ABILITY. CAN and CAN’T  We use can to say that someone has an ability (Natasha can play the piano) or an opportunity (She can go to the music room).

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ABILITY

CAN and CAN’T  We use can to say that someone has an ability (Natasha can play the piano) or an opportunity (She can go to the music room).  The negative is cannot or can't.

CAN / BE ABLE TO  In the present tense, be able to is a little more formal and less usual than can.  Emma is good with computers. She can write/is able to write programs.  But in some structures we always use be able to, not can.  To infinitive:It's nice to be able to go to the opera, (NOT to-can- go)  After a modal verb: Melanie might be able to help us.  Present perfect: It's been quiet today. I've been able to get some work done.  For the future we use can or will be able to but NOT will can.  If we earn some money, we can go/we'll be able to go on holiday next summer. I'm afraid I can't come/I won't be able to come to the disco on Friday.  But to suggest a possible future action, we normally use can.  Let's have lunch together. We can go to that new restaurant.

COULD - WAS/WERE ABLE TO  For ability or opportunity in the past, we use could or was/were able to.  Natasha could play (OR was able to play) the piano when she was four.  In those days we had a car, so we could travel (OR were able to travel) very easily.

COULD - WAS/WERE ABLE TO  To say that the ability or opportunity resulted in a particular action, something that really happened, we use was/were able to but not could.  The plane was able to take off at eleven o'clock, after the fog had lifted. Luckily Mark was able to get (OR succeeded in getting) the work done in time.  The drivers were able to stop (OR managed to stop) before they crashed into each other.

COULD – WAS/WERE ABLE TO Compare these two sentences.  The children could swim when they were quite young, (a past ability)  The children were able to swim across the river. (a past action)

COULD – WAS/WERE ABLE TO  In negative sentences and questions, we can use either form.  It was foggy, so the plane couldn't/wasn't able to take off.  The pool was closed, so they couldn't/weren't able to have a swim.  Could you/Were you able to describe the man to the police?

COULD – WAS/WERE ABLE TO  We normally use could (not was/were able to) with verbs of seeing etc, and with verbs of thinking.  We could see the village in the distance.  As soon as Harriet opened the door, she could smell gas.  I couldn't understand what was happening.