can't
1. Her dad only speaks English. He ________ speak French.
2. I ________ swim a hundred meters.
3. ________ you make a fire?
4. ________ he cook? No, he ________ .
5. What sports ________ you play?
6. Marc ________ climb trees, he is ill.
7. There's a party tonight. ________ I come?
8. Peter doesn't want to go to the pool because he ________ swim.
9. Cats ________ climb trees.
10. Rabbits ________ sing.
11. It is really dark. I ________ see anything.
12. I´ve got a new bike, no I ________ ride it.
13. He hurt his leg so he ________ run fast.
14. She's a singer. She ________ sing nicely.
15. A girl ________ fly.
16. Ducks ________ swim.
17. Babies ________ ride bikes.
18. A dog ________ play tennis.
B) Fill the spaces with an appropriate word to make sentences.
1. A dog can run. It ____________ fly.
2. A fish ____________ swim. It ____________ run.
3. A blind person ____________ see. They ____________ hear.
4. An adult can ____________ a car, but a child ____________.
5. An elephant ____________ walk, but a worm ____________.
6. A rock ____________ float on water, but a boat ____________.
7. You can buy a ____________ at a ____________, but you can’t buy one at a
____________.
8. A chef ____________ cook, but a baby ____________.
9. Millionaires ____________ buy ____________, but I ____________.
10. A ____________ can ____________, but a ____________ can’t.
C) Answer the questions below with CAN or CAN’T (or both).
1. What languages can you speak?
_________________________________________________________________________2.
Can you play the piano?
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Can your parents run a marathon?
_________________________________________________________________________
4. Where can you buy a bottle of wine?
_________________________________________________________________________
5. Can you swim?
_________________________________________________________________________
6. When can you wear a costume?
________________________________________________________________________
D) Create questions using the words below using CAN then answer them.
1. Camera -
________________________________________________________________________?
2. Elephant -
________________________________________________________________________?
3. Dinner -
________________________________________________________________________?
4. Airplane -
________________________________________________________________________?
5. Truck -
________________________________________________________________________ ?
6. Trumpet -
________________________________________________________________________?
E) Where does it go? Find the activities and write them in the correct OPTIONS: We can use
can and can’t to talk about abilities in the present.
I know lots of sports. I can swim and I can play football. I can play basketball too because we
are learning at school! But I can’t play baseball. We don’t have baseball lessons at my
school. What else can I do? Well, I can’t speak German or French but I can speak English of
course!
1. Things I can do:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Things I can’t do:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
F) Make it right! Find the mistake, underline it and write the correct word.
a. I can swimming. ____swim___________
b. She cans ride a bike. ___________________
c. Can you to play cricket? ___________________
d. He not can speak English. ___________________
e. Can swim they fast? ___________________
f. She can't ate 20 cakes! ___________________
G) Make sentences which are true for you. Write two extra sentences with your own ideas!
a.speak English: ____I can speak English._________________________________________
b.drive a car: ____I can’t drive a car._____________________________________________
c.swim: ____________________________________________________________________
d.play tennis: ________________________________________________________________
e.ride a bike: ________________________________________________________________
f.play chess: _________________________________________________________________
g.make a cake: _______________________________________________________________
h._________________________________________________________________________
i.__________________________________________________________________________
