Hi Rebecca, this topic is very helpful to me. Now I can understand how to differ the three words for any circumstances and for different people. As usual, your explanation is very clear and concise. Congratulation!
May I ask a question teacher? I had learned from someone before that, may is use for something formal and can is use for capability.Please lighten me up hehehe.
Thank you rebecca, everything is clear and you teach in a simple way. I think you have a crucial attitude to share with us a sensitive state of mind. That is a great skill for a teacher! ( I hope I didn't write horrible mistakes!)
When I was in elementary, I raised my hand and asked the teacher “CAN I go to the restroom?”, and the teacher replied “Yes, you CAN but you MAY not.” And from that on, I know exactly how to use CAN and MAY.
Yes, this used to be a bone of contention in my childhood, too (with both parents and teachers). I lived in both England and New Zealand (if that makes a difference), and it was seen as poor English or even mildly bad manners to say "Can I?" ... and "Could I?" was frowned upon too. You stood the chance of being ridiculed if you said, for example "Can I have a piece of cake?" as the answer might come back as "You CAN ... it's a POSSIBILITY ... but no." ... and the same with "could". It would invariably be "May I have a piece of cake?"which would be your highest chance of success ... and much more so if a "please" was added at the beginning or end! I'm afraid can/could were looked down on as Americanisms, and not the done thing at all. Because this was instilled in me, I continue to wince at "can/could" to this day, and only "may" sounds nice to my ears.
Mam ur explanation is soo nice. This is very helpful for me cuz I always mistake on grammar. But it will help me to improve my mistake. Mam ur handwriting is also so nice
Hello Rebecca 😊Your explanations are wonderful ,your accent is so clear ,you are polite rather a lot. I am an English Teacher in Istanbul and teaching English online. Your videos are feeding me and are improving my self -confidence to be much more productive for my students. Many many thanks for your efforts 🌹One day, if you visit İstanbul ,,please be informed me. It will be wonderful to have coffee together with the view of Bosphorus 😊🌹
Feels like i have Wasted my life in my school and college, not getting this kind of teaching in depth. Now i will not waste it further. Thankyou teacher.
Hii Rebecca mam....I don't know how and where to use "can,could,would, should,might,may" in a sentence correctly....please do video about that.... I'm waiting for that
There is just one thing slightly incorrect, to my knowledge, about the use of the word can/could and may. Perhaps it is a slightly antiquated use of English, but "may" is used for a request and "can" and "could" are you physically able? For example: "can I use the toilet?" - "I don't know, can you?!" Is a joke used on students at school. The correct form being "may I use the toilet?" (Am I allowed to use the toilet?) Not "can/could I use the toilet?" (Am I able to move my body to the toilet?)
As a educated, native speaker of American English, I can confirm that you are correct. The distinction you describe is what I was taught in grade school. If someone asks, "Can I use the toilet?" you might reply, "I don't know. Can you? Are you toilet trained?" Where you read, "That document may be used," it means use of the document is permitted but not mandatory. But in spoken English, you rarely hear _may._ "
Me: "Can I have some orange juice?" Them: "I don't know, can you?" Me: "Can you clear the table?" Them: "I can, but I don't want to." Correct: "Would you clear the table please?" Them: "Sure"
Dear teacher thank you for your best teaching. I follow all of your videos and I have learned lots of things.I know all of tenses , many words but I couldn't speak english and it is my blind spot.what should I do? I know it will be better with speaking and more practice .please help me
I taught that english is a difficult language to speak and for Understanding after seeing your videos I learnt english a lot and iam able to speak English tq so much mam ☺
I do love your videos . They are clear and go directly to the points . As an English learner , your sample answers to the questions with can/ could/ may respectively are very helpful for understanding formal and informal, and , I will use ' may' only with the first person afterwards. Thank you so much.
The reason is that they are trying to nicely correct you. I would say "I don't know; don't you think you can lift it?" "Can" is used for ability, may for permission 1st person. Most people use "can" incorrectly, including myself sometimes.
