Level A1

Can: ability and permission

can + action word: Ki can fly.

Ki can fly.

Ki can fly. Can comes before the action word: can fly.

Forms

• I can fly · he can fly · they can fly — can stays the same: he can, they can
• can + action word → can fly — after can: the action word as it is, no to
• Can you swim? · I can't swim. — question: can goes first; not with can: can't

A common mistake

Wrong: Ki can to fly.

Right: Ki can fly.

After can, there is no to. We say: Ki can fly.

More examples

Yak can swim.

Yak can swim, too.

Can I play?

Can I play? Here can asks for permission.

The clip

Mistakes explained in clips

Yak and Ki: the mistake in a scene