my abilities
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My abilities
Well, in english we use
…to say that we are able to do something.
…my can only works for the present.
So we have another modals to help out.
We use could to talk about an ability somebody had in the past, but… was/were able to to talk about a specific event in the past.Examples I could ride a bike when I was six. Last Saturday evening was cool, I felt good and I was able
to cycle 10 miles. He could speak French quite well. He was able to speak French to the policeman to explain
what had happened. They could write computer programmes. They were able to write a computer programme which solved
his problem.
exactly Could is also used for possibility!
I will be able to….
Let’s put in paper our abilities using all our available modals so we cover all tenses.
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