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WE USE “COULD”TO TALK ABOUT ABILITY IN

THE PAST

1 What could you when you were in year 5?

I Grammar

Form:

S + will be able to + V

a) Affirmative

b) Negative

S + won’t be able to + V

c) Interrogative

Will + S + be able to + V?

II Practice

1 will be able to / In 2030, / robots / many things like

humans/

Task Put the words in the correct order.

2 be able to / Will robots / talk to us then /?

3 won't be able to / Robots/ play football /

4 be able to / robots / Will / recognise our faces /?

In 2030, robots will be able to many things like humans

Will

robots be able to talk to us then?

Robots won't be able to play football

Task Will you be good at English when you are in Year 8?

I will be able to read an English book when I am in year

Task Fill the gaps with can, can't, could, couldn't, will be able to or won't be able to

1 In the past, robots _ teach in classes, but they can now

2 Robots can't talk now In 2030, they talk to people Mr Van _ run very fast when he was young Now he

4 In 2030, robots will be able to talk to us, but they _ more complicated things

5 My little sister is very clever She already read some words

couldn't

will be able to

can't won't be able to can

Task Complete the sentences Use will be able to, can, could,

and the verbs from the box

guard make recognise do

1 This robot _ our faces when the scientists improve it

2 Home robots are more useful today - they _ the bed Even in the past, robots _ the laundry

4 Now, robots the house When there's a problem, they send a message to our mobile

will be able to recognise

can make could

Task Work in pairs Look at the information from the table below and tell your partner what Kitty could in the

past, can now and will be able to in the future

Example:

In the past, Kitty could lift heavy things Now, it can lift heavy things In the future, it will be able to lift heavy things

Skills past now future

lift heavy things

lift heavy things

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make coffee

make coffee

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guard our house

guard our house

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understand what we say

* Choose the best answer.

1

Mrs Lan swim well when she was ten.

a could b can c is d is able to

2 Will you able to speak English well when you are 20?

a Yes, I am b Yes, I will c No, I will d No, I'm not

3 What … you now?

a are

b can c is d could

4 Robots will be able to… to people in the future.

a talks b talking c to talk

d talk