EXPRESSING
CAPABILITIES
Expressing capabilities adalah ungkapan untuk
menytakan kemampuan atau tindakmampuan.
1.
Present ability
Asking if someone is
able to do something
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Can you ……. ?
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Are you good at ….. ?
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is he able to …? / are you able to …. ?
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are you capable of…… ?
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do you know how to ……?
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Do you think can ….?
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Do you know anything about …?
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Do you have the experience /
qualification / ability to ….?
Saying you are able to
do something
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I can ….
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I am able to ……
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I know how to ….
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I feel capable to …..
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I might be able to ….
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(yes) no problem ….
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I would say I am able to …
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I know something about …
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I have the experiences about …
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I am pretty good at the job …
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I would say I am capable of …
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( I think ) I have the qualification /
experience / ability to …….
Saying you are not able
to do something
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I cannot ….
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I am hopeless at …..
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I am not good at …
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I have no idea how ….
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I have no experience of …
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No, I do not know how to …
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I am not sure I can / know how to …
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( I am afraid ) I cannot cope ( with ) ….
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I would not know where to begin / start …
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I do not thing I have the qualification
/ experience / ability to …
2.
Past
ability
Asking if someone was
able to do something ( when you were young )
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Could you …?
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Where you good at …?
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Was he able to …? / are you able to….. ?
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Were you capable of …?
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Did you know how to ….?
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Did you think you could ….?
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Did you know anything about …?
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Did you have ability to ..?
Saying
you were able to do something ( when I Was a girl )
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I could …..
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I was able to …
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I knew how to ….
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I was pretty good at the job …
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I was capable of ….
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I had ability to ….
Saying
you were not able to do something ( when I was a child )
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I could not …
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I hopeless at …
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I was not good at …
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No, I didn’t know how to …
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I could not cope with …
Note :
Dalam menyatakan
kemampuan, kita harus bias membedakan antara present ability ( menyatakan
kemampuan sekarang ) dan past ability ( menyatakan kemmpuan masa lampau )
Complete this dialogue by using the expressions used
for expressing capabilities!
Rita : hey sarah (1) …. You play guitar ?
Sarah : no, I didn’t know how to play it. Why do you
ask it Rita ?
Rita : I want to study play guitar. I (2) …. Play it
when I was child, but now I (3) ….
Sarah : why ?
Rita : because I ‘ve never excercised since long
time ago.
Sarah : my brother (4) … play it. I usually see him
while he plays it.
Rita : (5) … he teach me?
Sarah : I don’t know.
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