Informatica/English Intro

MODULE 5

CAN AND CAN"T 

The defective verb "Can" is the Spanish to "Power", this verb is widely used in English to express the following:

1. Possibility of certain events.

2. The ability or capacity of persons / things.

3. To request / give permission.

4. To order / offer things.

EXAMPLES

* He can work today.

* It can play videos.

* She can't come to the party tonight.

 * Can you arrive early today?

A/AN 

The indefinite article is a or an. But how do we know when to say a and when to sayan?

The rule is really very simple. It depends on the sound at the start of the following word. (It does not depend on the way we write the following word, it depends on the way we say it.)

FOR EXAMPLE

• a cat
• a game of golf
• a human emotion
• a Peruvian
• a very nice lady
• an apple
• an easy job
• an interesting film
• an old man
• an umbrella

  TRANSPORT

airliner  

airplane 

bicycle 

bike 

boat 

bus

canoe 

car 

cruiser 

ferry 

glider 

helicopter 

hot air ballon 

jet plane 

moped 

motorbike 

motorboat 

ocean liner 

pickup truck 

raft 

rocket 

roller skates 

sailboat 

scooter 

ship 

skateboard

streetcar

subway

taxi cab 

train 

truck 

van 

wagon