ABILITY

PRESENT I can cook

CAN / CAN´T + V She can ride a horse
Can we run for 1 hour?

PAST I could cook vey well

She could ride a horse
COULD / COULDN´T + V
Could you run for an hour when
you were younger?

FUTURE
x
 ABILITY
PRESENT She’s able to write well
IS / AM / ARE ABLE He isn´t able to drive
Is he able to speak French?
TO
PAST Aged three, she was able to
WAS/ WERE ABLE TO read
Were you able to get a job?

FUTURE She will be able to

WILL BE ABLE TO use her time wisely.
 ABILITY
PRESENT She always manages to finish her
homework on time
MANAGE TO + V I don´t usually manage to get on
time
Does he manage to sell all his
products ?

He managed to book a hotel

PAST She didn´t manage to pass the
test
MANAGED TO + V Did he manage to finish the
project?
 • She will manage to resist the
temptation
FUTURE • I won’t manage to run a business
WILL MANAGE TO + V • Will you manage to learn a foreign
language in the short term?
FUTURE I will succeed in creating smth
new
Will succeed in + Ving She won’t succeed in playing
the piano

I succeed in working on this

PRESENT project

succeed in + Ving I have succeeded in visiting

different countries

PAST Last month I succeeded in

buying a bargain in Milan
succeeded in + Ving
Last few days I was
succeeding in cooking
different tasty dishes