Ability
- In the present :
Ali can lift weight Yacine can’t lift weight
Ali is able to lift weight Yacine isn’t able to lift weight
We use can to say that somebody has the capacity to do something. The difference beween can and to be able to is that can is generally used in speaking whereas to be able to is more formal.
Can= يستطيع أن
| Postive form | Negative form |
I can swim I am able to swim She/he/it is able to swim
You/they/we are able to swim
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I cannot swim
I am not able to swim
she/he/it is not able to swim
you/they/we are not able to swim
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N.B after can /to be able to the verb isn’t conjugated (stem)
الفعل لا يصرف بعد can /to be abl
- In the past could and was/were be able to
I could play soccor when I was young
- We use could for genral ability when somebody used to have the capacity to do something in the past.
- We can replace was/were able to with could.
Could تستعمل عندما نتكلم عن شخص كان باستطاعته فعل شيء ما في الماضي .
نستطيع استبدالها ب was/were able to في هذه الحالة.
e.g I could swim when I was young.
| Postive form | Negative form |
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- We use was/were able to when we want to talk about a specific situation which was very difficult in the past but you were able to make it.
- We can’t use could here.
Was/were able to تستعمل عندما نكون في مشكلة جد صعبة و لكننا ننجح في حلها في الأخير.
لا نستطيع استبدالها ب could في هذه الحالة.
e.g I was swiming in the sea. Suddenly, I saw a big whale :o. I started swiming so fast and ElhamduliAllah I was able to reach the beach.
Here was/were able to can be replaced with managed to or succeeded to
- In the future
we use will be able to + stem
I will be able to teach at university if I obtain my PHd. (doctorat)
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The UNICEF
is a UN program headquartered in New York city. It was created in 1946 and could
give healthcare and food to children in countries that had been affected by
the WWII. Now, It can provide humanitarian help to children and mothers in
190 countries. On 7 September
2006, the UNICEF were able to sign an agreement with Barcelona and it
was the first time a sport club had helped an organization. The work of the
UNICEF is not enough because they haven’t been able to solve some
important issues, yet, like child labor but they will be able to
solve the problem of child labor it in the future.
I)
Comprehension
1) What was the UNICEF mission after the WWII?
2) What are the UNICEF capable of doing at the
present?
3) What was the UNICEF able to do in 2006?
4) Have they been able to stop child labor, yet?
5) What can they do in the future?
II)
Correct the mistake when you find it
A. The UNICEF can
helping the children
B. The security
council could stopped some wars
C. The
international monetary fund cannot lends money to corrupt countries
D. The WHO hasn’t
been able to eradicated diseases around the world
III)
1)
What each of these organizations is capable of doing?
UNICEF
can stop diseases
UNESCO
can lend money to countries
WHO can settle disputes
IMF
can help children and mothers
The Security Council can develop
schools
2)
Answer those questions
What body of the UN can make
peace?
Can the WHO stop wars?
Can the UNICEF help poor
children?
What does can express?
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