QUANDO USAR “BE ABLE TO”
VAMOS FALAR SOBRE A FORMA “BE ABLE TO”, NÓS USAMOS “CAN” QUANDO
QUEREMOS DESCREVER UMA HABILIDADE NO PRESENTE, MAS NO PASSADO OU NO FUTURO
DEVEMOS USAR “BE ABLE TO”. VEJA ABAIXO:
NO PASSADO USAMOS “WAS ABLE TO” OU “WERE ABLE TO”:
EX: I MISSED THE LAST BUS, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET A TAXI.
EU PERDI O ÔNIBUS, MAS CONSEGUI PEGAR UM TÁXI.
EX: YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY.
VOCÊ ESTARÁ FALANDO INGLÊS FLUENTEMENTE.
EX: I´D LIKE TO ABLE TO SING.
EU GOSTARIA DE SABER CANTAR.
EXERCÍCIOS:
1)
MARQUE UM
“X” NA RESPOSTA CERTA:
A)
________________
YOU HEAR THE FIREWORKS FROM YOUR HOUSE LAST NIGHT?
COULD
CAN´T
CAN
B)
DO YOU
THINK YOU ________________ WRITE THAT REPORT BY TUESDAY? I KNOW YOU´RE VERY
BUSY.
COULD
WILL BE
ABLE TO
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
C)
I ______________________
TOUCH MY TOES. SEE!
COULD
WILL BE
ABLE TO
CAN
D)
I
__________________________ SPEND ANOTHER MOMENT IN THAT RESTAURANT. IT WAS TOO
NOISY.
COULDN´T
HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO
CAN
E)
I
_____________________ NEVER SEEM TO GET THE TEMPERATURE RIGHT.
CAN´T
TO BE
ABLE TO
CAN
F)
__________________________
PLAY PROFESSIONAL TENNIS, YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY FIT.
WILL YOU
BE ABLE TO
TO BE
ABLE TO
COULDN´T
G)
_________________________
YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
CAN
COULDN´T
ABLE TO
H)
I´M
AFFRAID I ___________________________ ATTEND THE MEETING, I´M ON BUSINESS IN
JAPAN.
CAN
WILL BE
ABLE TO
WON´T BE ABLE TO
I)
_____________________
YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT TO ME AT WORK?
CANNOT
WILL BE
ABLE TO
COULDN´T
J)
THEY
_____________________ SAVE THE MEN FROM THE SINKING SHIP.
WAS ABLE
TO
COULD TO
WERE ABLE
TO
2)
FORME 5
FRASES COM:
A)
BE ABLE
TO
B)
WAS ABLE
TO
C)
WERE ABLE
TO
D)
WILL BE
ABLE TO
