Question

Complete the text with the correct tense and form of can, could, be able to, manage or succeed. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer:
Jason Edwards has been involved in eco-protests for as long as he 1____ remember.’One of the most memorable was in 2010’, says Jason.’We were trying to prevent them from building a bypass through some ancient woodland. We 2____ dig tunnels under the route of the road and we hid in them. For two months the police 3____ find us. But despite our best efforts we 4____. In the end, the police 5____ to evict us and the bypass went ahead as planned. Some friends of mine are going to take direct action to stop them building a new airport near London. I hope I’ll 6____ get involved in that too. This time we might 7____ prevent the project from going ahead.

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1. Could

2.were able to

3.couldn't

4. Didn't succed

5. Managed

6.be able to

7.be able to