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Can — kar sakna

Lesson 16 of 84

A1

can = kar sakta / sakti hoon (ability = hunar / kar sakna). Ijazat / maangna / could = topic 27. Wh- questions = topic 17.

1. Kya hai

Hunar ya kar sakna: tairna, khana banana, bolna, cycle chalana. Hindi "sakna". English me har person ke saath ek hi word: can.

Hindi idea English
Main tair sakta hoon. I can swim.
Woh chai bana sakti hai. She can make tea.
Main gaadi nahi chala sakta. I can't drive.
Kya tum English bol sakte ho? Can you speak English?

2. Forms

I / you / he / she / it / we / they — sab ke baad can. he cans nahi. Simple present wala -s yahan nahi.

Positive Negative Question
I can swim. I cannot / can't swim. Can I swim?
She can cook. She can't cook. Can she cook?
They can play cricket. They can't play cricket. Can they play cricket?

Short answer: Yes, I can. / No, she can't. Yes, I can swim poora sentence hai — short me sirf can / can't.

Question: Can + karta (subject) + base? Do / Does ke saath can nahi: Does she can cook? galat.

cannot = ek word. Short = can't. Ijazat (Can I sit here?) aur kal kar sakna (could) topic 27.

3. Base verb after can

can ke baad hamesha base (dictionary form): swim, cook, play — swims, cooking, to swim nahi.

Rule Yes No
base I can swim. I can swims. / I can swimming.
no to She can cook. She can to cook.
no do / does Can he drive? Does he can drive?

4. Examples

Bold = can / can't / Can.

  1. I can swim.
  2. She can cook rice.
  3. He can ride a bike.
  4. They can speak Hindi.
  5. We can play cricket.
  6. My brother can run.
  7. I can write in English.
  8. Birds can fly.
  9. I can't drive.
  10. He can't swim.
  11. She cannot lift this bag.
  12. Can you speak English? Yes, I can.
  13. Can she make tea? Yes, she can.
  14. Can they play hockey? No, they can't.
  15. Can he cook? No, he can't.

5. Common mistakes

He cans cook.
He can cook.
I can to swim.
I can swim.
I can swimming.
I can swim.
She can cooks rice.
She can cook rice.
Does he can drive?
Can he drive?
I am can swim.
I can swim.
I don't can cook.
I can't cook. / I cannot cook.
Yes, I can to. / Yes, I am.
Yes, I can.
Hindi note. "Sakna" ke liye can + base. He/she pe -s mat lagao. to mat dalo (can to go galat). Nahi = can't / cannot, don't can nahi. Kal kar sakna = could — topic 27, abhi I can yesterday nahi.

6. Practice

A. 10 MCQ

1. Hunar / kar sakna: I ______ swim.
2. He / she ke saath:
3. I can ______.
4. Nahi: I ______ drive.
5. Question: ______ you speak Hindi?
6. Can she cook? Short answer:
7. Sahi sentence?
8. to ke saath?
9. Sahi question?
10. They ______ play cricket.

B. 5 fill-in

1. Hunar / kar sakna: I ______ swim.

2. Nahi: She ______ drive. (can't / cannot)

3. Base verb: He can ______. (play / plays / playing) cricket ke liye verb

4. Question: ______ you speak English?

5. Sahi karo: He can plays cricket

C. 3 sentences

Model answers neeche.

  1. Hunar, I: I can …
  2. Nahi: She can't …
  3. Question: Can you …?

7. Answer key

MCQ
  1. a) can — hunar / kar sakna. am = be. have = paas hona.
  2. b) She can cook. — he/she pe bhi can, cans/cooks nahi.
  3. a) swim — can + base. swims / swimming galat.
  4. c) can't — nahi = can't / cannot. don't can / am not can nahi.
  5. a) Can — Can + karta + base. Do/Are + can nahi.
  6. b) Yes, she can. — short answer can. cooks = simple present. is = be.
  7. c) He can play cricket. — play base. plays aur cans galat.
  8. a) I can swim. — no to, no -ing.
  9. b) Can he drive? — Does he can / Is he can galat.
  10. a) can — they + can. cans / are can nahi.
Fill-in
  1. can — hunar / kar sakna, I ke saath bhi can.
  2. can't / cannot — nahi. don't can nahi.
  3. play — base after can. plays / playing galat.
  4. Can — question word pehle. Do you can galat.
  5. He can play cricket. — can + play (base); H capital.
Model sentences
  1. I can swim.
  2. She can't drive.
  3. Can you speak English?

Check: can + base; he/she + can (not cans); can't / cannot; Can + karta + base?; no to, no do/does.