Be able to: exercise 1 – all tenses

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Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with positive or negative forms of ‘be able to‘.

Our cat ………………………………... climb trees anymore because she was injured.

If you help us tomorrow, we ………………………………………. finish on time.

I ………………………………...…………. use my mobile since I updated the operating system. It helped.

We overslept. Fortunately, we ………………………………... catch the 7.30 train.

They are short of time. They ……………………………………… renovate the house by the end of the year.

Before I found the instructions on the Internet, I …………………………………………….. fix the problem.

Sarah …………………………………………… admit her mistake since they had an argument. What a pity!

Ouch, it hurts! I ……………………………..……. move my arm at all.

You can ask Tom. But I am afraid he ……………………………………….. translate the article till Friday.

No problem. We ……………………………………………………………... visit the castle by noon.

Josh ……………………………... eat five sandwiches for a snack. He is a big eater.

We enjoyed the online lesson after we ……………………………………………….. join it.

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Exercise 1

Our cat was not able to climb trees anymore because she was injured.

If you help us tomorrow, we will be able to finish on time.

I have been able to use my mobile since I updated the operating system. It helped.

We overslept. Fortunately, we were able to catch the 7.30 train.

They are short of time. They will not have been able to renovate the house by the end of the year.

Before I found the instructions on the Internet, I had not been able to fix the problem.

Sarah has not been able to admit her mistake since they had an argument. What a pity!

Ouch, it hurts! I am not able to move my arm at all.

You can ask Tom. But I am afraid he will not be able to translate the article till Friday.

No problem. We will have been able to visit the castle by noon.

Josh is able to eat five sandwiches for a snack. He is a big eater.

We enjoyed the online lesson after we had been able to join it.

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