BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-5.1

PRESENTATION

Use саn to describe ability.

Adverbs of manner

Affirmative and negative

Use adverbs of manner to talk about how we do something:
	Не саn play the guitar really well.
	She can’t run very fast.

Put the adverb of manner at the end of the sentence.
	Say Hе саn play the saxophone really well.
	Не саn play really well.
	(don’t say ~~He can play really well the saxophone.~~)

I/ You / He / She /

It / We / They

can

play…

can’t (cannot)

Questions

Саn

I / you / he / she / it / we / they

play…?

Short answers

Yes, I саn.

No, I can’t.

Саn is а modal verb. This means nо third person s.

Say Не саn play the guitar. (don’t say ~~Не саns play the guitar.~~)

Key vocabulary

Adverbs of таnner: (really/very) well/badly/beautifully/fast/slowly not very well = badly

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