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English ESL Worksheet: Can
English ESL Worksheet:Can
Exercises
CAN
EXERCISE 1.
Write questions using “can”
e.g. Where are my glasses?
Can you see my glasses?
Where’s my car? ______________________________
Where’s the cat? ______________________________
Where’s the door? ______________________________
Where are the flowers? ______________________________
Where are my shoes? ______________________________
EXERCISE 2.
Write questions using the prompt
e.g. a cup of coffee
Can I have a cup of coffee, please?
a beer ______________________________
some butter ______________________________
some fruit ______________________________
some salt ______________________________
a sausage ______________________________
some sugar ______________________________
EXERCISE 3.
Write sentences using the prompt
e.g. drink coffee / smoke
I can drink coffee but I cannot smoke
eat some fruit / eat this sausage
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remember his face / remember his name
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drive a car / drive a bus
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ride a bicycle / drive a car
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have a shower / have a bath
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EXERCISE 4.
Write short answers with can
e.g. Can you come alone? No, …
No, I can’t
Can I read this book? Yes, ____________________________
Can they use the computer? No, ________________________
Can I ask you a question? No, __________________________
Can you hear me? Yes. _______________________________
Can I have your telephone number? No, __________________
Can he spell his name? Yes, ___________________________
EXERCISE 5.
Write true sentences about yourself using the following information.
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e.g. I can drive a car
I can’t ride a motorbike.
CAN + VERB OF SENSEThe human body has 5 senses; touch, taste, sight, hearing, and smell. The corresponding verbs are to feel, to taste, to see, to hear, and to smell. These verbs are combined with can to tell another person what our senses are doing.
EXERCISE 1.
Use can and a verb of sense to complete the following sentences.
e.g. I can smell gas! The oven hasn’t been turned off properly.
1. I with my eyes.
2. I with my nose.
3. I with my ears.
4. I with my tongue.
5. I something when I touch it or it touches me.
EXERCISE 2.
Complete the following sentences by using can/can’t and the correct verb of sense.
e.g. I can taste salt when I swim in the sea.
1. When I sit in Hyde Park, I the birds chirping in the trees.
2. If Trevor walks in the dark he anything.
3. From the top of the Empire State building I the skyline of New York.
4. She the roses because she is ill and has a runny nose.
5. you the heat of the sun on your skin?
6. This apple pie is very good! I the cinnamon in it.
7. There is so much noise here that I what you are saying.
8. I burning! Is the cake still baking in the oven?
9. Her arm is asleep. She anything in her fingers.
10. you the rosemary I put in this recipe?