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Home > Articles > English lessons > “can afford something” | English vocabulary

“can afford something” | English vocabulary

26th July 2015 by Andrew 29 Comments

If I can afford something, then I have enough money to buy it.

The form is:

subject + “can afford” + noun

For example:


If a Ferrari costs £100,000 (one hundred thousand pounds), and I have £150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand pounds), then I can afford a Ferrari.

Ferrari

Negative

If I do not have enough money to buy something, then we use the negative.

For example: A Ferrari costs £100,000 but I only have £50,000, then I can’t afford a Ferrari.

Past tense

subject + “could afford” + noun

Example: Last year I could afford a holiday in Spain.

 

“can afford” + infinitive

Instead of a noun, we can use “can afford” with a verb in the infinitive form to describe an activity for which we have enough money.

Example: I can afford to go to London every weekend.

 

affordable

“affordable” is an adjective. It describes a noun that we have enough money to buy.

Example:

That computer is affordable.   ( = It is possible to buy that computer. It is not too expensive)

Question

What can you afford to do next weekend? Tell me in the comments. 🙂

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Comments

  1. aziz says

    2nd August 2015 at 5:34 pm

    ex: I can afford to go to restaurant when I get my salary.

    Thank you very much for your lessons .

    Reply
    • Brusa claude says

      29th July 2016 at 8:37 am

      next weekend I can afford to listen a concert because Ihave enought money to pay it.

      Reply
  2. Tavous says

    3rd August 2015 at 3:01 pm

    I can afford a house
    Because I have enough money
    Is that correct

    Reply
    • Jten merde says

      31st May 2022 at 10:41 am

      Moi moi perso j’habite avec mon daron riche j’ai une villea un macdo un cinéma un bowling pour moi

      Reply
  3. maitien says

    3rd August 2015 at 5:58 pm

    I can afford a large farm then I will grow organic vegetables.

    Reply
  4. Pat says

    6th August 2015 at 9:42 am

    I could afford a holiday every year untill I was made redundant.

    Reply
  5. Lucía says

    6th August 2015 at 3:18 pm

    I can afford to take my friend out for dinner in a nice restaurant to celebrate her birthday on Sunday.

    Reply
  6. Mehdi ben chikha says

    10th August 2015 at 3:33 pm

    I can afford to go on holiday next week.

    Reply
  7. Ivan Zuleta says

    25th August 2015 at 9:22 pm

    I really Glads you have this web ,help a lot of people as me to improve us English.

    Reply
  8. Mrs.Razaq says

    2nd September 2015 at 3:15 am

    Hello sir, your lessons are very useful for me & my English is improving every day by your excellent teaching thank you so much you are the best teacher in the world. ” I can afford to go to hotel for lunch with our family next weekend”.

    Reply
  9. Alexandre Correa says

    3rd September 2015 at 9:59 pm

    I can’t afford to go to London every year as i’d like.

    thank’s, you are the best!

    Reply
  10. Bahlool says

    20th September 2015 at 7:19 pm

    I could afford a big party last year but I didn’t
    Thank you so much for your teaching, now I can use it in my daily speaking.

    Reply
  11. Rohan says

    18th November 2015 at 6:26 am

    Hi dear
    I’m looking a good friend to improve my english knoledge

    Reply
  12. Hetal says

    1st December 2015 at 11:47 am

    Hi Andrew Sir. From yesterday, I started to learning English from your videos . It’s really helpful my improvement in English and I will do exercise every day.

    I can afford to go India every year to visit my parents , if I get permanent job.

    I can afford to spend time and money to learning English for my career, if I am an enthusiastic.

    Reply
  13. Hetal says

    1st December 2015 at 11:54 am

    Thank you Andrew Sir. You doing great work for who always want to improve their English.

    I have question , Are you doing any online English course not ielts but general English course which can help to writing and speaking English. I am very interested to do that. If you are doing please let me know. Thank you once again for reading my comment.

    Hetal.

    Reply
  14. Thupten says

    17th January 2016 at 12:13 am

    I am Thupten. I learn English

    Reply
  15. Thupten says

    17th January 2016 at 12:13 am

    Hello

    Reply
  16. CATERINA says

    10th February 2016 at 12:22 am

    I CAN AFFORD TO GO ON A DAY TRIP NEXT WEEKEND. THE COACH TICKET COSTS € 20, SO I THINK IT IS AFFORDABLE.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR LESSON.
    CATERINA.

    Reply
  17. Leticia Nkrumah says

    6th April 2016 at 9:45 pm

    I have watch your videos and l would like to improve my English,grammar.

    Reply
  18. Mohamed says

    7th April 2016 at 2:37 am

    Next week i will take a vacation and I can afford gifts for my family

    Reply
  19. Min says

    25th April 2016 at 3:54 pm

    If I were a rich man,I could afford buy lots of things.

    Reply
  20. faisal says

    28th April 2016 at 10:26 am

    i can afford to leave my car because i have an onther car

    Reply
  21. faisal says

    28th April 2016 at 10:31 am

    I can afford to leave my car i f i get an other

    Reply
  22. Pedro Oyanadel says

    2nd May 2016 at 4:57 am

    i can afford to go to the football game next sunday

    Reply
  23. Houda says

    21st July 2016 at 6:59 am

    I can afford to travel to Casablanca

    Reply
  24. kr srinivasan says

    21st July 2016 at 11:03 am

    I can afford to buy a Jean

    Reply
  25. Nour Khaled says

    21st July 2016 at 2:07 pm

    I can afford to have a day use with my friends next week .

    Reply
  26. alpa says

    21st June 2017 at 9:15 am

    The hotel room price was affordable ,apart from it , Service was an excellent.

    I cannot afford to spent too much time in other useless task as I have to stick to plan in order to delever it.

    Thank you Andrew , its really helpful.

    Reply
  27. Adriana says

    23rd August 2017 at 1:07 pm

    This weekend, I can afford to oversleep, because my children are at their grandparents.

    Reply

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