OM EXERCISE - Ejercicios de Ingles Gratis En Línea

Modal Verbs - Unit 16

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO.

EXERCISE A

Complete the blanks using CAN for present, COULD for past and WILL BE ABLE TO for future. Pay attention to the "negative verb" warnings in red.

1. When I have passed my driving test I buy a small
car from our local dealer.

2. A: I (negative verb) remember Adriana's
         address!
     B: (negative verb) you even remember the street
         where she lives?

3. At the end of the year Amanda's accountant will send her a huge bill which she
(negative verb) pay.

4. You have put too many things in your suitcase. You never
carry all that.

5. A: you type on your smartphone?
     B: Yes, I type but
          I (negative verb) do it without using
         a keyboard.

6. When I first went to Italy I read Italian but I
(negative verb) speak it fluently.

EXERCISE B

Complete the blanks using COULD or WAS ABLE TO. In some sentences only WAS/WERE ABLE is possible.

1. The tour bus went into the river and the driver to get out
but all the tourists were drowned.

2. We knew Mexico, DF so we advise them where to go
and what to visit there.

3. The inspector was suspicious at first but my wife
to convince him that we were innocent.

4. At nine years old my daughter Elisa read English
quite well.

5. My cousins Luciano and Daniel were really strong men. Both of them
to swim all day long.

6. Yesterday Angie and Mariana borrow umbrellas,
so they did not get wet.