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Worksheet 5 Ability ( can-could – be able to) by Mr.Samir Bounab at [email protected]. Exercise1: Re-order the following words to make correct sentences. kite could I Play 5 With Was a old years I . please could you window ? open the but can I speak Can’t English Spanish Speak . students Be able to at Secondary languages study the will Foreign school . Exercise 2 : Supply the correct punctuation and capital letters where necessary. 1. algeria will be able to take part in can 2013 in south Africa 2. algerian footballers could do a great exploit couldn’t they 3. learners at middle school can study 2 foreign languages french and english Exercise 3 : Complete the sentences with : “ can – can’t‐ or couldn’t” and the verbs in brackets ( ). 1. You don’t have to shout . I ……………….( hear) you very well. 2. I ………………………( watch) that programme last night because I had to go out. 3. He………………..( play) last week because he was injured. 4. He eats in restaurants all the time because he ………………………..(cook) 5. I……………………(give) you a lift in my car because it isn’t working at the moment. 6. I didn’t have a good seat in the theatre, so I …………..( see) the stage well. 7. John doesn’t need a calculator.He…………………….(do) very difficult sums in his head. 8. She’s very good at music .She ……………..(play) three instruments. 9. I ………….(find) my address book.Have you seen it? 10. He spoke very quickly and I ………………………….(understand) anything he said. (Adapted from Oxford Practice Grammar 2008) Exercise 4: Use the words in brackets ( ) to complete each sentence ,with “can –can’t –could or couldn’t” I. Sarah phoned Jane yesterday.( They/not/talk/for a long time, because Jane had to go out.) She ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… II. Grandma needs her glasses .(She/not see/anything without her glasses) She………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. III. Mary won her race. ( She was so tired after the race that she/not/stand up.) She……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… IV. (Last year , Robert/beat/his younger brother at chess.) But he can’t beat him now. Last year, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… V. John and Anna have a wonderful view from their hotel room. ( They/see/the whole of the city.) They ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… (Adapted from Oxford Practice Grammar 2008)

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Worksheet 5 Ability ( can-could – be able to)

  

  

                                    

   

 by  Mr.Samir Bounab  at  [email protected]

Exercise1: Re-order the following words to make correct sentences.  kite  could  I   Play  5  With  Was  a  old  years  I   . 

please  could  you  window  ?  open  the 

but  can  I   speak  Can’t  English  Spanish  Speak  . 

students  Be able to  at  Secondary   languages  study  the  will  Foreign   school  . 

 

  Exercise 2 : Supply the correct punctuation and capital letters where necessary. 

1.algeria will be able to take part in can 2013 in south Africa 

 2.

algerian footballers could do a great exploit couldn’t they 

 3.

learners at m

iddle school can study 2 foreign languages  french and english  

 

Exercise 3 :  Complete the sentences with : “ can – can’t‐ or couldn’t” and the verbs in brackets ( ).  

1. You don’t have to shout . I ……………….( hear) you very well. 2. I ………………………( watch) that programme last night  because I had to go out. 

3. He………………..( play) last week because he was injured. 4. He eats in restaurants all the time because he ………………………..(cook) 5. I……………………(give) you a lift in my car because it isn’t working at the moment. 

6. I didn’t have a good seat in the theatre, so I …………..( see) the stage well. 

7. John doesn’t need a calculator.He…………………….(do) very difficult sums in his head. 

8. She’s very good at music .She ……………..(play) three instruments. 9. I ………….(find) my address book.Have you seen it? 10. He spoke very quickly and I ………………………….(understand) anything he said. 

(Adapted from Oxford Practice Grammar 2008)  

Exercise 4: Use the words in brackets ( ) to complete each sentence ,with “can –can’t –could or couldn’t” 

I. Sarah phoned Jane yesterday.( They/not/talk/for a long time, because Jane had to go out.)  She ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 

II. Grandma needs her glasses .(She/not see/anything without her glasses)  She………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 

III. Mary won her race. ( She was so tired after the race that she/not/stand up.)  She……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 

IV. (Last year , Robert/beat/his younger brother at chess.) But he can’t beat him now.  Last year, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 

V. John and Anna have a wonderful view from their hotel room. ( They/see/the whole of the city.) 

 They ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… (Adapted from Oxford Practice Grammar 2008) 

 

              

                

Exercise 5 : What do the following sentences mean ? Match the pairs. Sentence   Meaning 

1‐ I could stand my head when I was a child.  a‐ Ordering 2‐ I will be able to use English when I go abroad.  b‐ Talking about present and past ability 3‐ I can swim ,but I can’t box.  c‐Making suppositions 4‐ I was able to pass my Finale Primary Exam.  d‐ Talking about past abilities  5‐ Babies can’t walk , can they ?  e‐ achievement 6‐  Revise your lessons!  f‐ Talking about future abilities   

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Exercise 6 : The text below is taken from

 a project on man’s capabilities. Read it and use 

the appropriate modal w

ith the verbs between brackets. 

  There are many  things that people (to do) ..............today that they not (to do) .........years ago. 

For example , people (to fly)............across the oceans, they even (to go)..............to the m

oon spaceships. How

ever, Man’s  present ability to fly is the result of past achievem

ents  by exceptional pilots like the W

right brothers and Charles Lindbergh .The former (fly) . ..............the first plane in 

1903 whereas the form

er (make)...............the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in 

1927.In the near future , people (commute)...............by air taxis. H

e (go)...... to space by tele‐transportation 

 

Exercise 7: M

atch the  question s with the answers. 

Questions 

Answers 

1‐  W

hat could you study at Primary School? 

2‐ what subjects could you study well? 

3‐ What final exam were you able to pass? 

4‐  W

hat new language can you study now at m

iddle school? 

5‐ Could you study French at Primary School? 

6‐ Will you be able to speak both French and English? 

a‐ Yes , I could 

b‐ I was able to pass the Final Primary Exam

. c‐ I could Study Arabic & French. 

d‐ I will be able to speak both them

. e‐ I could study Arabic well. 

f‐ I can study English now. 

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