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ةسدبسلا ةدحولا لولأا مرتلا ىدادعلإا ثلبثلا فصلا

Ability and inability in the past
ٚضبَىا ٚف ةسذقَىا ًذػٗ ةسذقَىا

could ٚحأيٗ ٚضبَى ا ٚف بٍ ءٚشب ًبيقىا ٚيػ ةسذقىا ِػ ذيذذيى ًذخخسحٗ ) عبطخسإ ( ْٚؼَب
couldn`t سذصَىا .سذصٍ بٕذؼب

I could swim when I was 10 years old.
: شئبَضىا غيَج غٍ could ٚحأح

I couldn`t swim when I was 7 years old. : ٚفْىا

Could you swim when you wer 7 years old? : هاؤسىا

was able to سذصَىا ٚف ِيؼٍ دشفٍْ دذد( ٚضبَىا ٚف ةسذقىا ِػ ذي ذذيى ًذخخسحٗ ) عبطخسإ ( ْٚؼَب
were able to .سذصٍ بٕذؼب ٚحأيٗ ) ٚضبَىا

I was able to finish my homework last night.
We / You / They غَجىا ٌسلإا غٍ were ٚحأح بَْيب : I / He / She / It غٍ was ٚحأح
I wasn`t able to finish my homework last night. : ٚف ْىا

Were you able to finish your homework last night? : هاؤسىا

1.Choose the correct answer from a, b ,c or d:

1. I ……… understand the film because it was in a language I don’t understand.
a could b couldn’t c wasn't able d had to
2. Malak ……………..…….. buy more rice because we had lots already.
a didn't have to b could c had to d wasn't able
3. Fatma ……………..…….. walk to school because she hurt her leg.
a didn’t have to b wasn’t able to c could d had to
4. In the mountains , we ……………….…….. see an amazing waterfall.
a were able b didn’t have c was able to d could
5. Students ……………….. listen to their teachers carefully
a mustn't b don’t have to c have to d must
6. I will buy some bread . you ……………..…….. buy more.
a mustn't b don’t have to c have to d must
7. When I was young , I …………..………….. ride a bike alone .
a can b could c am able to d can't
8. You …………….. spend all your money or you will ask others to lend you.
a should b must c mustn’t d have to
9. Yesterday , we ………………….. to walk to school as my uncle drove us there.
a didn't have to b had to c must d should
10. ………………..…….. Zeina able to ride a bike when she was six? Page11
a Is b can c could d was

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