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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Can: further information====== =====Introduction===== <html><P><IMG style="WIDTH: 118px; HEIGHT: 128px" id=1493 alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1493_f8d20ca40482d91f67f47aed70d73c14.jpg" height=143> <SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><STRONG>Birds<SPAN style="COLOR: #2a3333"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can </SPAN>fly.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><BR></P> <P> </P></html> =====Uses===== <html><TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" class=MsoTableLightListAccent1 border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 182.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=243> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-GB>Use</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 279.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=373> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-GB>Examples</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 182.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=243> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>Ability</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 279.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=373> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>She <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> speak four languages.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Her arm is broken so she <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't </SPAN>play tennis at the moment.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #2a3333; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Can</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #2a3333; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> you swim?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 182.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=243> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>Possibility</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 279.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=373> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>Sorry, I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't </SPAN>meet you today - I'm too busy. But I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> see you tomorrow.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-GB>Can</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> you work on Saturday? - Rachel's on holiday.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 182.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=243> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Permission</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 279.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=373> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>'Can I leave early today?' 'Yes, you <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN>, no problem.' <SPAN style="COLOR: #00b050"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>You <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> watch TV until you have done your homework.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 182.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=243> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>Requests</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 279.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=373> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-GB>Can</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> I have the tomato soup followed by the steak?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Can</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> you help me with this?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Can</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> you tell me how to get to the station?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 182.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=243> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Offers</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 279.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=373> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>Hello, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> I help you?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-GB>Can</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> we give you a lift to the station?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 182.6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=243> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Deduction - <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN>. We may be certain or just believe that something is true.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 279.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=373> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>You<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> can't </SPAN>be cold - it's 30˚ and you're wearing a coat.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>It <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't </SPAN>be easy with four young children and a full-time job - how do you manage?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #00b050; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P><BR> </P> <P> </P></html> =====The present continuous===== <html><P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Can </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>can also be followed by the <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">present continuous</SPAN> when making deductions or requests. For example:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>They <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be having lunch now; it's half past two.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Gilbert<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> can't</SPAN> be taking the train to the airport tomorrow - there's a strike. He <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">must</SPAN> be driving. [present continuous for future plans]</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Can </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>you be preparing the vegetables while I'm making the dessert? [informal]</SPAN></B></P> <P><BR> </P> <P> </P></html> =====Examples===== <html><P><IMG style="WIDTH: 114px; HEIGHT: 160px" id=491 alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/491_38a82aa8f28b328943e92d0c132419eb.png" height=165> <B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Can</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> you be working on this while I go back to the office and look at the sales figures?</SPAN></B></P><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> <P><IMG style="WIDTH: 118px" id=159 alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg" height=177> <SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><STRONG>It <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be perfume - it's too light. And it <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be something to wear because it's too small.</STRONG></SPAN></P><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB></SPAN> <P><IMG style="WIDTH: 121px; HEIGHT: 134px" id=334 alt=Image src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/334_fc7bba4d3af61b408786109761f525ca.jpg" height=138> <SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><STRONG>Mathieu <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be calling me - he's on holiday.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB></SPAN><BR> </P> <P> </P></html> =====Some common expressions===== <html><TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" class=MsoTableLightListAccent1 border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Expression</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Meaning</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Examples</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't </SPAN>help' + <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">gerund</SPAN>/'it'</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Used to talk about something we<SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> prevent or stop ourselves doing.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>I know it's a bad habit but I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't </SPAN>help laughing when I'm nervous.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>"You eat too much chocolate."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>"I know - I just <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> help it!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>It <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be helped.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Used to accept that something <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be avoided or prevented - it is outside our control.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>"Sorry, I'm not going to get to the meeting - I'm stuck in traffic."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>"Don't worry - it <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be helped. I'll update you tomorrow."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>subject + '<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> believe' + object </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>To express great surprise.</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"I passed my exam!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> believe it - you didn't work very hard!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> believe what I heard this morning - Jenny has been promoted.