Lesson 4 – Describing Past Abilities

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Learn how to describe Past Abilities in English

Ability means the power or skill to do something. In the present tense, can is the most common expression of ability. In the past, we use phrases like ‘could’, ‘able to’ and ‘manage to.’ There are different rules of how to use each phrase.

Practice exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

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