Past Abilities COULD= Used to talk about general skills or abilities in the past. WAS/WERE ABLE TO= Used to talk about specific achievements . MANAGED TO=Used to talk about specific achievements that were difficult . Conversation Questions Talk about the following with your group. 1. What are some things you could do when you were younger that you can’t do now? 2. Think about your country. What are some things that you could do 10 years ago that you can’t do now? What are some things you couldn’t do 10 years ago that you can do now? 3. Have any of the rules at work changed? How so? What are some things that you could do in the past that you can’t do now? Is there anything you couldn’t do in the past that you can do now? 4. Talk about your biggest professional accomplishment. How were you able to achieve this? 5. Think about you last few weeks at work. Tell about a difficult task that you had to work on. How did you manage to complete this task? Ability Bluff will/won´t be able to- was/were able to- is/are able to-

Abilities Game for ESL learners

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Practice the use of modals of ability with different activities.

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Past Abilities

COULD= Used to talk about general skills or abilities in the past.WAS/WERE ABLE TO= Used to talk about specific achievements . MANAGED TO=Used to talk about specific achievements that were difficult.

Conversation Questions

Talk about the following with your group. 1. What are some things you could do when you were younger that you can’t do now?2. Think about your country. What are some things that you could do 10 years ago that you can’t do now? What are some things you couldn’t do 10 years ago that you can do now?3. Have any of the rules at work changed? How so? What are some things that you could do in the past that you can’t do now? Is there anything you couldn’t do in the past that you can do now?4. Talk about your biggest professional accomplishment. How were you able to achieve this? 5. Think about you last few weeks at work. Tell about a difficult task that you had to work on. How did you manage to complete this task?

Ability Bluff

will/won´t be able to- was/were able to- is/are able to- could/couldn´t- manage to- can/can-t -

Write 5 sentences that describe a present, past or future ability. Include some true and false statements. Describe your abilities to your partner. Decide if what they are saying is true or, they are just bluffing.