MEANING
- CAN ARTINYA BISA.
- CAN NOT ARTINYA TIDAK BISA.
PRONUNCIATION
CAN — /kәn/
CAN NOT — /kәn/ /not/
EXAMPLE 1
| NO | POSITIVE SENTENCE | NEGATIVE SENTENCE |
| 1 | YOU CAN EAT DURIANS. | YOU CAN NOT EAT DURIANS. |
| 2 | I CAN GO TO SCHOOL BY FOOT. | I CAN NOT GO TO SCHOOL BY FOOT. |
| 3 | HE CAN OPEN THE WINDOW. | HE CAN NOT OPEN THE WINDOW. |
EXAMPLE 2
| NO | INTROGATIVE POSITIVE SENTENCE | INTROGATIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCE |
| 1 | CAN YOU EAT DURIANS? | CAN NOT YOU EAT DURIANS? |
| 2 | CAN I GO TO SCHOOL BY FOOT? | CAN NOT I GO TO SCHOOL BY FOOT? |
| 3 | CAN HE OPEN THE WINDOW? | CAN NOT HE OPEN THE WINDOW? |
CAN & CAN NOT AS QUESTION TAG
- … can …, can’t …?
positive sentence, negative question tag
He can swim, can’t he?
+ –
- … can’t …, can …?
negative sentence, positive question tag
He can’t swim, can he?
– +
ANSWERING CAN AND CAN NOT
- YES, HE CAN.
- NO, HE CAN NOT.
QUIZ 1
CHANGE POSITIVE SENTENCE INTO NEGATIVE SENTENCE AND VICE VERSA
| NO | POSITIVE SENTENCE | NEGATIVE SENTENCE |
| 1 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | HE CAN NOT JUMP. |
| 2 | HE CAN READ ARABIC. | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| 3 | HE CAN SPEAK 7 LANGUAGE. | |
| 4 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | HE CAN NOT COOK. |
| 5 | HE CAN SING. | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
QUIZ 2
WRITE THE BLANK WITH CORRECT QUESTION TAG
- HE CAN NOT JUMP, … HE?
- HE CAN READ ARABIC, … HE?
- HE CAN SPEAK 7 LANGUAGE, … HE?
- HE CAN NOT COOK, … HE?
- HE CAN SING, … HE?
ANSWER
CHANGE POSITIVE SENTENCE INTO NEGATIVE SENTENCE AND VICE VERSA
- HE CAN JUMP.
- HE CAN NOT READ ARABIC.
- HE CAN NOT SPEAK 7 LANGUAGE.
- HE CAN COOK.
- HE CAN NOT SING.
WRITE THE BLANK WITH CORRECT QUESTION TAG
- CAN
- CAN NOT
- CAN NOT
- CAN
- CAN NOT
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