Can/can't common verbs
Complete the sentences with the correct verbs.
The first letters are given.
How many languages do you speak?
1 I don't know how to u
my new phone.
2 When I'm in the shower, I always sold songs.
3 We're in a disco. The music is great. Come on,
let's d
4 I want to c
5 I can't p
Chinese food for dinner but
I don't know how.
Look at these pictures.
They're terrible.
6
Let's p
my new computer game.
7 Sit down and let me d
you. Wait a minute.
I need a pencil and paper.
4 Choose the correct option.
Grandpa Paolo is 90, but he can / can't do a lot of
things! He 'can/ can't use a mobile phone-look at
the messages I have from him! His legs are strong and
he can / can't run, but he can / can't run Wings for Life
He can draw and/ but he can paint - he's a very good
artist! He can / can't speak Italian, French and German,
but he can / can't speak English, so he 'can/ can't help
me with my English homework He's old, and/but
he still feels young!
5 Match the verbs with the actions. Then write the
questions and the answers that are true for you.
Use can or can't.
cook dance play sing speak swim
across the Atlantic Adele's songs Cyberpunk
Esperanto spaghetti the waltz
8 The film starts in five minutes. Come on. R_
I don't want to be late.
9 1's
and s
in the Mediterranean Sea in the summer
in Italy or Switzerland in the winter.
Look at the information and complete the questions
and answers.
You
paint
ง
cook
dance
x
Your sister
x
x
x
Your parents
you/paint?
1 you/cook?
2 What/your sister / do?
She/dance
3 your sister / cook?
4 your parents/cook?
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Can you paint?
Yes, I can,
Can you say
"SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS?
?
5 your parents/paint?
Use information from Exercise 2 and make full
sentences. Use can or can't and the linkers and or but.
you/paint/you/cook.
You can paint but you can't cook
1 Your sister/dance/she/cook.
2 Your parents/cook/they/dance.
3 Your parents/cook/they/paint.
4 Your parents/dance/ you / dance.
5 Your parents and your sister/dance/they/paint.
6 Your sister/paint/she/cook
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Can you cook spaghetti?
Yes, I can,