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Expressing ability and possibility
6. Look and learn.
We use can, could and be able to to express ability and possibility.
| Present | can, am/is/are able to |
| Past | could, was/were able to |
| Future | can + time expression, will be able to |
To emphasize the difficulty or to suggest a great effort (in the present, past or future) we use mange to or succeed in +-ing form.
e.g. They couldn’t/weren’t able to solve the problem.
He didn’t understand but I was able to explain the problem to him.
Will I be able to speak fluently by the end of the course?
Do you think she’ll manage to make a decision?
He succeeded in running the company.
7. Choose a suitable form of can, could, be able to, manage to or succeedin to complete the sentences.
1. Some people... do complicated mathematical calculations in their heads.
2. Did you... to persuade your partner to make a deal?
3. Have you... in meeting your objectives?
4. I... apply the knowledge I recieved at the university in practice.
5. It was difficult to solve the problem but we... to do it.
6. If we work hard, we... to achieve the goals.
7. Management must choose specific resources that... best accomplish its goals.
8. Today we … say that management is a developing science.
9. You … become a manager only by managing.
10. The modern manager should … to evaluate the needs of the environment in which his business functions.
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