A girl fell into the river but fortunately we ……were able to…… rescue her.. My grandfather …was able to… walk without any help last night.. My grandmother ……was able to… speak Spanish5
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Exercise 2: Complete these sentences with “could, couldn’t”
or “was/ were able to”:
1 A girl fell into the river but fortunately we ……were able
to…… rescue her
2 I …could…… walk when I was less than a year old
3 My grandfather …was able to… walk without any help last
night
4 …Could… you understand what he was saying?
5 My grandmother ……was able to… speak Spanish
6 Suddenly all the lights went out We ……couldn’t……see a
thing
7 The computer went wrong, but luckily Emma ……was able
to……put it right again
8 There was a big party last night You ……could…… hear
the music half a mile away
9 I learnt to read music as a child I ……could/was able
to…… read it when I was five
Trang 210 People heard warnings about the food, and they …were able
to… move out in time
11 The train was full I …wasn’t able to……find a seat
anywhere
12 Mrs Carter …was able to……put out the fire before the
house burnt down
13 I looked everywhere for the books, but I ……couldn’t……
find it
14 The plane …was able to……take off at eleven o'clock ,after
the fog had lifted
15 It was foggy, so the plane …conldn’t/ was able to… take off
16 Jack was an excellent tennis player He ……could……beat
anybody
17 The fire spread quickly but everyone ……was able
to……escape
18 They didn’t have any tomatoes in the first shop I went to, but I
…could…get some in the next shop
19 He can’t play tennis very well now but he ….…were able to
rescue him
20 She wasn’t at home when I phoned but I …was able to
contact …contact her at her office