2: 00 – It’s two o’clock. 2: 30 – It’s half past two. 2: 05

Can – Could – Be able to (qobiliyat).
Peter can read but his sister, Rose, can’t.
Piter o’qiy oladi ammo uning singlisi Rouz o’qiy olmaydi.
Mrs Turner could jog before she had an accident.
Honim Turner sekin yugura olar edi baxtsiz hodisagacha.
Rachel was able to reach the top of the mountain.
Reichel tog’ning tepasiga ko’tarilishni uddaladi.
* Can (qila olmoq) hozirgi zamonda qobiliyatni ifodalashi mumkin yoki biror narsani qila olmaslikni ifodalashi ham mumkin.
Kate can speak a foreign language.
Keit o’zga tilda gaplasha oladi.
Tim can’t play the piano.
Tim pianino chala olmaydi.
* Could o’tgan zamondagi umumiy qobiliyatni ifodalaydi.
Alan could sing very well when he was young.
Alan yosh bo’lganida juda yaxshi kuylay olardi.
(Lekin hozir kuylay olmaydi)
* was/were able to + verb1 (uddaladi qilishni) bu qurilma o’tgan zamondagi ma’lum bitta holatdagi ish-harakatni qiynalib qilganligini ifodalaydi.
It was a very difficult test, but Meryl was able to answer all the questions.
Bu juda qiyin test edi, ammo Meril hamma savollarga javob topishni uddaladi.
(U uddaladi shu bitta holatdagi ish-harakatni bajarishga.)
* Biz couldn’t ni o’tgan zamonda umuman qobiliyatsiz bo’lgan bo’lsak hamma ish-harakatlarni qilishga va ma’lum bir holatdagi ishni qila olmagan bo’lsak ham ishlatamiz.
My little brother couldn’t ride a bicycle when he was two.
Mening kichkina ukam ikki yosh bo’lganida, velosiped hayday olmasdi.
(Umuman olganda bilmasdi, aniq bir holatda emas.)
Helen tried but she couldn’t open the door.
Helen urinib ko’rdi, lekin u eshikni ocha olmadi.
(U udalay olmadi eshikni ochishni – bu qobiliyatsizlikdir, aniq bir martalik holatda.)
Biz hear – eshitmoq, see – ko’rmoq, feel – his qilmoq, smell – hidlamoq, hid taratmoq, taste – ta’tib ko’rmoq, understand – tushunmoq, remember ­– eslamoq, guess – o’ylamoq, topmoq, va h.k. fe’llari bilan could ni ishlatamiz was/were able to ni emas.
Marian could feel that something was wrong the moment she entered the room.
Merian biror narsa boshqacha ekanligini his qildi honaga kirgan paytda.
(Bu gap xato: Marian was able to feel that…)