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EXERCISE 3. READ THE TEXT AND PROCEED TO THE TASKS.

My broken arm

Have you ever broken your arm? I broke mine while I was playing football. It was amazing what I could do with only one arm. I could clean my teeth, but I couldn't put toothpaste on my toothbrush. Someone had to help me.

A) SAY WHICH OF THESE THINGS YOU COULD OR COULDN'T DO.

EXAMPLE: I couldn't play the guitar.

eat with a spoon eat a sandwich

play the guitar write a letter

open a tin wash my hands

put my socks on read a comic

eat with a knife and fork swim

run ride a bike

have a bath do my buttons up

B) CAN YOU ADD MORE THINGS TO THE LIST?

EXERCISE 4. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING CAN OR (BE) ABLE TO.

1. Ask you father about your problem. He ……… help you. 2. I can't see her now but I ……… meet her on Thursday. 3. I ……… run 100 meters just per twelve seconds. 4. I can't understand George. I've never ……… understand him. 5. Sandra ……… drive but she hasn't got a car. 6. I haven't ……… sleep very well recently. 7. George has traveled a lot. He ……… speak four foreign languages. 8. ……… make people laugh, you need to have a special talent. 9. I ……… pick it up tonight, if it's convenient. 10. I think I ……… speak English quite well in a few months. 11. George ……… see you at twelve next week. 12. She ……… walk again in a few weeks. 13. Do you think one day people ……… travel to the distant planets? 14. This month's no good, but I ……… do it in July.

EXERCISE 5. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH AN APPROPRIATE VERB TO EXPRESS ABILITY.

1. Through the window I ……… hear a man singing. 2. She had hurt her leg and ……… walk very well. 3. My grandmother loved music. She ……… play the piano very well. 4. I ……… smell something burning. 5. Sue wasn't at home when I phoned her but I ……… contact her at the office. 6. He opened his eyes but to his horror he ……… see nothing. 7. She ……… already walk when she was nine months old. 8. I didn't like the coffee. I ……… taste sugar in it. 9. I looked everywhere for the book but I ……… find it. 10. He did his best, but he ……… repair his car. 11. A girl fell into the river but fortunately we ……… rescue her. 12. At last I ……… make her understand what I wanted.

EXERCISE 6. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH COULD, MANAGED TO OR (BE) ABLE TO.

a) What's forty-eight divided by eight? I ……… never ……… to do sums in my head.

b) A girl was drowning, but I jumped in and I ……… save her. I ……… swim since I was six.

c) The view was breathtaking. You ……… see right across the valley to the hills in the distance.

d) Ann's operation was very successful. The doctors say she ……… walk again in few weeks.

e) I'm learning Russian because I want ……… talk to people when I go there next year.