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--- en:grammar:modals:can [2016/09/27 11:43] – créée kim
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 <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>Can </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>is a modal auxiliary verb which has different uses.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> </span></p></html>
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-<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Affirmative:&nbsp;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>subject + 'can' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> swim.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>subject + 'can' + 'not' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">cannot</span> swim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can't</span> swim.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR;'></span></b>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR;'>Interrogative:&nbsp;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;</span>'can'+ subject + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>you swim?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>like other modal auxiliaries, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> has no infinitive and we use the same form with 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we' and 'they'<a name="_GoBack"></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>'Do' is not used for negative or interrogative sentences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Cannot</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>In the negative, we use </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>cannot</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"> in formal written English. It is rare in conversation unless we use it for insistence.&nbsp;</font></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000">For example:</font></span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000">These instructions are too complicated. I </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">cannot</span><font color="#000000"> understand them.</font></span></strong></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</p></html>
+<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Affirmative:&nbsp;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>subject + 'can' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> swim.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>subject + 'can' + 'not' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">cannot</span> swim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can't</span> swim.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR;'></span></b>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR;'>Interrogative:&nbsp;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;</span>'can'+ subject + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>you swim?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>like other modal auxiliaries, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> has no infinitive and we use the same form with 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we' and 'they'<a name="_GoBack"></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>'Do' is not used for negative or interrogative sentences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Cannot</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>In the negative, we use </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>cannot</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"> in formal written English. It is rare in conversation unless we use it for insistence.&nbsp;</font></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000">For example:</font></span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000">These instructions are too complicated. I </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><i>cannot</I></span><font color="#000000"> understand them.</font></span></strong></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</p></html>
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 <html><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="206" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.25pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Use</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td> <td width="410" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 307.85pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="206" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Ability</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="410" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 307.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> speak four languages.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She is ill so she <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can't </span>play tennis at the moment.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(42, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(42, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>you swim?<span style="color: rgb(42, 51, 51);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="206" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Possibility</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="410" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 307.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Sorry, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can't </span>meet you today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I'm too busy. But I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> see you tomorrow.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> you work on Saturday?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Rachel's on holiday.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="206" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Permission</span></b></p></td> <td width="410" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 307.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Can I leave early today?' 'Yes, you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span>, no problem.'</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can't</span> watch TV before you do your homework.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="206" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Requests</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td> <td width="410" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 307.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> I have the tomato soup and a steak?</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> you help me with this?</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>you tell me how to get to the station?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="206" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Offers</span></b></p></td> <td width="410" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 307.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Hello, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> I help you?</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> we take you to the station?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></html>
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 <html><p><br></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'><img height="98" id="1494" style="width: 122px; height: 75px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1494_c99357a462e594efef16230b39ca71e4.jpg">&nbsp; <strong></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'><strong>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> drive!</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'><img height="99" id="237" style="width: 113px; height: 85px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/237_905dcaa5b9f8eb631ce1f2783826cc63.jpg">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'><strong>Yes, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> have lunch with you - I'm free.</strong></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'><img height="224" id="1130" style="width: 99px; height: 141px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1130_7bceb28f6fa0b4d9f6e77d903b08a3bd.png"></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'>Please <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can</span> I go to the party?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'>No, you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">cannot</span>. You're too young!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></span></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'><img height="184" id="233" style="width: 98px; height: 138px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/233_af1b492e6a570a619c151313d8bd9dc1.jpg"></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; ;'> you take a message?</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; ;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="color: red;"><img height="169" id="338" style="width: 105px; height: 116px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/338_017ff07f44254eea7f4b2b4afe637522.png"></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'>Can</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; ;'> I get you something to drink?</span></b></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style=";"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p><br></p></html>
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