Exercise 3:For each of the given situations write two sentences: a) using can,and b) using can’t

1. Jack’s friends are going to the park to play soccer. Jack wants to play too, but he has a broken toe, so he’s on the crutches.

a) Jack can go to the park and watch the game.

b) He can’t play the game.

2. Bob is going to a dinner party at a fancy restaurant. He doesn’t know what to wear.

a) __________________________________________________________

b) __________________________________________________________

3. Mary is at a department store. She has fifty dollars. She intends to spend all of it. She wants to buy the following things: a dress, a sweater, a pair of shoes, a pair of earrings.

a) __________________________________________________________

b) __________________________________________________________

4. Barbara has to go to the airport. The airport is ten miles from her house. How is she going to get there?

a) _____________________________________________

b) _____________________________________________

5. Alice lives in this city. She has four days to take a trip somewhere. She is going to drive her car. Where can she go?

a) _____________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________

6. The temperature today is around -20 degrees. Ann and Jerry don’t have class today. They don’t want to stay at home.

a) ____________________________________________________

b) ____________________________________________________

4-1 EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY: MAY AND MIGHT; EXPRESSING PERMISSION: MAY AND CAN. ASKING FOR PEMISSION: MAY I, COULD I, CAN I

a) It may rain tomorrow. b) It might rain tomorrow. c) A: Why isn’t John in class? B: I don’t know. He may (might) be sick today.	Mayand mightexpress possibility in the present or future. They have the same meaning between a) and b).
d) It may not rain tomorrow. e) It might not rain tomorrow.	Negative: may notand might not.
f) Maybe it will rain tomorrow. g) Maybe John is sick.	Maybeis an adverb meaning perhaps.
h) Yes, children, you may have a cookie after dinner. i) Okay, kids, you can have a cookie after dinner.	Mayis also used to give permission. Often canis used to give permission,too. But mayis more formal than can.

POLITE QUESTIONS	POSSIBLE ANSWERS
May I please borrow your book? Could I please borrow your car? Can I please borrow your pen?	Yes. Yes, of course. Yes, certainly. Of course. Certainly. Sure (informal) Okay (informal)	People use may I, could Iand can Ito ask polite questions. The questions ask for someone’s permission. Pleasecan come at the end of the question. Pleasecan be omitted.