• Can you swim?

• Could you swim ten years ago?

• Can you speak English?

• Could you speak English when you

were six?
• Now it’s your turn. Work in pairs and
ask questions with the modal verb in
your card.
Meet the Jetsons.
• In the future,
robots will be
able to teach.
• In the future,
children will
be able to
drive space
cars.
• In 100 years,
schools will be
able to be in
space.
• In the future,
students will
be able to have
a stadium in
their school.
 Now please look at your worksheet
and write sentences about the pictures
as in the example.
You have 5 minutes!
• Why do we use “will be able to” ?

• Do we use it for future abilities?

• Do we use it for future possibilities?

 Ability or Possibility?

• In the future, robots will be able to

teach. ability
• In the future, children will be able
to drive space cars. ability
 Ability or Possibility?

• In 100 years, schools will be able

to be in space. possibility
• In the future, students will be able
to have a stadium in their school.
possibility
We use “will be able to” to talk about future
abilities and possibilities.
 I
You
He will be able to
She (+)
speak English.
It won’t be able to
We (-)
You
They
• You’ll see some pictures now.

• You’ll write a sentence about the picture

by using ‘will be able to’ in groups.

• Then, a person from each group will

come to board and put their sentence
on the board.
Students have desks with computer.
They can go to school by
space school bus.
They have robot teachers.
Robot language
They can go to
school without
uniform.
 I can speak
450 languages.
 Work in groups.

If you are in ‘group can’, talk about your present abilities.

If you are in ‘group could’, talk about your past abilities.

If you are in ‘group will be able to’, talk about your future
abilities.

You have 5 minutes!

• Now, a person from each group will
You
come together. You’ll work in groups of
three. have

• Each group should include a person five

from ‘group can’ , a person from ‘group
could’ and a person from ‘group will mins!
be able to’.

• Then, write a paragraph including

‘can,could and will be able to’ together.