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:

Jason Edwards has been involved in eco-protests for as long as he can 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 were able to dig tunnels under the route of the road and we hid in them. For two months the police couldn't find us. But despite our best efforts we didn't succeed. In the end, the police managed 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 be able to get involved in that too. This time we might be able to prevent the project from going ahead.'