It's not wrong. Depends on who you are requesting to. And if it is your teacher who is close to you is alright. But in any case it would be better to say "May I submit my paper on Monday? because you want them to help you. So politeness is best.
He Rebecca! Thanks for such an informative session. Well I have a question, do saying "You may leave now" appropriate/formal to ask someone to leave the classroom/cabin etc? Would like to hear on it, thanks in advance.
use the can,, can I hold the bottles, can using in power of actions. use the may,, may I know your name sir,, may using much more formal way to ask unknown people... use the could,, could is the past of can, could often use in the past. if you use could in the present and future tenses then its much more informal and impolite... so use the helping verbs in your speaking skill and making the sentences as well...
Hi, Rebecca. Thank you so much for being a virtual mentor to me. Your videos are of such great help, as we have a Korean girl staying with us for a year and I am teaching her English. While teaching her, I am also learning from you and deepening my own English grammar and usage. Am from the Philippines. More power to you! 9:48
Thanks for your amazing services I've learned from you every day, I am very grateful to hear your incredible voices, and you're excellent teacher, thank you for your great time!
Translation of some words were wrong...."May" was translated as "Mayo" (This is the month of May), Fancy Restaurant as Fantasia Restaurante but I loved your explanation of these subjects
Thank u so much to learn English... Ur way of learning is absolutely amazing... I easily understand... I get to learn a lot from you... I don't watch movies ,song etc but I never forget to watch ur channel.. ma'am keep it up... Good work.. 😘😘😘...
I was taught that can is an ability to perform a task. For example: "I can run the sprint in two minutes". May is asking permission to do something. "May I have some orange juice?"
It’s true but we shouldn’t forget that CAN/COULD have several meaning: 1 ability (I could read when I was four years old 2 possibility due to circumstances (I can see the mountains from my window when it’s not foggy) 3 impossibility (He can’t be that cruel = it’s impossible that he is so cruel) 4 asking for permission (informal) I hope my comment can help))
Hi, Rebecca. Thank you so much for being a virtual mentor to me. Your videos are of such great help, as we have a Korean girl staying with us for a year and I am teaching her English. While teaching her, I am also learning from you and deepening my own English grammar and usage. Am from the Philippines. More power to you!
mam..i have a doubt...my grammar teacher have taught me like this....whenever i am using "CAN" in the sentences. for ex....Can you clean the room? in this i am testing his/her potential/abilities to do the work...so my teacher taught me to use "could you" instead of "can you"......is this correct mam?....please guide me .
If you really want to get a response from Ms Rebecca... You might wanna use "Could you please" to make it sound more polite... Thanks hahaha just kidding... Just applying this stuff that I learned from our very nice teacher Ms Rebecca
Thanks for watching. It can be tricky to ask questions in English, so I hope this video makes your life a little easier. All the best!
I would like to ask when to use the s word with and without apostrophe.. Thank you..
Hi Rebecca, this topic is very helpful to me. Now I can understand how to differ the three words for any circumstances and for different people. As usual, your explanation is very clear and concise. Congratulation!
Nice
May I ask a question teacher? I had learned from someone before that, may is use for something formal and can is use for capability.Please lighten me up hehehe.
Could I say, Could you please connect me to the Sales Department?
Thank you rebecca, everything is clear and you teach in a simple way. I think you have a crucial attitude to share with us a sensitive state of mind. That is a great skill for a teacher! ( I hope I didn't write horrible mistakes!)
Thank you
OMG! Teachers never taught me about this!! Thank you!
They taught you. Maybe you are not make attention 😊
just im joking with you
Simply superb. Awesome presentation.
Having seen this video..there is no any problems about can, could and may.... thanks mam..
Just lovely!!! Thanks madam!
Thanks a lot Mam🙏...now I resolved my big confusion
Thanks so much.. I'm happy to watch your videos.. So clearly
Thank you Rebecca. That was very needed.
Thank you Rebeca.
