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10 EDIT. Read the passage from a podcast. Find and correct five more errors with can (not),
could (not), and was/were (not) able to for ability.

About Art: Podcast 22

Host: Welcome to the Guggenheim Museum in New York. This is Ava Paterson, and I’m
keep
talking to visitors here about this week’s question: Can art keeps us young? What

do you think, sir? Are people able fight the effects of aging with creative activities?
Man: Yes, I think so. My grandfather was able to organize his thoughts easily, and he

thought art helped him. He was a painter. A lot of older people have trouble with
their memories. People with Alzheimer’s disease sometimes can’t remember
1
their own families, for example. My grandfather was 93 when he died, and he can
remember absolutely everything! The last time I saw him, I could ask him many

questions about his life.
Host: And what do you think, miss? Can art have positive effects on people as they age?

Woman: Well, research shows that people are able to live longer in the future, but is art the
reason? I’m not sure. I like to believe that it can help. I love to see and create art,

so I hope when I’m older, I will able to think clearly.

1 Alzheimer’s disease: a disease that causes a person to lose their memory

The Solomon Guggenheim
Museum, New York City

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