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Rewrite the sentence using can/could/be able to/be unable to - 01 Mark

Points to Remember

Be = am/is/are (present tense) and was/were (past tense)

Can - am/is/are able to

could - was/were able to

can not/could not (negative) - be unable to (affirmative)

Note: use am/is/are able to instead of can and Use was/were able to instead of could.

Solve the following examples

1] She could see flies crawling slowly out of a saucer of milk with their wings stuck together. (Use - Be able to)

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2] I can buy some jaggery and coconut tomorrow. (Use - Be able to)

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3] Ican imagine that lift-man, (Use - Be able to)

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4] he can have the service for asking. (Use - Be able to)

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5] The law cannot become the guardian of our private manners. (Use- Be able to)

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6] I couldn’t pay the fare. (Use- Be able to)

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7] The king is able to do nothing wrong. (Remove - Be able to)

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8] Wordsworth was able to gather lessons of wisdom. (Remove -Be able to)

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9] We cannot get them back by invoking the law. (Use- Be unable to/affirmative)

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10] He could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. (Use- Be unable to/affirmative)

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11] Why can’t we produce good toys in India? (Use - Be unable to)

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12] How can you be otherwise with Saturn where he is? (Use- Be able to)

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Solve the following online Test.

#1. He could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. (Use- Be unable to)

He was not able to rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles.

He was not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles.

He was unable to rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles.

He was not unable to rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles

#2. She was able to face the whole horror. (Remove - Be able to)

She could not face the whole horror.

She was unable to face the whole horror.

She was not able to face the whole horror.

She could face the whole horror.

#3. The king is able to do nothing wrong. (Remove - Be able to)

The king can do nothing wrong.

The king was able to do nothing wrong.

The king is unable to do nothing wrong.

The king was unable to do nothing wrong.

#4. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (Remove - could)

If only he was unable to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.

If only he was able to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.

If only he is able to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.

If only he is unable to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.

#5. She could not be fashionable. (Use - Be able to)

She can not be fashionable.

She was not able to be fashionable.

She is not able to be fashionable.

She was unable to be fashionable.

#6. You can’t get out of it now. (affirmative)

You are able to get out of it now.

You were able to get out of it now.

You are unable to get out of it now.

You are not able to get out of it now.

#7. You can also track the condition of the goods. (Use - Be able to)

You are also able to track the condition of the goods.

You were also able to track the condition of the goods.

You are not also able to track the condition of the goods.

You are also unable to track the condition of the goods.

#8. I could memorize long lists of numbers. (Use be able to)

I was able to memorize long lists of numbers.

I am able to memorize long lists of numbers.

I was not able to memorize long lists of numbers.

I was unable to memorize long lists of numbers.

#9. Could Mabel tell her if Elmthorpe was ever let for August and September? (Use be able to)

Is Mabel able to tell her if Elmthorpe was ever let for August and September?

Is Mabel unable to tell her if Elmthorpe was ever let for August and September?

Was Mabel not able to tell her if Elmthorpe was ever let for August and September?

Was Mabel able to tell her if Elmthorpe was ever let for August and September?

#10. She could see little bits of her yellow dress in the round looking-glass. (Remove could)

She was to see little bits of her yellow dress in the round looking-glass.

She was able to see little bits of her yellow dress in the round looking-glass.

She was unable to see little bits of her yellow dress in the round looking-glass.

She is able to see little bits of her yellow dress in the round looking-glass.

#11. She could not wring out one drop more. (affirmative)

She was not able wring out one drop more.

She was unable wring out one drop more.

She was not able wring out one drop more.

She is unable wring out one drop more.

#12. We can become a kind of carrier pigeon. (be able to)

We were able to become a kind of carrier pigeon.

We are not able to become a kind of carrier pigeon.

We are unable to become a kind of carrier pigeon.

We are able to become a kind of carrier pigeon.

#13. People cannot put a name or tag to us. (Be unable to)

People are not able to put a name or tag to us.

People are unable to put a name or tag to us.

People were not able to put a name or tag to us.

People were unable to put a name or tag to us.

