can or will
The Greenland shark ... live more than 200 years.
The Greenland shark can live more than 200 years.
Sponges / move
Sponges can't move.
Bees can smell pollen from 150 metres away.
Ability
If it doesn't rain for a long time, most animals ... emigrate.
If it doesn't rain for a long time, most animals will emigrate.
After a modal verb such as 'can' or 'will', in what form do we put the next verb?
Infinitive without to.
If you touch the tentacles of a sea jelly, they ... sting you.
If you touch the tentacles of a sea jelly, they will sting you.
Sea stars / reproduce asexually.
Sea stars can reproduce asexually.
The cuckoo-finch will lay its eggs in the nest of another bird.
Prediction
If predators attack a horned lizard, it ... shoot blood from its own eyes to confuse them.
If predators attack a horned lizard, it will shoot blood from its own eyes to confuse them.
Do 'can' and 'will' add -s after a third person singular subject?
Never
Frogs and toads ... lose the tail after their larval stage.
Frogs and toads will lose the tail after their larval stage.
Platypi / produce milk
Platypi can produce milk.
In a few years, the Amur leopard can go extinct.
Possibility
If a bird learns to hunt, it ... starve.
If a bird learns to hunt, it won't starve.
How do you spell all the negative forms (contracted and uncontracted) of 'can' and 'will'?
'can't' 'cannot' 'won't' 'will not'
Gregarious animals ... stay together for most of the year.
Gregarious animals will stay together for most of the year.
Kiwi (bird) / fly
Kiwi can't fly.
You can't feed the snake unless you are supervised by a zookeeper.
Permission
When it rains, the scales of pinecones ... close to protect the seeds inside.
When it rains, the scales of pinecones will close to protect the seeds inside.
What is the structure that we follow if we want to make a question with 'can' or 'will'?
(Wh- word, if any) + can/will + subject (if any) + main verb ... ?
Chameleons ... change their skin colours to avoid their enemies.
Chameleons can change their skin colours to avoid their enemies.
Whales / breath underwater
Whales can't breath underwater.
Will young flamingos turn pink if they eat brine shrimp and blue green algae?
Prediction
When it is winter, deer ... hibernate.
When it is winter, deer won't hibernate.
How do you spell the gerund forms of 'can' and 'will'?
'can' and 'will', and all modal verbs, don't have a gerund form