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GRAMMAR RULES Modals of ability and possibility TEENS B2

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I COULD ride a bike when I was three years old! >>> COULD expresses...

a general ability in the past

After failing my driver's exam five times, I eventually MANAGED TO pass it. >>> MANAGED TO + infinitive expresses

an ability in a specific situation in the past

Tom WAS ABLE TO convince the teacher not to give us a test that day. >>> In this sentence, WAS/WERE ABLE TO expresses...

an ability in a specific situation in the past

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