Thanks a lot
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That's very useful thank u mam
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It was really useful,thank u🙏
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Thank you mam
Thanks..
Excuse me madam,
when We need to know whether it will rain or not
Can we use
" may it rain today?
Thanks Maa'm your video does good job and its really amazing please make more videos of IELTS speaking or writing section as well
Good work! Keep it up ❤️
Wow that’s why the teacher scolded me when I said with can I ~.
Make use of it
Student: Sir can I go to the Toilet please?
Teacher: Yes you can, but you may not.
May I say thank you to make youhappy?
When I was in elementary, I raised my hand and asked the teacher “CAN I go to the restroom?”, and the teacher replied “Yes, you CAN but you MAY not.” And from that on, I know exactly how to use CAN and MAY.
Yes, this used to be a bone of contention in my childhood, too (with both parents and teachers).
I lived in both England and New Zealand (if that makes a difference), and it was seen as poor English or even mildly bad manners to say "Can I?" ... and "Could I?" was frowned upon too. You stood the chance of being ridiculed if you said, for example "Can I have a piece of cake?" as the answer might come back as "You CAN ... it's a POSSIBILITY ... but no." ... and the same with "could". It would invariably be "May I have a piece of cake?"which would be your highest chance of success ... and much more so if a "please" was added at the beginning or end! I'm afraid can/could were looked down on as Americanisms, and not the done thing at all. Because this was instilled in me, I continue to wince at "can/could" to this day, and only "may" sounds nice to my ears.
You are such a wonderful teacher, thank you so much!!!!
You are welcome
Fantastic teaching experience 👍👍🙏
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Thanks a lot madam.. It is a very useful lesson
I truly appreciate you for wonderful teaching free on you tube
Hy ma'am..i got much impressed with your efforts. And I learnt much from u..u are really an excellent teacher. God bless you
Great Teaching and Great Teacher
Best teacher i have ever came across ever since i started learning on TH-cam.
Ma'am please make videos on regular basis so that we can get to learn many things.
Thanks madam! could I have more additional video of your lectures?
Thank you much, very enriching please .
After watching lots of videos.. This one helped me to clear my doubts.. Tq
This class helped me much ma'am.... Thnx for that... I was wondering about how to use but now i know well..
I finally understand the difference between can and may until watching this video. It is so useful to me. Thank you
Mam ur explanation is soo nice. This is very helpful for me cuz I always mistake on grammar. But it will help me to improve my mistake. Mam ur handwriting is also so nice
Hello Rebecca 😊Your explanations are wonderful ,your accent is so clear ,you are polite rather a lot. I am an English Teacher in Istanbul and teaching English online. Your videos are feeding me and are improving my self -confidence to be much more productive for my students. Many many thanks for your efforts 🌹One day, if you visit İstanbul ,,please be informed me. It will be wonderful to have coffee together with the view of Bosphorus 😊🌹
She is really Wonderful Ma’am❤
Perfect. I can't thank you enough. Keep it up please
Thank you for all theses informations and how to implement them in a different situations
Feels like i have Wasted my life in my school and college, not getting this kind of teaching in depth. Now i will not waste it further. Thankyou teacher.
Thank you madam for your excellent teaching..
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Hii Rebecca mam....I don't know how and where to use "can,could,would, should,might,may" in a sentence correctly....please do video about that.... I'm waiting for that
Ma'am, I like your classes. Thank you.
There is just one thing slightly incorrect, to my knowledge, about the use of the word can/could and may. Perhaps it is a slightly antiquated use of English, but "may" is used for a request and "can" and "could" are you physically able? For example: "can I use the toilet?" - "I don't know, can you?!" Is a joke used on students at school. The correct form being "may I use the toilet?" (Am I allowed to use the toilet?) Not "can/could I use the toilet?" (Am I able to move my body to the toilet?)
Thought so too.
As a educated, native speaker of American English, I can confirm that you are correct. The distinction you describe is what I was taught in grade school.
