Page 208 - Grammar_Explorer_3_Amy_Cooper_&_Samuela_Eckstut_Didier1_1 (1)_Neat
P. 208
9 Complete the sentences. Use an affirmative or negative form of can, could, or be able to.
If two forms are correct, write both.
In Catalonia, Spain, people have been able to keep the tradition of human tower
building alive since the eighteenth century.
2. Participants in the competition build enormous towers using
only their bodies.
3. It requires a lot of practice build a tower.
4. Men are usually on the lowest level of the tower because they
support the weight of the others.
5. Children need courage. They have to stand on the top of the
tower.
6. When children get older and heavier, they be on the top.
7. One year, a team build ten levels.
8. Perhaps sometime in the future, people form even taller towers.
9. trust the other people in the tower is important.
10. There is a competition every two years, so if you see it last year,
you will have to wait another year to attend.
10 APPLY.
A Complete the sentences so that they are true about you.
1. When I travel, I can , but I can’t
2. The first time I went on a trip, I couldn’t
I have never been able to on a trip.
One day, I would like to be able to
When people travel, they have to be able to
Being able to is important in a foreign country.
B Work in groups. Take turns reading your sentences from exercise A. Then ask each other follow-
up questions. Use the affirmative or negative of can, could, or a form of be able to.
A: When I travel, I can communicate with people in French or Greek, but I cant
speak Chinese or Arabic.
B: Can you answer when people ask you questions in Greek and French?
190 MODALS: PART 1
Copyright 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s).
Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.
