can - could - be able to

Talk: ACADEMIA DE IDIOMAS

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a r y v e r b .
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. can
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r p e r m i s s i o n m a k e a
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i m e s u s
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o m e t h i n g : please. h e T V o n .
m i s s i o n f or s u p u t t e.
g iv e p e r Can yo a m i n u t
m e h e r e
y o u c o
o m? Can i e t !
e i n t h i s r o u b e q u
A: Can I sm ok e , b u t C a n y o
' t s m ok e h e r
B: Y o u c a n
t h e g a r d e n .
c a n s m o k e in
you
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ry v e r b . W
m o d a l a u x il ia
o s s i b i l i t y or co uld to : s ts
f o r past p r r e q u e
c o u l d could fo n a
a b il it y i l i ty o r use c o u l d i
a b ou t a s t p o s s i b e o f t e n do
talk ab o ut p W
ld t o t a l k o d y t o
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e p a st, a b il it y t o a
s p o s s ib l e i n t h q u e s t io n .
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h a t w a
w r e e to s
m ake req uest
a b l e o r f
re
w hat w e w e me w h e r e t he
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l o g u e,
l d s w i m w hen ba n k
m e a ca t a
I cou d y o u se n d
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old.
please?
t a n d w h a t he
d y o u u n d e rs
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?
w a s s a y in g
 b e ab le to
o k a t b e a b l e to
lo
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a m o d a l
h e r e , it is n o t l u s an
v e r b b e p w an t
l e t o is is s im p l y t h e e d b y a b le to w h e n w e
tb e a b le ) f o l l o w we u s e b e
r the
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a l l t e n s e s
t i v e . to use o t hese
p o s s ib l e in t h e i n f i n i .L o o k a t t
exam ple: in f in it iv e :
exam ples
u s e b e a b l e to :
e t o d r i v e . .. We s w i m s i n ce I
I w as abl . .. k a b o u t a b i l ity e b e e n a b le t o
l e t o d r i v e to tal I hav n t p e r fec t )
I w il l b e a b (pre s e
t o d r i v e . .. w a s f iv e .
a b l e
I have been t o s p eak
be a b l e
e t o has Y o u w il l e r y so on .
b e a b l ngl i s h v
tha t perfect E
N o t ic e t o o f orm: r e s i m p le)
f i n i t i v e (fut u
a n in
s p ea k b e a b l e t o f ly
b l e t o ik e t o
u l d l i k e t o be a I w o u l d l
i n i t i ve)
I wo ne. ( i n f
C h in e s e . a n a ir p l a
Samuel__________________________high even when he was at school. Now, he is
a prominent high jumper. (jump)

Sorry, but I___________________you tomorrow. (not help)

Charlie________________how to do puzzles when he was three years old.

(understand)

Tommy_____________________that mountain next year if he trains a

lot. (climb)

Matthew____________________you a lot of different things to explain his actions

but one thing is clear he is a liar. (tell)
 -ed / - ing adjectives
ed adjectives
Adjectives that end in -ed
generally describe emotions –
they tell us how people feel.
He was surprised to see
Helen after all those years.
She was really tired and
went to bed early.
ing adjectives
Adjectives that end in -ing
generally describe the thing
that causes the emotion
Have you seen that film? It's
really frightening.
I could listen to her for
hours. She's so interesting.
I can't sleep! That noise is
really annoying!
Here are some adjectives that can have both an
-ed and an -ing form.
annoyed annoying
bored boring
confused confusing
disappointed disappointing
excited exciting
frightened frightening
interested interesting
surprised surprising
tired tiring
worried worrying