Students analyze sentences to determine if the helping verb "can" indicates ability, permission, willingness, or possibility.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one and decide what “can” is being used for:
- Possibility – something that might happen
- Permission – asking or giving okay to do something
- Willingness – showing you’re ready or happy to do something
- Ability – being able to do something (like a skill or strength)

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1. He can do a handstand.
→ This is about his physical skill → Ability

2. Can you do the dishes for me?
→ Asking someone to do something → Willingness

3. Can I go to my friend’s house to play video games?
→ Asking for okay → Permission

4. For dinner, we can have pizza or tacos.
→ Suggesting options that are possible → Possibility

5. The boss can let you have a day off.
→ The boss has the power to allow it → Permission

6. Can we please have a longer recess?
→ Politely asking for something → Permission

7. I can hold my breath for ten seconds.
→ Describing a personal skill → Ability

8. A turtle can live for a very long time.
→ Talking about what’s possible in nature → Possibility

9. Can you please pass the salt?
→ Polite request → Willingness

10. My dad can drive really well.
→ Describing his driving skill → Ability

11. School can close if it snows a lot.
→ Something that might happen under certain conditions → Possibility

12. We can wear our pajamas to school on spirit days.
→ Rules allow it → Permission

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Final Answer:
1. Ability
2. Willingness
3. Permission
4. Possibility
5. Permission
6. Permission
7. Ability
8. Possibility
9. Willingness
10. Ability
11. Possibility
12. Permission