| 1: One uno | 2: Two dos | 3: Three tres | 4: Four cuatro | 5: Five cinco | ||||||||||
| 6: Six seis | 7: Seven siete | 8: Eight ocho | 9: Nine nueve | 10: Ten diez | ||||||||||
| 11: Eleven once | 12: Twelve doce | 13: Thirteen trece | 14: Fourteen catorce | 15: Fifteen quince | ||||||||||
| 16: Sixteen diediseis | 17: Seventeen diedisiete | 18: Eighteen dieciocho | 19: Nineteen diecinueve | 20: Twenty veinte | ||||||||||
| 21: Twenty-one veintiuno | 22: Twenty-two veintidos | 23: Twenty-three veintitres | 24: Twenty-four veinticuatro | 25: Twenty-five veinticinco | ||||||||||
| 26: Twenty-six veintiseis | 27: Twenty-seven veintisiete | 28: Twenty-eight veintiocho | 29: Twenty-nine veintinueve | 30: Thirty treinta | ||||||||||
| 31: Thirty-one treinta y uno | 40: Forty cuarenta | 50: Fifty cincuenta | 60: Sixty sesenta | 70: Seventy setenta | |
| 80: Eighty ochenta | 90: Ninety noventa | 100: One hundred cien | 200: Two hundred doscientos | 300: Three hundred trescientos | |
| 110: One hundred ten cientodiez | 115: One hundred fifteen cientoquince | 224: Two hundred twenty-four doscientos veinticuatro | 251: Two hundred forty-one doscientos cincuenta y uno | 314: Three hundred fourteen trescientos catorce | |
CAN
El problema con los verbos modales como "can"
es que no tienen todas las formas y tiempos verbales:
solo existe
| Presente | I can ski... |
| Pasado | I could ski |
Un verbo normal tiene, entre otros, estos tiempos
verbales:
| ..infinitive.. | ..to dance.. | | | |
| | | | | |
| present simple | ..I dance.. | .... | future simple | ..I wil dance.. |
| past simple | ..I danced.. | | conditional | ..I would dance.. |
| present perfect | ..I have danced.. | | | |
| past perfect | ..I had danced | | | |
Can solo tiene, como hemos visto arriba: presente y
pasado. ¿Qué podemos hacer entonces? USAR SINÓNIMOS. Por ejemplo para
"saber" solemos usar "to be able to" "ser capaz")
(también se puede usar "know how to" "saber como ")
| ..infinitive.. | ...To be able to... | | | |
| | | | | |
| present simple | ..I can ski. | .... | future simple | ..I wil be able to ski... |
| past simple | ..I could ski | | conditional | ..I would be able to ski... |
| present perfect | ..I have been able to ski... | | | |
| past perfect | ..I had been able to ski | | | |
Could se puede usar para indicar habilidad o capacidad
en pasado (yo sabía tocar el piano) (podía caminar horas y horas sin
cansarme) es decir algo habitual.
Pero cuando me refiero a una ocasión especial en
la que pude o logré hacer algo no puedo usar "I could do it"
(significaría yo podía o sabía hacerlo, algo habitual en el pasado) ¿Qué hago
entonces? Usar "I was able
to do it", por ejemplo "there was a lot of traffic but I was able ot
arrive to the airport on time".
Como sinónimos de
"I was able to" puedo usar también "I managed to" o "
I succeeded in --ing".
Hasta aquí todo muy sencillo, bueno, pues vamos a
complicarlo solo un poquito. En una ocasión especial no podemos usar
"could" pero si "couldn't". Es decir que si no logramos
algo podemos decir: "I tried but I couldn't do it" y naturalmente que
podemos decir "I wasn't able to do it" o " I didn't manage to do
it"
CANCAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
- If we get up early, we’ll _______________________ catch the first train
- Mozart ______________________ play the piano brilliantly when he was five.
- She hasn’t ______________________ find a job.
- They ______________________ buy a flat because it was too expensive.
- I used to ______________________ speak Russian well, but now I ______________________.
- There was a lot of traffic but we______________________ get there on time.
- I’ve always wanted ______________________ dance the tango.
- I hate travelling abroad without ______________________ speak the language.
- Chimpanzees ______________________ communicate in sign language.
- ______________________ you take me to the party? If not, I won’t ______________________ go.
CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
- If we get up early, we’ll _______________________ catch the first train
- Mozart ______________________ play the piano brilliantly when he was five.
- She hasn’t ______________________ find a job.
- They ______________________ buy a flat because it was too expensive.
- I used to ______________________ speak Russian well, but now I ______________________.
- There was a lot of traffic but we______________________ get there on time.
- I’ve always wanted ______________________ dance the tango.
- I hate travelling abroad without ______________________ speak the language.
- Chimpanzees ______________________ communicate in sign language.
- ______________________ you take me to the party? If not, I won’t ______________________ go.
CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
- If we get up early, we’ll _______________________ catch the first train
- Mozart ______________________ play the piano brilliantly when he was five.
- She hasn’t ______________________ find a job.
- They ______________________ buy a flat because it was too expensive.
- I used to ______________________ speak Russian well, but now I ______________________.
- There was a lot of traffic but we______________________ get there on time.
- I’ve always wanted ______________________ dance the tango.
- I hate travelling abroad without ______________________ speak the language.
- Chimpanzees ______________________ communicate in sign language.
- ______________________ you take me to the party? If not, I won’t
______________________ go.

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