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Modals · CEFR B1 · Independent
Permission that comes from a rule or a person, in any tense. Can covers the present; this covers the rest.
The shape
am / is / are allowed to + verb
Talk about permission that somebody else gives.
In Hindi
किसी नियम या व्यक्ति की दी हुई इजाज़त — हर काल में। can सिर्फ़ वर्तमान में चलता है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
We were can park there. | We were allowed to park there. Can has no past after "were" — "be allowed to" does the job. |
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
be allowed to is a CEFR B1 structure — the independent band — and it belongs to modals. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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