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>subject + '<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't </SPAN>be bothered' (+ <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">infinitive </SPAN>or <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">gerund</SPAN>)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Used to express a lack of motivation - informal. </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>I should call Tom this afternoon but I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be bothered.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>We need some more sugar but I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> be bothered to go/ going out for some so I'm drinking my coffee without it today.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>No <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can </SPAN>do.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>A way to say that we <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">cannot </SPAN>do something we have been asked to - it isn't possible. [informal]</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>"<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Can</SPAN> we meet again next Friday?"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>"Sorry, no <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> do. How about Monday?"<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>subject + '<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> stand/bear' + <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">gerund</SPAN>/object</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Used to express a strong dislike. An alternative to 'hate'. [informal]</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> stand people who are late for meetings.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> bear waiting for exam results.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 6"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Can't </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>complain.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>A response to questions like "How are you?" that means everything is ok - not great, but not bad either. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"Hi, how are things with you?" </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"Oh, not bad, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't </SPAN>complain."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 7"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>subject + '<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> always' + <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">bare infinitive</SPAN> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #7030a0" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-GB>Note that </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>'always' does not have its usual meaning in this expression. <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>To make an offer<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN>- often an easy option or a contingency plan. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"I'm coming to London in August but the hotels are so expensive. Maybe I'll try a hostel."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"Well, don't worry. You <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> always stay at my place if you want - it's not in the centre but there's a good train service."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"My son's just started a new job. He's enjoying it but there's a lot to learn."</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>"Tell him he <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> always call me if he needs some advice."<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P><BR> </P> <P> </P></html> ====='To be able to'===== <html><P><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><STRONG>This is used in different ways:</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN> </P> <P><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" class=MsoTableLightListAccent1 border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-GB>Use</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-GB>Examples</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>As </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>an alternative to <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can </SPAN>for ability or possibility<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> in the present tense</SPAN>. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>I'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">m</SPAN> usually <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">able to</SPAN> take 3 weeks holiday in August.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>We'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">re able to </SPAN>see the coast of France on a clear day.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>When <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">could</SPAN> cannot be used in the past tense. [See note 3. below]</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">was</SPAN> finally <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">able to</SPAN> have a meeting with them last week.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB><STRONG>When <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> is not possible - as an infinitive or gerund, when we talk about the <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">future</SPAN> and with <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">modal auxiliary</SPAN> <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">verbs</SPAN>, '<SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">used to</SPAN>' and <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">perfect tenses</SPAN>.</STRONG> </SPAN><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 231.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=308> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>It's important <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">to be able to </SPAN>swim.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">must be able to</SPAN> speak fluent English before I go to London.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> finish the report today but I'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">ll be able to </SPAN>do it tomorrow.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>I'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">ve been able to </SPAN>swim since I was three.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>I've been trying to call her but I haven't <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">been able to </SPAN>get through.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Have </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>you always <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">been able to </SPAN>speak Spanish?<SPAN style="COLOR: red"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>I'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">ve</SPAN> never <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">been able to </SPAN>sing.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><SPAN><STRONG>Until I lived in London, I'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">d </SPAN>never <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">been able to </SPAN>understand English slang. </STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><STRONG>When I started this job, I'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">d been able to </SPAN>drive lorries for five years.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Being able to </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>communicate effectively is essential in this job.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">used to be able to </SPAN>ride a bike but I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can't</SPAN> now.</SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></P> <P><BR></P></html> =====Note that===== <html><P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>1.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>In the <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">present simple</SPAN> and whenever there is a choice, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can </SPAN>is usually preferred.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>2.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>We avoid 'to be able to' when something is happening at the moment:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>"Look at me - I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> dance like Shakira!"</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>and with passives:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>Meetings <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">can</SPAN> only be held on Fridays.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -35.45pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB>3.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>There is a difference between using <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">could</SPAN> and 'was able to' - see <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">could </SPAN>for an explanation.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P><BR></html> ====='To can'===== <html><P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>There is a verb 'to can', which has a completely different meaning to the modal auxiliary verb. The definition is: </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>To put food or drink into a metal container in order to preserve it. For example:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>It is safe to can vegetables without adding salt.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Canning fruit might affect its colour.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P><BR></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]