DEAR STUDENTS


YOU CAN DO THESE EXERCISES TO PRACTICE THE USE OF CAN

UNIDAD EDUCATIVA “IBARRA”

EXERCISES WITH CAN

NAME: _____________________ CLASS: ______ DATE: _____ NUMBER: ____

EXERCISE A

Unscramble the following sentences.

1 play / can / she / the / trumpet/ ?   ________________________________________

2 write / can / they / e-mails / ?        ________________________________________

3 watch / TV / can / I / ?                  ________________________________________

4. the / tree / can / climb/ the / cat / ? _______________________________________

5. brother / your / draw / can / pictures / ? ___________________________________

6. talk / parrot / the / can / ?                       ___________________________________

7. come / can / when / you / ?                    ___________________________________

8. do / what / we / can / ?                           ___________________________________

9. can / have / our / friends / where / lunch / ? ________________________________

10. can / your / so / fast / how / sing / sister / ? _______________________________

EXERCISE B

Complete the sentences with can or can't.

1 ______ she fly a kite?  Yes, she _____.

2. _____ they write these words? No. they _____.

3. ______ Shakira sing songs in Italian? Yes, she _____

4. _____ I open the window please?  No, you _________ It’s cold.

5. _____ Gabriel speak Quichua? No, he ________.

6. _____ we meet our friends?   Yes, _____    _______.

7. ______ he ride a snowboard? No, _____    ________

8. _______ the girls swim? Yes, ______   ______.

9. _______ you help me?  No, right now.

10 _______ the frog sing? No, it ________. 

EXERCISE C

Complete the sentences with can or can't.

Principio del formulario

1.Where _______ I see a good rock concert?

2. ________ Lisa speak French?  No, she ________
3.  Who ________ do the math exercises?

4. ______ Patricia drive?  Yes, she _______

5. Where _______ I buy a new camera?

6. _______ you read in Portuguese? No, I ______

7. _______ I invite my friends to the party ?  Yes, they ________ come.

8. _______ you help me, please?

9. _______ you play the piano?

10. I _______ find my keys. Where are they?

EXERCISE D

1.    I ______ swim. ( aff)

2.    You _______draw. (neg)

3.    He ______ cook. (aff)

4.    She _____walk. (neg)

5.    It ______ jump. (aff)

6.    We _____ ski. ( neg)

7.    You ______ read. ( aff)

8.    They ______ count in English. ( neg)

9.    Doris ______ sail. ( aff)

10.

Walter and Laura ______ sing songs in Chinese. (neg)

EXERCISE E

Choose the correct answer. Use can / can’t

1 I ……….. go out tonight. I'm busy.

2 You ……….. park here. It's no parking.

3 …………..you tell me the time, please?

4 She ……….. speak English well.

5 I ……………. play football, but not basketball.

EXERCISE F

1.    Where ______ I park my car?

2.    Where ______ I see him?

3.    _________  you help me with my homework?

4.    You _______  smoke there, but not here.

5.    Sorry. I _________remember the answer.

6.    I  ________  speak Spanish and Italian.

EXERCISE G

Complete the sentences with can or can't.

1. She __________ fly but she can run.

2. She _________watch TV, it is too late.

3. I'm sorry you _________use this knife. It's too dangerous.

4. Yes, I _________see a bird in the tree.

5. She can't write but she _________read !

6. He ________watch that cartoon on TV. It's only available on DVD's.

7. Yes, of course you _________ have a glass of water.

8. No, I _________hear you. Speak up, please.

EXERCISE H

Add can or can't to the following sentences.

Example: You can speak English.

1. Monkeys ____________ talk.

2. Pigs _____ dance.

3. I ________   play the piano, but Cory can't.

4. You ________ go on vacation. It's too expensive.

5. _________ I borrow some money?

6. I don't know the answer. _________ you tell me?

7. Tony _______ come tonight, he's too busy.

8. Jim makes great food. He __________ cook really well.

9. Excuse me, we _________ see the movie.

10. It's too noisy. We __________ study well.

EXERCISE I

Unscramble the following sentences.
Example: speak can you English. - You can speak English.

1      you / can / play / the / violin?            ____________________________

2      draw / they / can’t / well ?                 ____________________________

3      play / I / basketball / can ?                 ____________________________

4      we / can / come / house /to / your ?   ____________________________

5      she /  sleep / can’t                              ____________________________

6      you / cook / can ?                              ____________________________ 

7      watch / can / television / I / ?            ____________________________

EXERCISE J
Complete with can or can’t

1      __________ she skate?

2      Help ! I __________ swim.

3      We ________ sail a boat, no problem.

4      ______ you ride a bike well?

5      She can speak Shuar but she _________ write it.

6     I _________________ do these exercises. They're easy.

7      _______ Tom do his homework?

8      My teacher _______ speak English very well.

9      Daniel _________ watch TV. He’s very busy.

10  An elephant _________ fly.

Match the sentence beginnings and endings. Type the letter in the box.

1			What languages can	A	they go home?
2			He can play golf	B	or French.
3			How many sports	C	and football.
4			I can swim but	D	I can't ski.
5			She can't speak German	E	can he play?
6			When can	F	you speak?

Teacher: Ms. Carmita Cortez Narváez