6 Complete the text with the affirmative and negative forms of can, could and
will be able to.
When Jed Thomas decided
to take up running, he
was determined to run a
marathon in less than three
hours. One winter's morning
he was running when he
fell down a hole. He !
remember much about the
accident but knows he was in a lot of pain and ?
stand up. Luckily, he was able to phone an
ambulance. When the paramedics arrived, he?
move his right leg, but not his left, so they took
him to hospital. He'd broken bones in his foot and
damaged his knee. He needed physiotherapy. At
first, the treatment was really painful, but after six
weeks he was walking again. Today, he run
again and he hopes that he 5 take part in fun
runs next year. In the future, he hopes he __runa
marathon, but he ? _ do it in under three hours for
a long time.
When Jed Thomas decided
to take up running, he
was determined to run a
marathon in less than three
hours. One winter's morning
he was running when he
fell down a hole. He can
remember much about the
accident but knows he was in a lot of pain and couldn't
stand up. Luckily, he was able to phone an
ambulance. When the paramedics arrived, he can't
move his right leg, but not his left, so they took
him to hospital. He'd broken bones in his foot and
damaged his knee. He needed physiotherapy. At
first, the treatment was really painful, but after six
weeks he was walking again. Today, he can run
again and he hopes that he can take part in fun
runs next year. In the future, he hopes he will be able to run a
marathon, but he can't do it in under three hours for
a long time.