PINK FLOYD DOGS You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need. You gotta sleep on your toes. And when you're on the street. You gotta be able to pick.

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3 PINK FLOYD DOGS You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need. You gotta sleep on your toes. And when you're on the street. You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat With your eyes closed.

4 TO BE ABLE TO  Past simple = was/were able to  Present perfect= have/has been able to  Past perfect = had been able to  Future simple will be able

5  Si usa quando can non si può usare, esprime capacità Could ≠ was/were able to Capacità/abilità abituale capacità/abilità con riferimento o permanente del passato ad un preciso momento del passato (imperfetto) (passato remoto o p. prossimo)

6 ATTENZIONE! Could è possibile:  forma negativa anche riferimento ad un preciso momento del passato.  si usa con i verbi di percezione.

7 FORME ALTERNATIVE  To be capable of+ v ing  To know how + infinito con to  To manage + infinito con to  To succed in + v ing

8 PUT THE CORRECT FORM OF EITHER "CAN" OR "BE ABLE TO" FOR EACH SENTENCE. ONLY USE "BE ABLE TO" IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!  1. I haven't____ concentrate recently at work. I don't know what it is.  2. My brother____ cook very well. He is a chef in a French restaurant.  3. When he was only 2, my friend Lee____ speak quite well.  4. I have to go to a business dinner tomorrow night so I ____ (not) come to the party. I'm very sorry.  5. Kevin lived in Italy for six years, so he must____ speak Italian quite well. He will help you with your homework.  6. This telephone is terrible. I____ (not) hear you at all.

9  7. When the car drove into the lake, one of the passengers____ (not) open the door and had to be rescued.  8. Despite the arrival of the storm, they ____ finish the football match.  9. When I was very young, I used to ____ touch my toes, but I can't now!!  10. The house was totally empty all day yesterday and I____ finish that book I was reading.  11. My mother tells me that her grandfather was one of the best musicians of his time in the city and____ play the piano like a professional.  12. I hope to____ speak English very well after this course finishes.