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Video games - Can/ Can't - Quite well, very well - not at all
Video Games
Video Games
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
Theo: Mario and Luigi are fantastic!
Joe: Really? What can they do?
Theo: They can jump very high!
Joe: Yes. Mario can jump very high.
Theo: And so can Luigi...
Joe: Yes. But if a goomba gets Mario, or Luigi, it's the end for them.
Theo: Yup. One down for Mario... But not if he has a power up. Mario and Luigi can get power ups.
Joe: Yeah. With power ups Mario and Luigi become Super Mario and Super Luigi.
Theo: Yeah. They grow larger, they can swim more easily, and they can fly.
Can / Can't
Can / Can't
Purpose:
Purpose:
We use can to indicate ability or possibility. The negative form of can is can't.
Formula
Formula
Affirmative
Affirmative
subject + can + verb in base form
examples:
I can speak a little Japanese
Super Mario can Fly
We can read
Negative
Negative
subject + can't + verb in base form
examples:
I can't play football very well
Jane can't cook at all
We can't understand this lesson
Interrogative
Interrogative
can + subject + verb in base form
examples:
Can you type fast?
Can your father play video games?
Can the children come out to play?
quite well, very well, really well
quite well, very well, really well
Purpose:
Purpose:
We use the adverbial expression quite well, very well or really well in affirmative sentences. That is to say, we use them with can
She can bake quite well
She can bake quite well
tHey can Play video games very well
tHey can Play video games very well
he can do maths really well
he can do maths really well
(not) at all
(not) at all
Purpose:
Purpose:
The adverbial expression (not) at all goes in negative sentences with can.
We use (not) at all to emphasise that the subject in the construction is absolutely useless at the ability indicated by can (not) at all
This is expressed in the negative form. Can't (which includes the particle not)
I can't keep a goal at all
I can't keep a goal at all
He can't speak English at all
He can't speak English at all
She can't use a computer at all
She can't use a computer at all
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