Ability with CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
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*Use can or be able to to talk about ability in the present.

Examples: She can do computer graphics

She's able to do computer graphics
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*Use either could or was/were able to to talk about ability(but not a specific achievement) in the past.

Examples:Sam could read when he was four.

He was able to use acomputer too.

--Be Careful:Use managed to or was/were able to to talk about a specific achievement or a single event in the past.

Examples:She managed to delete the virus from her computer.

He was able to fix his computer when it broke down.


*Use either could or was/were able to in negative sentences about past ability.

Examples:I couldn't do spreadsheets

I wasn't able to do one problem.

--For forms and tenses other than the present or past, use be able to.


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By June she will be able to complete her computer class. - future


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