Question

Exercise 6. Complete the sentences with can/can’t could/couldn’t or (not) able to. When I started writing books I (1) ... type so I wrote my first book with a pen and paper. A year after the book was published, I got my first royalty cheque and I (2) ... buy a typewriter. But I (3) ... only type with two fingers, so my second book took much longer to write. When I got my second royalty cheque, I (4) ... buy a word processor. At first, I (5) ... understand how to use it and I lost a whole chapter of my book! I (6) ... find it anywhere on my computer. Fortunately, a friend, who was an expert on computers, (7) ... find it for me and he said he (8) ... teach me how to use a word processor properly

Answer 1

When I started writing books I couldn't type so I wrote my first book with a pen and paper. A year after the book was published, I got my first royalty cheque and I was able to buy a typewriter. But I could only type with two fingers, so my second book took much longer to write. When I got my second royalty cheque, I was able to buy a word processor. At first, I couldn't understand how to use it and I lost a whole chapter of my book! I couldn't find it anywhere on my computer. Fortunately, a friend, who was an expert on computers, was able to find it for me and he said he could teach me how to use a word processor properly.

Answer 2

1. When I started writing books I couldn't type, so I wrote my first book with a pen and paper.
2. A year after the book was published, I got my first royalty cheque, and I could buy a typewriter.
3. But I was only able to type with two fingers, so my second book took much longer to write.
4. When I got my second royalty cheque, I could buy a word processor.
5. At first, I couldn't understand how to use it, and I lost a whole chapter of my book!
6. I couldn't find it anywhere on my computer.
7. Fortunately, a friend, who was an expert on computers, was able to find it for me.
8. He said he could teach me how to use a word processor properly.