Use of English. Complete the sentences with can, could, be able to in appropriate tense. (6 points) 1. Although I woke up 40 minutes late, I ………. get to work on time.
2. Emily … cook perfect meal as the meat was fresh.
3. We … see the performance better if we buy the tickets in the first row.
4. You … drive a car in Kazakhstan until you are 18.
5. I … speak French now at all but I … speak it two years ago very well.
6. …you hear the sound? I was really scared.
2 While Diana was watching her favourite television programme, there was a power cut. 3 Tom used to live in the house at the end of the street.
4 Who was driving the car at the time of the accident?
5 By the time Sheila got back, Chris had gone.
6 David had eaten Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.
7 I was doing some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of yours.
8 I used to like sweets much more than I do now.
9 What exactly were you doing when I came into your office yesterday?
10 Laura missed the party because no-one had told her about it.
11 Tanya used to be a doctor.