BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-5.1

5.1.

саn (ability)

Adverbs of manner
 
 
 

 

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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