| Using can for ability | |||
| Subject | Modal Verb | Base form | . |
| I / You | can / can't could / couldn't | sing | well. |
| He / She / It | |||
| We / You / They | |||
| Modal Verb | Base form | ||
| Can you | sing | well? | |
Use can to talk abilities you learn: I can ride a bicycle. The modal verb can has the same form all persons: I can, she can, etc. Questions and the negative are formed without do. Yo can also use know how to talk about learned abilities but not for non-learned abilities: I can't see without my glasses. ̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶g̶l̶a̶s̶s̶e̶s̶.̶ | |||


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