Can and May

Which is better for being informal?

• Can I see your photo?

• May I see your photo?

May I drink tea? Yes ___________.

• I may

• you may

• you can

I go to the bathroom? Yes, you may.

• May

• Can

______ we dance? No, we can't.

• May

• Can

Can they play in the park?

• no, they may not

• no, they may

• no, they can't

MAY and CAN are known as ________________.

• Verbs

• Modals

• Adjectives

MAY and CAN express __________________________.

• an action that happened yesterday

• that something is possible or problable

• an emotion and feelings

MAY and CAN are often used when asking a question.

Which of the two is the FORMAL one? May or Can?

I use the phone, please?

• May

• Can

You are with your english teacher, and you have to go to the bathroom, so you ask...

• CAN I go to the bathroom?

• MAY I go to the bathroom?