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(1)(2)WE USE “COULD”TO TALK ABOUT ABILITY IN THE PAST
1 What could you when you were in year 5?
(3)(4)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?
(5)(6)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
(7)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
(8)(9)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
(10)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
(11)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
make coffee
make coffee
guard our house
guard our house
understand what we say
(12)* 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
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