be able to
Be able to
Be means 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. 1] The law cannot become the guardian of our private manners. (Use- Be unable to) Ans: The law is unable to become the guardian of our private manners. 2] I couldn’t pay the fare. (Use- Be able to) Ans: I was not able to pay the fare. 3] We cannot get them back by invoking the law. (Use- Be able to) Ans: We are not able to get them back by invoking the law. 4] He could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. (Use- Be unable to) Ans: He was unable to rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. 5] But no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners. (Use- Be able to) Ans: But no legal system was able to attempt to legislate against bad manners. 6] Wordsworth was able to gather lessons of wisdom. (Remove -Be able to) Ans: Wordsworth could gather lessons of wisdom. 7] How can you be otherwise with Saturn where he is? (Use- Be able to) Ans: How are you able to be otherwise with Saturn where he is? 8] If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (Remove - could) Ans: If only he was able to reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. 9] The king is able to do nothing wrong. (Remove - Be able to) Ans: The king can do nothing wrong. 10] She was able to face the whole horror. (Remove - Be able to) Ans: She could face the whole horror. Examples: 11] she could not be fashionable. (Remove - Be able to) 12] You can’t get out of it now. (Use - Be able to) 13] Now she could see flies crawling slowly out of a saucer of milk with their wings stuck together. (Use - Be able to) 14]I can buy some jaggery and coconut tomorrow. (Use - Be able to) 15] can imagine that lift-man, (Use - Be able to) 16] he can have the service for asking(Use - Be able to) 17] It cannot be too widely diffused (spread) in a rather drab (gloomy) world. (Use - Be able to) 18] We cannot get them back by invoking the law. (Use - Be able to) 19] you can also track the condition of the goods. (Use - Be able to) 20] Why can’t we produce good toys in India? (Use - Be able to)