PRATICA N° 11

BE ABLE TO
PRESENT

CAN = BE ABLE TO

I can = I am able to

You can = You are able to

He can = He is able to

She can = She is able to

It can = It is able to

We can = We are able to

You can = You are able to

They can = They are able to

EXERCISES:

Write the following questions using BE ABLE TO instead of CAN.

I can dance tango.

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You can swim fast.

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He can’t speak Korean.

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She can teach English today.

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It can run fast.

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Can we speak English?

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They can ski.

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You can’t use computers yet.

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Can Hugo drive cars?

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Sheyla can’t cook Italian food.

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PAST

COULD = BE ABLE TO

I could = I was able to

You could = You were able to

He could = He was able to

She could = She was able to

It could = It was able to

We could = We were able to

You could = You were able to

They could = They were able to

Write the following questions using BE ABLE TO instead of COULD.

I could swim when I was 5 years old.

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You could speak Portuguese when you lived in Brazil.

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We couldn’t book a hotel.

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Could she draw when she was a little girl?

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They could run a lot last year.

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______________________________________________________________________.

He couldn’t go to the party last Saturday.

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She could sing really nice.

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Fiorela could paint herself.

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Rodrigo and Marcelo could play the piano.

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Could you read when you were 6 years old?

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FUTURE

WILL BE ABLE TO

I will be able to / I won’t be able to

You will be able to / You won’t be able to

He will be able to / He won’t be able to

She will be able to / She won’t be able to

It will be able to / It won’t be able to

We will be able to / We won’t be able to

You will be able to / You won’t be able to

They will be able to / They won’t be able to

Complete the following sentences with WILL BE ABLE TO or WON’T BE ABLE TO.

I _____________________ make a cake if I have all the ingredients.

They _____________________ go there.They're too tired.

I'm so sad! I _____________________ to laugh.

He _____________________ drive if he's ill.

She _____________________ teach English after she finishes her career.

If you don't study mathematics, you _____________________ do the exercises.

You _____________________ to speak English fluently if you don’t practice.

We _____________________ go shopping after we get our payments.

I _____________________ understand this topic if I pay attention to the teacher.

Julissa _____________________ go to the concert, she lost her ticket.

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Choose the correct answer.

1. ___ you hear the fireworks from your house last night?

Can
Can't
Could

2. Do you think you ___ write that report by Tuesday? I know you’re very busy.

will be able to
couldn't
will can

3. I ___ touch my toes. See!

could
will be able to
can

4. I ___ spend another moment in that restaurant. It was too noisy.

will be able to
couldn't
can't

5. I ___ type fast. I am slow.

can't
to be able to
can

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6. __________you draw when you were a kid?

can't
couldn’t
could

7. ___ you play an instrument?

Can
Couldn't
Able to

8. I'm afraid I ___ attend the meeting, I’m on business in Japan.

can
won’t be able to
will be able to

9. Robert ____ travel after his graduation in December.

will can
will be able to
will could

10. They ___ save the men from the sinking ship.

could to
was able to
were able to

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