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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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