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couldn't play football when he was eight months old She couldn't swim when she was four. But at ten she became a champion swimmer... Einstein couldn't speak fluently until he was eight!
Could
Could Could Could Could
you write in the blackboard when you were five? he walk at five? when she was twelve? when it was a puppy? in the sixth century?
Could
we understand this
Could
sports could you play back in the seventies? Which languages could you speak when you were eleven? Who could undertand Chinese at six? How far could you swim when you were twenty?
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
Subject I you he she it we they + can can can can can can can can infinitive of verb speak sew play cook object Japanese
Note: Can has the same form for all the pronouns. It is invariable.
you
he she
can't
can't can't
sew
play dance
Interrogative forms
CAN Can Can Can Can + subject you he she they
Yes,
Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes,
he
she it we they
can
can can can can
No,
No, No, No, No,
he
can't
can't can't can't can't
he she you
Negations
I will not be able to play football. I won't be able to play football. I will not be allowed to play football. I won't be allowed to play football.
will-future
Questions
Will he be able to play football ? Will he be allowed to play football ?
will-future