ABILITY : COULD, BE ABLE TO

1.- We use could to talk about ability in the past

2.- We use could to talk about ability in the past, was/were able to are also possible, but the are less common
E.G.: SHE WAS ABLE TO RIDE A HORSE WHEN SHE WAS 3
E.G.: SHE COULD RIDE A HORSE WHEN SHE WAS 3
3.- We use was/were able to talk about someones ability to do something in a particular situation.
E.G.: I WAS ABLE TO GET A TICKET FOR THE CONCERT
4.- We cannot use could for particular situation
E.G.: I could GET A TICKET FOR THE CONCERT (wrong)
E.G.: I was able to get a ticket for the concert (right)
5.- We cannot use could for particular situations, but we can use the negative
E.G.: I WAS ABLE TO GET A TICKET FOR THE CONCERT
6.- We cannot use could for particular situations, but we can use negative
E.G.: I WASNT ABLE TO GET A TICKET FOR THE CONCERT
E.G.: I COULDNT GET A TICKET
7.- We can also use could for particular situations with berbs of perception (see, hear, smell, etc) or verb of thinking
(remember, understand, etc)
E.G.: WE COULD SEE A FIGURE IN THE DISTANCE
NOTE:
TALKING ABOUT ABILITY IN THE PAST: COULD OR WAS/WERE ABLE TO
PARTICULAR SITUATIONS: WAS/WERE ABLO TO WASNT/WERENT ABLO TO OR COULDNT
COULD + VERB OF PERCEPTION / THINKING

CAN: PRESENT SIMPLE

COULD: PAST
BE ABLE TO: ALL TENSE

LIKE
LOVE = BEING ABLE TO
ENJOY

CUANDO VA EL WOULD LIKE DEBES RECORDAR QUE

WOULD LIKE = BEEN TO + INFINITIVE VERB.

EG: ID LIKE BEEN ABLO TO SPEAK A FOREING LANGUAGE PERFECTLY

 ABILITY : COULD

We use could to talk about ability could is the past of can. It is a modal verb and it is followed by the infinitive
without to
E.G.: HE COULD PLAY THE PIANO

The negative form of could is could not couldnt is the short form of could not
We form question by putting could before the subject
E.G.: COULD HE PLAY THE PIANO WHEN HE WAS 4?

We answer questions with: Yes, followed by the subject and could, or no, followed by the subject and couldnt
Could has the same form for all person
 MAKE, LET, BE ALLOWED TO

MAKE: SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING you make me fell so good

LET: SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING let me be

(BE) ALLOWED TO DO SOMETHING Im not allowed to smoke here. Its a non-smoking area
(no me es permitido fumar aqui)