The modal verb 'can' is used to express general skills and abilities, indicating that someone is capable of doing something.
O verbo modal 'can' é usado para expressar habilidades e competências gerais, indicando que alguém é capaz de fazer algo.
Task | Mark ________speak German, Italian and French. |
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Answer | 2 |
a | should |
b | can |
c | may |
d | must |
comment | We often use ‘can’ to talk about someone’s skill or general abilities. This is something that once you have learnt you can do any time you want, like being able to read or swim or drive a car, for example: I can singsongs in English.; I can ride a horse.; She can speak several languages. If we paraphrase the test sentence,it will sound like: ‘Mark is able to communicate in 3 languages.’ Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 2. |
topic | modal verbs |
level | 1 |
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