Grammar E "Can and be able to"

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Can and to be able to

to be

Can and be able to

Can = kunnen/ gaat om vaardigheden

be able to = in staat zijn/waren

Can = kunnen/vaardigheden

Nicole can play chess.

Smoking can damage your health.

I can give you a lift.

Maak de zin vragend:
Nicole can play chess.

Maak de zin ontkennend.
Nicole can play chess.

Maak de zin vragend.
I could cook very well.

Maak de zin ontkennend.
I could cook very well.

be able to = in staat zijn/waren

Nicole is able to walk with her injured knee.

Ken is able to raise enough money.

I am able to run a marathon.

Maak de zin vragend.
Nicole is able to walk with her injured knee.

Maak de zin ontkennend.
Ken is able to raise enough money.

Change the sentence into the past simple.
Ken is able to raise enough money.

Maak de zin ontkennend.
Ken was able to raise enough money.

Maak de zin vragend.
Ken was able to raise enough money.

My brother is a chef at a restaurant. He..........cook very well.

1. could
2. is able to
3. can
4. isn't able to cook

I have to go to a business dinner tomorrow night, so I .......come to the party.

1. am able to
2. can
3. am not able to
4. can't

Despite the arrival of the storm, they ...........finish the football match.

1. couldn't
2. could
3. were able to
4. weren't able to

I used to ...........touch my toes when I was young. Not anymore!

1. be able to
2. could
3. can
4. not to be able

He tried to open the door of his car during the race, but he just.........

1. could
2. couldn't
3. wasn't able to
4. was able to

Everyone went out yesterday, so I ..........finish the book I was reading.

1. can
2. was able to
3. could
4. wasn't able to

I hope ....................speak English very well after this course.

1. can
2. could
3. to be able to
4. couldn't

She will.............. come on holiday next summer, if her parents agree.

1. can
2. could
3. be able to
4. couldn't

Can you read this for me? I ...............read this without my glasses.

1. am not able to
2. can
3. can't
4. am able to

When I was a child, I ...................stand on my head.

1. could
2. was able to
3. couldn't
4. wasn't able to

I looked for my keys everywhere, but I ................find them.

1. could
2. can't
3. couldn't
4. can

Show me what you know!

Do: exercises 12 and 13 on page 70 of your Textbook.

This is also your homework for tomorrow.