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Modal verbs (can / can not)

Posted on August 03, 2009 by Admin

Can merupakan sebuah jenis kata kerja bantu yang disebut modal verb. Modal verbs menunjukkan karakter atau mood tertentu dari sebuah kata kerja.

Ability/Kemampuan

Can sering digunakan untuk menunjukkan kemampuan. Contoh: “We can speak English”, atau “He can sing well.”

Berikut bentuk Simple Present dari can yang menunjukkan kemampuan.

Pernyataan I can play the piano. She can drive a car. NEgatif I cannot play the piano. She cannot drive a car.

Pertanyaan Can you play the piano? Can she drive a car?

Singkatan

Cannot dan can’t adalah kata yang sama: misal:
- I cannot cook well
- I can’t cook well
Can’t lebih umum digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris lisan.

Permission/Izin

Can juga digunakan untuk menunjukkan izin. Contoh: “You can go home after class”. Berikut bentuk Simple Present dari can yang menunjukkan izin.

Pernyataan You can meet her tommorrow. – (Kamu mendapatkan izin untuk menemuinya). Negatif She can’t come to our house. – (Dia tidak diizinkan untuk datang ke rumah kita).

Pertanyaan Can we go to the movies? – (Ijinkan kami pergi ke bioskop).

Contoh penggunaan dalam percakapan

1) Can you play the piano?
Yes, a little. How about you?
No I can’t, but I can play the guitar.

2) Can you cook?
Not really. I can make toast and pasta, that’s all.
Everyone can make toast!
Well, can you cook?
Yes, I can. I can cook delicious fish and chicken.
Wow, that’s great.

3) So what can you do?
I can draw, and I can paint really well too. I can also speak English and Korean. How about you?
I can play chess and I can write computer programs. I can also speak English and Spanish.
Excellent!

Kosa kata baru:

can = bisa play = main piano = piano can’t = tidak bisa guitar = gitar cook = memasak delicious = lezat fish = ikan wow = wow

draw = menggambar paint = cat Korean =orang Kroea chess = catur write = menulis computer = komputer computer program = program komputer Spanish = Bahasa Spanyol excellent = bagus sekali

Pelajaran dalam unit ini cukup sederhana, silakan kerjakan latihan-latihan berikut. (Tutan mengarah ke website lain).

Latihan 1 – Modal verbs – Can / Can’t ->>
Latihan 2 – Modal verbs – Can / Can’t ->>
Latihan 3 – Modal verbs – Can / Can’t ->>

Rujukan:
http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit18_index.htm

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   August 6, 2009 at 11:08 am

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   August 6, 2009 at 8:54 am

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