CAN, CAN'T - ABILITY, POSSIBILITY, PERMISSION Can, can't - grammar chart CAN / CAN'T — FORM & USE ‘I can't come to the party. "ORDERING / ASKING FOR SOMETHING Can I have @ sode, please? ' Can you drive me to the station? ftiejsiti-jeinjgitiifsihjeicioim|G ‘We use can + infinitive without to. © /can swim. (NOT tear-te-swim) © We can't come. (NOT Weeantte-come) No -s after he/she/it We dont add s after he/she/it. We use ean for all persons. © He can swim (NOT He-eans-swim), No do/don't Can is an auxiliary verb and has a negative and interrogative form. We dontt use de/don't to make questions and negatives, © Can you swim? (NOT Be-yetrear-siim) © He can't swim. (NOT He-derntear-sem) Can, can't - use Ability We use ean/can't to talk about ability in the present (-things that we know how to do). © Laura can sing very well © I can't speak German. Possibility \We use ean/can't to ask for permission or to say if something is possible or notG © Imsory but I cant come to the party. Ask for something We use ean/can't to ask for something and to order in bars, restaurants, shops, ete. © Can you lend me some money? © Can/ have some water, please? © Can have a burger anda soda?