If someone asks, "Can I use the toilet?" you might reply, "I don't know. Can you? Are you toilet trained?"
Where you read, "That document may be used," it means use of the document is permitted but not mandatory.
But in spoken English, you rarely hear _may._ "
@@herrickinman9303 Agree with you. That's what I was taught in school.
showing 'Ability' of doing something is just an aspect....but we cannot deny the fact that 'Can' can also show asking for permission
Me: "Can I have some orange juice?"
Them: "I don't know, can you?"
Me: "Can you clear the table?"
Them: "I can, but I don't want to."
Correct: "Would you clear the table please?"
Them: "Sure"
Perfect !! Thank you !!
Dear teacher thank you for your best teaching. I follow all of your videos and I have learned lots of things.I know all of tenses , many words but I couldn't speak english and it is my blind spot.what should I do? I know it will be better with speaking and more practice .please help me
WOAH,this helps a lot of people. Thank you ma'am.
I taught that english is a difficult language to speak and for Understanding after seeing your videos I learnt english a lot and iam able to speak English tq so much mam ☺
I simply love your videos which range beyond general queries and tutoring ! Thanks
🙏🙏🙏 thank you very much. I learned a lot today. Very well explained very clear and with very good examples.
Very clear and no nonsense approach. You speak Very calm and focused. Other TH-cam teachers speak so fast as if they are trying to catch a plane.
Hi , Teacher
And thanks you too for this lesson .Never known the difference .
I do love your videos . They are clear and go directly to the points . As an English learner , your sample answers to the questions with can/ could/ may respectively are very helpful for understanding formal and informal, and , I will use ' may' only with the first person afterwards. Thank you so much.
Thank You teacher Rebeca to make the evidence of using correctly the models verbs.
I was always wondering why people that I ask "Can I take this" answer me "Yes, you may".
The reason is that they are trying to nicely correct you. I would say "I don't know; don't you think you can lift it?" "Can" is used for ability, may for permission 1st person. Most people use "can" incorrectly, including myself sometimes.
@@rayober2273 I like that " the ability and permission"....!
Can I take this,yes I can this answer good.
'Can I...?' and 'May I...?' are actually two different questions. I think this lesson is actually misleading.
Ma'am, ur way of teaching is really understandable and interesting
Good teacher👍.... I like your smile 😍
Have I been doing it wrong for saying "Can I submit my paper on Monday?"
It's not wrong. Depends on who you are requesting to. And if it is your teacher who is close to you is alright. But in any case it would be better to say "May I submit my paper on Monday? because you want them to help you. So politeness is best.
He Rebecca! Thanks for such an informative session. Well I have a question, do saying "You may leave now" appropriate/formal to ask someone to leave the classroom/cabin etc?
Would like to hear on it, thanks in advance.
use the can,, can I hold the bottles, can using in power of actions.
use the may,, may I know your name sir,, may using much more formal way to ask unknown people...
use the could,, could is the past of can, could often use in the past. if you use could in the present and future tenses then its much more informal and impolite... so use the helping verbs in your speaking skill and making the sentences as well...
please tell me about should could would
Student: Sir can I go to the Toilet please?
Teacher: Yes you can, but you may not.
wow amazing. You're gifted how to teach with a good smile. May God bless you.
Thanks from Egypt:) you are the best teacher
Thank you for the amazing lessons, Rebecca.
Hi, Rebecca. Thank you so much for being a virtual mentor to me. Your videos are of such great help, as we have a Korean girl staying with us for a year and I am teaching her English. While teaching her, I am also learning from you and deepening my own English grammar and usage. Am from the Philippines. More power to you! 9:48
i like your lessons it really helps me thank you so much
Thank you very much 😍😍 This video help me to write my exercise 🥳🥳❤❤
Thanks for your amazing services I've learned from you every day, I am very grateful to hear your incredible voices, and you're excellent teacher, thank you for your great time!
