CAN Shamama
Permission
• Can I use the phone, please? • Can we use your bathroom?
Requests
• Can you close the door, please? • Can/Could you please turn down the music?
Ability
• I can play the piano. • She can speak English fluently.
Possibility
• They can take the train. • You can pay me back later.
Form Positive Sub + can + infinitive Negative Sub + can’t + infinitive Question Can + sub + infinitive?
Form Question Can + sub + infinitive? Short Answer Yes, sub + can. No, sub + can’t.