English ESL Worksheet: Can. English grammar with exercises. Free eBook and Free printable PDF


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

____________________________________________

remember his face / remember his name

____________________________________________

drive a car / drive a bus

____________________________________________

ride a bicycle / drive a car

____________________________________________

have a shower / have a bath

____________________________________________

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.

Speak English        run fast            swim 1km           drive a car                                      Ride a motorbike                 ride a horse                play the piano

e.g.    I can drive a car

I can’t ride a motorbike.


CAN + VERB OF SENSE

The 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?

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