Post #184

🔰Can/Can't 🔹Can you do that? 🔹I can’t 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: ‘can’t’ and ‘cannot’ . These mean exactly the same thing. When we are speaking, we usually say ‘can’t’ . 🔻We use ‘can’ to talk about ‘ability’. 🔹I can speak French. 🔹I can’t drive. 🔻We use ‘can’ to ask for and give permission.(We also use ‘may’ for this but is more formal and much less common.) 🔹Can I speak to you or are you too busy? 🔹You can use my phone. 🔹You can’t come in. 🔻We use ‘can’ in offers, requests and instructions. 🔹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 can’t see anything. 🔻We can use ‘can’t’ for deduction. The opposite of ‘can’t’ in this context is ‘must’ . 🔹You can’t be hungry. You’ve just eaten. 🔹You must be hungry. You haven’t eaten anything all day. 🔹He was in London one hour ago when I spoke to him. He can’t be here yet. @EnglishGrammarSecrets