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11 LISTEN.
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Listen to the conversations. Circle T for true or F for false.

1. The woman was able to understand the actors. T F
2. The woman is able to go to the museum on Friday. T F

3. The man isn’t able to decide. T F
4. The man thinks he could draw better as a child. T F

5. The woman was able to enjoy the ballet. T F

6. The woman was able to help the man with his photos. T F

7. The woman will be able to see the concert. T F

8. The man wasn’t able to finish his art exam. T F

12 APPLY.

A Work with a partner. Discuss the situations in exercise 11 and the topics in the lesson where
people talked about ability (or inability). Write as many situations or topics as you can
remember in your notebook.
seeing art at a museum, famous people and their abilities

B Choose four of the situations. Write two sentences using past, present, or future forms of can,
could, and be able to for ability.

1. Situation: looking at music videos online

I could enjoy the music. I wasn’t able to understand the words.

2. Situation:

3. Situation:

4. Situation:

C Share your sentences in a group. Be sure to ask follow-up questions.

A: I was looking at a music video online the other day. I wanted to learn the words, but I couldn’t
understand the singer.

B: What band was it? Often you can find song lyrics online. Just do a search for “lyrics” and the name
of the band.

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