Cours d'anglais et exercices corrigés - La capacité : Can, be able to

Thèmes abordés

Anglais, cours, capacité, be able to, can, exercices, conjugaison

Résumé du document

"Be able to" signifie être capable de faire quelque chose physiquement ou intellectuellement. À la forme négative, on trouve soit "not to be able to", soit "be unable to".

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[...] Exercice 2 : Complétez les phrases en utilisant could / was (were) able to My mother . play the piano very well. Fortunately, he . open the door before the car fell into the sea. She was an excellent player. She . beat anybody. They had a spare key so they . start the car. AT five years old, she . read very well. I was near the stage. I . see and hear very well. I had forgotten my keys, fortunately my son was awake so I . [...]

[...] Elle n'avait jamais pu mentir. Sorry for not being able to solve your problem. Désolé(e) de ne pas pouvoir résoudre votre problème. Exercices Exercice Utilisez can (can't) ou be (been) able to Ask him, he should . help you. I . hardly believe it. I'm sorry I won't . come She has everything money . buy. I've not . sleep very well recently. Don't shout, I . hear you very well. How . you possibly imagine that? Will he . continue his journey? [...]

[...] Cours d'anglais et exercices corrigés - La capacité : Can, be able to Cours et notions Valeur de be able to Be able to signifie être capable de faire quelque chose physiquement ou intellectuellement. A la forme négative, on trouve soit not to be able to, soit be unable to. Exemples: I'm able to help them. Je suis capable de les aider. I'm not able / I'm unable to tell the truth. Je ne suis pas capable de dire la vérité. [...]

[...] « Tu pourrais » . > You would be able to. You could . Be able to est obligatoire lorsque l'emploi de can est impossible, à savoir : après un modal, après to, au présent perfect et au past perfect et dans une structure en V-ing. I don't know if he will be able to forget her. Je ne sais pas s'il pourra l'oublier. I'd like to be able to sing. J'aimerais pouvoir chanter. She's never been able to lie. [...]

[...] Corrigé des exercices Exercice Ask him, he should be able to help you. I can hardly believe it. I'm sorry I won't be able to come. She has everything money can buy. I've not been able to sleep very well recently Don't shout, I can hear you very well How can you possibly imagine that? Will he be able to continue his journey? I'm locked in I can't get out 10- Once I've passed my test, I'll be able to hire a car. [...]