#14. I can remake myself for better, as well as, of course, for worse. (be able to)

I am not able to remake myself for better, as well as, of course, for worse.

I am able to remake myself for better, as well as, of course, for worse.

I am unable to remake myself for better, as well as, of course, for worse.

I was able to remake myself for better, as well as, of course, for worse.

#15. we are born again, and able to return at moments to a younger and a more open kind of self. (Remove be able to)

we can return at moments to a younger and a more open kind of self.

we are born again and can return at moments to a younger and a more open kind of self.

we are born again, and unable to return at moments to a younger and a more open kind of self.

we are born again, and is not able to return at moments to a younger and a more open kind of self.

#16. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (be able to)

If only he was able to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.

If only he is able to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.

If only he was not reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his.

If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success can be his.

#17. He will be able to communicate well in English. (Use can)

He will communicate well in English.

He will can communicate well in English.

He can communicate well in English.

He will be unable to communicate well in English.

#18. I could tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away. (be able to)

I was able tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away.

I was not able tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away.

I was unable tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away.

I am able tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away.

#19. You can plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods. (be able to)

You are not able to plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods.

You are unable to plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods.

You are able to plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods.

You were able to plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods.

#20. We can study global warming. (Be able to)

We were able to study global warming.

We are able to study global warming.

We were unable to study global warming.

We were not able to study global warming.

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Points to Remember

Solve the following examples

List of 1000 Verbs forms - Click here

Solve the following online Test.

#1. He could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. (Use- Be unable to)

#2. She was able to face the whole horror. (Remove - Be able to)

#3. The king is able to do nothing wrong. (Remove - Be able to)

#4. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (Remove - could)

#5. She could not be fashionable. (Use - Be able to)

#6. You can’t get out of it now. (affirmative)

#7. You can also track the condition of the goods. (Use - Be able to)

#8. I could memorize long lists of numbers. (Use be able to)

#9. Could Mabel tell her if Elmthorpe was ever let for August and September? (Use be able to)

#10. She could see little bits of her yellow dress in the round looking-glass. (Remove could)

#11. She could not wring out one drop more. (affirmative)

#12. We can become a kind of carrier pigeon. (be able to)

#13. People cannot put a name or tag to us. (Be unable to)

#14. I can remake myself for better, as well as, of course, for worse. (be able to)

#15. we are born again, and able to return at moments to a younger and a more open kind of self. (Remove be able to)

#16. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (be able to)

#17. He will be able to communicate well in English. (Use can)

#18. I could tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away. (be able to)

#19. You can plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods. (be able to)

#20. We can study global warming. (Be able to)

Results

Congratulations. You have scored more than 70% marks. -Arsod Sir

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Points to Remember

Solve the following examples

List of 1000 Verbs forms - Click here

Solve the following online Test.

#1. He could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. (Use- Be unable to)

#2. She was able to face the whole horror. (Remove - Be able to)

#3. The king is able to do nothing wrong. (Remove - Be able to)

#4. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (Remove - could)

#5. She could not be fashionable. (Use - Be able to)

#6. You can’t get out of it now. (affirmative)

#7. You can also track the condition of the goods. (Use - Be able to)

#8. I could memorize long lists of numbers. (Use be able to)

#9. Could Mabel tell her if Elmthorpe was ever let for August and September? (Use be able to)

#10. She could see little bits of her yellow dress in the round looking-glass. (Remove could)

#11. She could not wring out one drop more. (affirmative)

#12. We can become a kind of carrier pigeon. (be able to)

#13. People cannot put a name or tag to us. (Be unable to)

#14. I can remake myself for better, as well as, of course, for worse. (be able to)

#15. we are born again, and able to return at moments to a younger and a more open kind of self. (Remove be able to)

#16. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (be able to)

#17. He will be able to communicate well in English. (Use can)

#18. I could tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away. (be able to)

#19. You can plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods. (be able to)

#20. We can study global warming. (Be able to)

Results

Congratulations. You have scored more than 70% marks. -Arsod Sir

Needs to pay attention to the proper use of be able to sentences. - Arsod Sir

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Rhetorical and Assertive

Use of No sooner --than/ hardly ---when