1. CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO, MANAGE TO
1. - Read the text and complete with can, could, be able to, manage to. Put in the gaps the correct
word from the box.
circumstance sweat flowerpots land bushels crisis problems relatives trouble eggplant
Laundromat
Creativity in Crisis
How creative can we be, and how much ___________ we work
without fear as we enter into_____________, as pain comes into
our lives? This becomes a very important question. __________
we be creative when trouble comes?
My Great-Aunt Lucy and her friend Ruby came over from Italy.
They had some_____________ when they came, because in Italy
they were farmers and they had_________, and they grew their
own food. But when they came to America, they had to live
with_____________ in the city, they _________ not continue
planting in their new home, where it was crowded and there wasn’t land. But they ____________
get some___________, and they planted_____________, they planted tomatoes, they planted
what they ____________. And at the end of the summer they had three bushels of eggplant. But
they couldn´t get the heavy crockery they needed to salt and _____________ and drain the
eggplant. So they _____________ take the__________ three to the_____________, and they put
it on a spin/rinse cycle. They always said “we will ___________ find a solution to our problems”
When you find yourself in a___________ where it is not as you hoped and not as you planned, and
you still want to go ahead and carry on with your work, your response to the crisis—and your
ability to bring Light into it—is going to be very important. You __________ be sure that we will
____________ get over our _____________. We have to try, what ___________ go wrong?
2. - Work in pairs, talk with your partner about a hard situation in your life and tell him what the
problem was and what you did for get over it. After write the story, you have to use could, be able
to and manage to (Remember, you can also use the past form).
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2. CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO, MANAGE TO
3. - Listen the song “Perfect world” of the band Simple Plan and complete the
gaps with words and verbs that you listen.
I never __________’ve seen this
far
I never __________’ve seen this
coming
Seems like my world’s falling apart
Yeah
Why is everything so __________
I don’t think I can deal with the
things you said
It just __________go away
In a perfect world
This __________never happen
In a perfect world
You’d still be here
And it makes no sense
I __________ just pick up the
pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing at all
I used to think that I was strong
Until the day it all __________
wrong
I think I need a miracle to make it
through
Yeah
I wish that I __________ bring you
back
I wish that I __________ turn back
time
__________ I can’t let go
I just can’t __________ my way
Yeah
Without you I just can’t find my
way
In a __________ world
This could never happen
In a perfect world
You’d __________be here
And it __________ no sense
I could just __________the pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing at all
I don’t know what I should do now
I don’t know where I should go
I’m still here __________ for you
I’m lost when you’re not around
I need to __________ on to you
I just can’t let you go
Yeah
Yeah
In a perfect world
This __________ never happen
In a perfect world
You’d still be here
And it makes no __________
I could just pick up the pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing at __________
You feel nothing, nothing at all
__________ at all.
Listen the song here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX2NS78t2Dc