Important: prepare your class before your telephone class session.

This will help you understand the points made and will make the
class more useful.

The New Boss (Exercises) LEVEL: B2

1. Complete the sentences with the following: ‘can’ / ‘can’t’ / ‘could’ / ‘couldn’t’. If
none is possible, use ‘be able to’ in the correct tense:

1. ________ you swim when you 11. I ________ understand the chapter
were 10? we had to read for homework. It
2. We ________ get to the meeting was too difficult.
on time yesterday because the 12. I ________ lift this box – it’s too
train was delayed by one hour. heavy! Would you help me?
3. He ________ arrive at the party on 13. Lucy ________ make it to our
time, even after he missed the meeting after all. She’s stuck in
Train. traffic at the moment.
4. He’s amazing, he ________ speak 5 14. John ________ play tennis really
languages, including Chinese. well. He’s champion of his club.
5. I ________ drive a car until I was 15. Unfortunately, I really ________
34. Then, I moved to the sing at all! No one in my family
countryside, so I had to learn. is musical.
6. I looked everywhere for my 16. When my PC crashed, I was
glasses, but I ________ find them pleased that I ________
anywhere. solve the problem.
7. I searched for your house for ages. 17. Julian ________ play excellent golf
Luckily, I ________ find it in the when he was only ten.
end. 18. My grandmother ________ use a
8. At the end of the course, you computer until last month. Since
________ build your own web site. then, she’s been taking lessons at
9. I read the book three times, but I the library.
________ understand it. 19. I ________ open this window. I
10. James ________ speak Japanese think it’s stuck!
when he lived in Japan, but he’s 20. Gill ________ play the piano even
forgotten most of it now. though she’s never studied it.

2. Choose the most appropriate answer for expressing ability.

1. Maria ________ type 80 words per minute.

a) may b) can c) could d) has to
2. Ella ________ speak French and German.
a) may b) can c) could d) has to
3. Tom’s teacher says that he ________ play violin pretty well in half a year.
a) can b) could c) will be able to d) will have to
4. I ________ meet him at the airport tomorrow.
a) can b) could c) should d) would

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 5. I’m sure that Nina ________ explain everything when she returns.
a) can b) could c) will be able to d) will have to
6. My dog ________ jump very high when he was younger.
a) could b) could have c) might be able to d) might have to
7. One of the boys ________ get out of the cave. He ran to the village for help.
a) could b) might c) was able to d) had to
8. Several criminals ________ escape into the woods.
a) could b) might c) managed to d) had to
9. I wanted to talk to Jim yesterday, but I ________ find him.
a) didn’t b) might not c) wouldn’t d) couldn’t
10. Anyone ________ make a mistake.
a) may b) can c) could d) is able to

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