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    The document provides examples of using the verbs "can", "could", and "be able to" to indicate ability and possibility in different tenses. It lists example questions using each verb in the present, past, and other tenses. It then provides rules that can is used in the present tense, could is used in the past tense, and be able to is used in other tenses that are not present or past. The document emphasizes remembering to use these verbs correctly based on tense when asking about someone's ability or possibility.

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    The document provides examples of using the verbs "can", "could", and "be able to" to indicate ability and possibility in different tenses. It lists example questions using each verb in the present, past, and other tenses. It then provides rules that can is used in the present tense, could is used in the past tense, and be able to is used in other tenses that are not present or past. The document emphasizes remembering to use these verbs correctly based on tense when asking about someone's ability or possibility.

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    Ability Bingo

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    The document provides examples of using the verbs "can", "could", and "be able to" to indicate ability and possibility in different tenses. It lists example questions using each verb in the present, past, and other tenses. It then provides rules that can is used in the present tense, could is used in the past tense, and be able to is used in other tenses that are not present or past. The document emphasizes remembering to use these verbs correctly based on tense when asking about someone's ability or possibility.

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    CAN COULD BE ABLE TO

    Can you... When you were little Will / would like/ have
    could you... you be(en) able to…
    play the piano? walk on your foot? scuba dive?

    speak 3 languages? tie your shoelaces? rescue people from a burning


    house?

    play chess? climb to trees? ski?

    name three European countries? speak in English? stay in bed late on Sunday
    morning?

    tell a joke in English? play the guitar? drive?

    raise an eyebrow? Draw an elephant? swim since you were 5?

    Name three countries in South Name ten colours? fly in a plane?


    America?

    Write a word with your left hand? Count backwards from 30?

    Say “red lorry yellow lorry” five Draw a square and a circle at the
    times very fast? same time?

    Bark like a dog? Ride a horse?

    Spell the teacher’s last name? Drive a car?

    Hop backwards on one foot? Add 143 and 89 without writing


    anything?

    Say “hello” in five languages? Say the months of the year?

    say the alphabet backwards? Name six countries in Europe?

    COMPLETE THE RULES:

    1. CAN is used in the PRESENT to indicate ABILITY+ POSSIBILITY

    2. COULD is used in the PAST to indicate ABILITY+ POSSIBILITY

    3. BE ABLE TO is used in THE OTHER TENSES THAT ARE NOT


    PRESENT OR PAST to indicate ABILITY
    REMEMBER
    !!

    - CAN you meet me at 5.00?

    - COULD you fax me that document by Tuesday?

     DO THEY HAVE THE SAME MEANING IN THESE


    EXAMPLES? WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

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