Ability

Ability Can - Could

      This blog is dedicated to that you can learn English. We have two topics important, you can use any conversation.

 If you can learn easily, I recommend study every day, for two hours per 3 months. You must make a written of each session. 

Therefore, you can increase your learning.

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Everybody knows that animals can save people´s lives. St Bernard dogs can find people who are lost in the snow, for example. But did you know that seals could stop people from drowning?

Last week a lady fell into the sea. She could not get back to the beach. She was drowning. Suddenly six seals swam towards her. They made a circle round her and held her close to some rocks. When the lifeboat people arrived they could not believe their eyes. The lady was rescued and the seals swam away.

CAN

Can is to say that you know how to do something. 

Can not is to say that you do not know how to do something.  

            I can write                                Animals can save people´´s lives

            You can not drive a car

Could

Could and could not are ti say that you did or did not know how to do something in the past

            I could ride a bike when I was four

            I could not play the guitar last year.

            The lady could not save herself

Able to

The future of can/can is will/won´t be,, able to.

        Next year I will be able to speak German. I am having some lessons. 

        Next year my brother will be able to ride a motobike.

        He was not able to drive a car. He won´t be old enough

Be careful! Use can or could with these verbs:

        See, hear, smell, taste, feel

    

    I can see the woman in the waves. NOT I am seeing the woman 

    I could hear her shouting for help  NOT  I am hearing her shouting 

    I can smell something burning NOT I am smelling something

 Thanks for your attention. You can write in the comments. I can help you.