Unit 30: Tales of survival
Present and past modals of ability
Select a unit
- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 3
How are sandals helping orphans? Hear the inspirational story of two British brothers who believe you can make money and do good. We also practise could, be able to and manage to as we read their tale.
Activity 2
Using the language
We're going to look at Rob and Paul Forkan's story again in the next few questions.
You have to choose the best options based on what you know about their story, and what you know about can, could, manage to and be able to. But be careful - the correct answer might not use exactly the same words as the original story!
Read the text and complete the activity
'Can' you get them all right?
5 Questions
Answer the questions with the best options
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Which do you use for single events in the past?Question 1 of 5
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Which do you use for single events in the past?Question 2 of 5
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Do we use 'could' for single events in the past?.Question 3 of 5
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This is something that the speaker thinks is unusual or surprising.Question 4 of 5
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Pay attention to the form.Question 5 of 5
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End of Session 3
That's the end of this session. We hope you enjoyed practising the language, and learning about Rob and Paul's inspirational story. In Session 4 we hear from a BBC Producer who is often in disaster areas.