Study the sentences from the texts on page 60. Do they talk about ability in the past, present or future?
1. After they graduate, many students will be able to have very successful careers as singers or actors.
2. Young people can join the school from the age of fourteen.
3. They can't forget to do their homework!
4. If you study hard and have a passion for performing arts, you won't be able to resist the BRIT school.
5. People believed that girls couldn't play football as well as boys.
1. After they graduate, many students will be able to have very successful careers as singers or actors.
--> They talk about ability in the future.
2. Young people can join the school from the age of fourteen.
--> They talk about ability in the present.
3. They can’t forget to do their homework!
--> They talk about ability in the present.
4. If you study hard and have a passion for performing arts, you won't be able to resist the BRIT school.
--> They talk about ability in the future.
5. People believed that girls couldn’t play football as well as boys.
--> They talk about ability in the past.