Comment on the forms and meanings of the verb "can". 1. I can't exactly express my meaning. 2. He could not take his eyes off her. 3. She can play the piano quite beautifully. 4. We'll go away today if you like. We can easily catch 3.40. 5. It is quite

Task 1: Comment on the forms and meanings of the verb "can".
1. I can't exactly express my meaning.
2. He could not take his eyes off her.
3. She can play the piano quite beautifully.
4. We'll go away today if you like. We can easily catch 3.40.
5. It is quite fine, Clara, the rain has stopped. We can walk to a motor bus.
6. You can't take the knowledge you gave me.
7. I will let you know, so you can be there.
8. He was so weak that he could not lift his head.
9. He is much better and can walk without my help now.
10. Oh! It can't be true!
11. Oh? Freddy, there must be one (a cab). You can't have tried.
12. He couldn't have taken the box upstairs this morning.
13. Anne can't mean that.
14. He couldn't have done it all by himself. Somebody helped him, I'm sure.
15. Can you believe the girl? Can it be true?
16. "Can he be my son?" she thought.
17. Could she have done it without consulting me?
18. Can it really be as bad as that?
19. There's such a smell of burning. Daddy, can I go down and see?
20. James, you can help Agatha go down the stairs.
21. You can wait in the kitchen.
22. You can keep the change.
23. You can take my pencil.
24. What is done cannot be undone!
25. Nothing can be done, it's too late.
26. If only we could accomplish tasks orally!
27. He has only 15 points in the rating assessment. What could he have been doing the whole semester long?
28. They could have told the policeman the truth about the accident, if they had known it would help their friend.
29. A student can't just use a smartphone during classes, as a teacher will definitely notice this and draw her own conclusions about it.
30. Kate wondered if a waitress could take a new salad without any defects.