1.Can you swim'? 'Yes, I can
2.I'm sorry I can't help you today, I'm really busy.
3.. Please can you buy some milk on your way home? I can't leave the house because I'm looking after the baby.
4.I can ride a bike but I can't drive a car.
5.I just can't manage to wake up on time, I'm always late.
6.'Hello, can I help you'? 'Actually, no you can't this restaurant is awful and we've been waiting here for half an hour. We're leaving'.
7.I have a special talent, I can touch my nose with my tongue can't you?
8.'Can I go to the bathroom please'? 'Yes, of course you can
9.Look! It's right there! Can you see it? It's so obvious!
10.I've never been able to eat breakfast in the mornings. I can't talk to anyone either
2. If Internet reaches all corners of the world, English as the Net language will influence the culture of non-speaking countries.
3. If English keeps on being global, other languages won’t set foot on Internet. 4. The world’s linguistic experts will be alarmed if many languages disappear at an alarming rate.
5. If some tribes aren’t urbanized and assimilated into mainstream, their languages won’t die out.
6. Youngsters will be able to communicate with people from abroad, if they learn foreign languages.
7. If the EU wasn’t worried about endangered languages, they wouldn’t issue a special directive on preserving them.
8. If minority languages aren’t politically tolerated, they will be in jeopardy.
9. If the high number of languages spoken in the EU corridors, it would be like a Tower of Babel.
10. If English is the language of trade and diplomacy, it will be considered as lingua franca nowadays.