Can

- Can exprime le savoir (capacité) ou le pouvoir (capacité/possibilité)

- Can est un auxiliaire de mode INVARIABLE (pas de ‘s’ à la 3ème
personne du singulier)
- Can doit être suivi d’un infinitif sans le ‘to’

Affirmatif Négatif Interrogative

Question Réponse Réponse
positive négative

I can I cannot / can’t Can I Yes, I can No, I can’t

You can You cannot / can’t Can you Yes, you can No, you can’t

She/he/it can She/he/it cannot / can’t Can she/he/it Yes she/he/it No, she/he/it
can can’t

We can We cannot / can’t Can we Yes, we can No, we can’t

You can You cannot / can’t Can you Yes, you can No, you can’t

They can They cannot / can’t Can they Yes, they can No, they can’t

Exemples de phrases:
I can’t buy a house

Can you read this ? Yes, I can !

They can sing this song

She can drive a car