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Learn Spoken English Through Dialogues. For High School Students.
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For Senior Students.
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To express “Ability”.
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Do you know, what I did yesterday?
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What did you do?
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I wrote 20 pages. Could you write at a
stretch?
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Right now, I could not. I can spell twenty words in a minute, can
you?
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My dad says, after two years I will be able to play chess well.
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Don’t be too smart! Now I am able to play chess well.
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I can’t tolerate this. You could’ve behaved decently.
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See, how Bobby turns the pages as if he was able to read.
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When I am a little bit grownup, I will be able to express better.
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If I had read well, I could have passed.
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We use past form of the verb when we have a past timer in the sentence. Like yesterday, ago, last week etc.
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‘Can or be able’ express present ability. ‘Could’ or ‘was/were able to’ express past ability, and ‘will/shall be able to’ express future ability.
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‘Could’ can also be used for the present tense – but an element of doubt is there.Hence “Could you write at a stretch?” leaves a doubt.
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“Could” with the perfect infinitive indicate unfulfilled action. Hence “I could have passed” means I did not pass.
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