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USING BE ABLE<br />

I- I<br />

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( a) I am able to touch my toes.<br />

(a) and @) have basically the same<br />

( b) I can touch my toes.<br />

meaning.<br />

I<br />

(c) and (d) have basically the same<br />

( d) I can go shopping tomorrow. meaning.<br />

C) I win be abk to go shopping tomorrow.<br />

I<br />

( e) I wasn't abk topnieh my homework last night. (e) and (f) have basically the same<br />

( f) I coddn'tfinish my homework last night. meaning.<br />

EXERCISE 27-ORAL:<br />

Make sentences with the same meaning by using be able to.<br />

I can be here tomorrow at ten o'clock.<br />

+ I'll (I will) be able to be here tomorrow at ten oklock.<br />

Two students couldn't finish the test.<br />

+ Ew students weren't able to finish the test.<br />

Mark is bilingual. He can speak two languages.<br />

Sue can get her own apartment next year.<br />

Animals can't speak.<br />

Can you touch your toes without bending your knees?<br />

Jack couldn't describe the thief.<br />

Could you do the homework?<br />

I couldn't sleep last night because my apartment was too hot.<br />

My roommate can speak four languages. He's multilingual.<br />

I'm sorry that I couldn't call you last night.<br />

I'm sorry, but I can't come to your party llext week.<br />

Can we take vacations on the moon in the 22nd century?<br />

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EXPRESSING ABlUTY 301

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