1 Match 1–6 to A–G. There is one extra option.
1 I read the opening chapter twice, but I couldn’t …F…
2 Can you believe he managed
3 I’m afraid I might
4 My dad can speak
5 Were you
6 Did you manage to
A able to ignore the predictable plot?
B German and Russian.
C to write the whole book in six days?
D finish all your homework yesterday?
E not be able to help you today.
F understand what it was about.
G can’t cook very well.
Answer
2 C
3 E
4 B
5 A
6 D
not needed: G
2 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. Sometimes two are possible.
1 I could / can / will be able to swim by the time I was three years old.
2 Sorry, I don’t manage to / can’t / couldn’t help you right now. Maybe later.
3 When I was five I could / can / was able to read well.
4 The drawer was stuck but I managed to / could / can open it.
5 I might not be able to / couldn’t / can’t come to your party next Sunday.
6 Do you think you and your friends will be able to / can / could play sport when you’re 70?
Answer
2 can’t
3 could/was able to
4 managed to
5 might not be able to/can’t
6 will be able to
3 Complete the sentences about you.
1 I can …………………………… well.
2 I can’t …………………………… very well.
3 When I was born I couldn’t …………………………… .
4 I didn’t manage to …………………………… yesterday.
5 I won’t be able to …………………………… in the near future.
Answer
Students’ own answers
4 Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 I don’t have much free time, but I managed to keep fit.
……I don’t have much free time, but I manage to keep fit. ……
2 How was the match yesterday? I hope you could win.
…………………………………………………….
3 I couldn’t be able to meet you later.
…………………………………………………….
4 I might can bring an extra sleeping bag.
…………………………………………………….
5 Last year I didn’t be able to do that trick.
…………………………………………………….
Answer
2 How was the match yesterday? I hope you were able/managed to win.
3 I can’t/won’t be able to meet you later.
4 I might be able to bring an extra sleeping bag.
5 Last year I wasn’t able to/couldn’t do that trick.
5 Complete the sentences with a suitable word.
1 ……Can…… I borrow that book when you’ve finished reading it?
2 My little brother ………………… ride a bike but I can.
3 When the boys were only eight, they ………………… able to speak four languages.
4 The pizza was so big I wasn’t ………………… to finish it.
5 In the past, people ………………… make video calls but now they can.
6 It was a hard match but we ………………… to win in the end.
Answer
2 can’t
3 were
4 able
5 couldn’t
6 managed
6 Complete the email with the words and phrases in the box. There is one extra.
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are able been can can’t couldn’t have is able managed to still will be able to |
Hey Kimmy,
How are you? I’m fine. I’m reading a good book at the moment. It’s called The Broken Gate. I’d been looking for it for ages. I 1……couldn’t…… find it in any shop, but I 2………………. find it on the internet for five euros. Bargain! Anyway, it’s about a girl with special powers. She 3………………. to see into the future when she is asleep, but when she wakes up, she 4………………. remember anything at all about what she has dreamt. It’s quite a long book so I don’t think I 5………………. finish it soon, but when I do, you 6………………. borrow it if you want. 7………………. you finished that book you’ve 8………………. reading, or are you 9………………. reading it?
Speak soon.
Answer
2 managed to
3 is able
4 can’t
5 will be able to
6 can
7 have
8 been
9 still
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