4:29 this really cracked me up! hahahaha you're funny 😂
Translation of some words were wrong...."May" was translated as "Mayo" (This is the month of May), Fancy Restaurant as Fantasia Restaurante but I loved your explanation of these subjects
I love u!! Im from indonesia❤
Oh my gosh!!!! May you teach us lesson in which we have got connected speach?
I have taken the screenshots of all writing's on the board, I hope my sentence is grammatically correct ma'am. 😊
You are real meaning of professional teacher. Awesome.... God bless you teacher
Thank you so much. this is productivity. appreciate it
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Thank u so much to learn English... Ur way of learning is absolutely amazing... I easily understand... I get to learn a lot from you... I don't watch movies ,song etc but I never forget to watch ur channel.. ma'am keep it up... Good work.. 😘😘😘...
I was taught that can is an ability to perform a task. For example: "I can run the sprint in two minutes". May is asking permission to do something. "May I have some orange juice?"
It’s true but we shouldn’t forget that CAN/COULD have several meaning:
1 ability (I could read when I was four years old
2 possibility due to circumstances (I can see the mountains from my window when it’s not foggy)
3 impossibility (He can’t be that cruel = it’s impossible that he is so cruel)
4 asking for permission (informal)
I hope my comment can help))
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I really appreciate all your classes, thank you very much!
Am Isaac thanks for your reply
Hi, Rebecca. Thank you so much for being a virtual mentor to me. Your videos are of such great help, as we have a Korean girl staying with us for a year and I am teaching her English. While teaching her, I am also learning from you and deepening my own English grammar and usage. Am from the Philippines. More power to you!
This was an excellent lesson, thank you. 🙂🌹
Thankyou ma'am , i am understand now. Because i am not native english speaker.
Marvellous lesson. You are the be-all and end-all. I would have said: might I ( very formal and polite)
You are the best teacher in my english learning.thank you very much
Lots of students at my school talk to the teachers with “Can” not “May” so we technically are using it informal to adults.
As a child I was taught the rule - ''Lot and Got I must not''. It's not a bad rule to follow.
May God bless you Teacher. Much respect
Ma'am....I love your style of teaching. I am learning with ease from your lectures, so simply explained. Thank you.
I love your video ma'am it really helps me to understand ❤️🤓.
Thanks for teaching me this! It helped me even though i'm in elementary school
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oo you mean your mother is a single!!1
@@hamiddarwish3075 ooh you mean your mother is a single!!1
mam..i have a doubt...my grammar teacher have taught me like this....whenever i am using "CAN" in the sentences. for ex....Can you clean the room? in this i am testing his/her potential/abilities to do the work...so my teacher taught me to use "could you" instead of "can you"......is this correct mam?....please guide me .
Could if used as a request or asking.
Thank you so much for letting me know how to pronounce those words ma'am 👌you're the best
Can I open the window,,,informal, permission to the friend
You are gracious and peaceful.Thank you ,u are wonderful Teacher.God bless u
I never thought that Can, Could, and May should be used in a specific sentences. I thought you could just pick any of them 😩👈
Ur not the only one girl. I thought the same 🤣
Thank you so much for this superb lesson, it really helped me a lot. Well done :)
Thank you so much for this superb lessons,it really helped me a lot.
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The best teacher ever.♥️😘 every minute I'm pressing like on the video😂 to prove you that i got it and love it ♥️
Hi Rebecca, can you plz suggest some tips on improving answer writing ✍️
If you really want to get a response from Ms Rebecca... You might wanna use "Could you please" to make it sound more polite... Thanks hahaha just kidding... Just applying this stuff that I learned from our very nice teacher Ms Rebecca
Tantan Cabarrubias she will not mind as I am considering her to be my friend
I really love the way you explain .. Tnk you
Today class is over I learned thank you so much mam🙏🙏🙏
Wow! I have just learned it now. Thank you teacher😁
Today only I came to know how my boss was stupid and feather brained person who always used to say" can you come"? Thank you so very much
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Your teaching is outstanding and easy to understand, it helps to develop English and become fluent in English!
Thanks a lot teacher