ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAN and COULD. CAN can and could “can” is used to express: 1.Ability (be able to): I can (am able to) help you with your homework. 2.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Unit 3C: If at first you don´t succeed...

Advertisements

Unit 5 Music Using language.

High Frequency Words List A Group 1

Modal Auxiliary.

Modals: may, might, can, could

MODALS EXPRESSING ABILITY. To say someone has an ability, use can, can’t, could, couldn’t, be able to and manage. in the present, use: can or am / is.

Teacher’s name: Haitam Hleihil

Modal verbs Erika C. Yarango H..

Unit 8: Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Will and Would A modal auxiliary verb is used to modify the mood of a verb. Here is a list of the modal auxiliary verbs: Will: “Will” is used when you.

Tuesday, May 15th, Last Class  CAN  Ability / Possibility  Inability / Impossibility  Asking for Permission  Request.

© Rafael Moreno Esteban 2007 Can / Can’t Can is used to talk about ability and possibility, to ask for and give permission, and to make requests and offers.

TECHNICAL ENGLISH Teacher: Gilson Quelhas Introduction You will be able to understand the basic structure of the English Language Unit 6000.

Modal Verbs © A. Strelnikov Municipal Resource Centre,

MODAL VERBS Using the modal verbs we may, for example, ask for permission to do something, grant permission to someone, give or receive advice, make or.

English Lesson: Verbs.

Nadina C. Nicolici. 1. Choose the category and the value 2. You are given the answer, make the correct question.

should He should go to the doctor. should He should take an aspirin. should He should drink a cup of tea with two panadols. Advice= SHOULD Abilities=

MODALS. WHAT IS A MODAL?  Definition: A verb that combines with another verb to indicate mood or tense. A modal (also known as a modal auxiliary) expresses.

8. Modal Verbs.

POLITENESS . POLITENESS CLASS FIVE  Last Class  Talking about our families  Using the present tense for events that are:  FACTS  HABITS  Narrative.

LET’S LEARN ABOUT MODAL VERBS. The modal verbs are: We use modal verbs to show if we believe something is certain, probable or possible (or not). We also.

Senior English for China Student’s Book 1A Unit 6 Good Manners 1st period FangYu.

List A Sight Words.

Sight Words - List A Words

Future Conditionals Ron Cowan, Ph.D. PP slides: Yuri Vedrashko November 2006.

Understanding Verb Tense in English

Many Modals By: Joan Cogle. WHAT ARE MODALS? Special helping verbs used with other verbs to express things that have not actually happened. Example: I.

How to distinguish different verb tenses

© Rafael Moreno Esteban 2007 Can / Can’t Can is used to talk about ability(inability),rules®ulati ons, possibility, to ask for and give permission,

MODALS. PROBLEMS THAT STUDENTS HAVE USING MODALS.

Week 4. Working with the person sitting next to you, answer the following questions. Remember to use full sentences! » What might you buy if you had more.

Reported Speech.

Will you. they can have to see it at each.

MODAL VERBS By Marisa Fidalgo

Modal verbs.  1. they don’t change in any person  2. question is formed by swapping modals with subject.  3. there are no auxiliaries.  4. they aren’t.

Verb Tenses How to distinguish different verb tenses when tutoring.

ADVERB CLAUSES. Time : When :Doris will leave for the airport when the bus arrives. Until :Tom waits in the airport until his flight is announced. While.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved  The conditional tense in Spanish expresses what you would do or what would happen under.

MODAL VERBS MODAL VERBS.

Modals and Semi Modals (Modal Verbs).

Let’s learn about modals today students.. Modals are the words that express the mode or manner of the action denoted by the main verbs –whether the work.

Modal verb CAN, followed by another verb at base form, used to specify the skill to do something. AFFERMATIVEINTERROGATIVEI/you He/She/itcan sing.Canhe/she/it.

Remember main aspects about... SIMPLE MODAL VERBS.

MODAL VERBS Using the modal verbs we may, for example, ask for permission to do something, grant permission to someone, give or receive advice, make or.

MODAL VERBS Can Ability We can speak more than one foreign language

MODAL VERBS Modal Meaning Example can to express ability

MODAL VERBS A modal is a type of auxiliary (helping) verb that is used to express: ability, possibility, permission or obligation. Modal phrases (or.

Modals and semi-modals

Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that can not function as a main verb

Grammar in Context 2 Chapter 7

M DALS SEMI-M DALS Part 1.

M DALS SEMI-M DALS Part 2.

Language functions in English

Zero English Course Lecture 8: Modal Verbs.

Unit 8: Modal Auxiliary Verbs NUSA PUTRA COLLEGE OF TECH. SEMESTER - 3

By Mtra. Lina Cruz Ortega

Modal Auxiliaries.

Language Functions In English

Tema 4 REPORTED SPEECH.

© Rafael Moreno Esteban 2007

Modal Verbs Can, Could, May, Must.

Past Action already happened. Regular verbs end in – d or – ed.

a clearer understanding of modals

Presentation transcript:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAN and COULD

CAN can and could “can” is used to express: 1.Ability (be able to): I can (am able to) help you with your homework. 2. Permission: You can leave if you want. 3. Possibility: You can use it as a decoration. 4. Request: Can I have a glass of water, please.

can and could “could” is used: 1.As the past tense of can: I could (was able to) help him with his homework. 2. As a polite request: Could you help me please? 3. Possibility: You could use it as a decoration. 4. Suggestion: We could go for a walk. COULD

can and could Questions: