Medicine: Then and Now
"Pasteurization" is named after this person.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This word here is used to talk about ability in the present.
What is can?
Senyo ______(could/can) play the piano when he was five.
What is could?
Patients could do this during surgery in the 19th century.
What are feeling, seeing, and hearing?
This word here is the past form of can.
What is could?
I _______(can/can't) send any emails at the moment. My computer isn't working.
What is can't?
This numbs pain before surgery, may even cause people to sleep.
What is an anaesthetic?
This phrase here is used to talk about ability in a specific situation, mainly in the past.
What is be able to?
I _______(will be able to/can) finish this assignment next week.
What is both?
What is bacteria?
These phrases are normally used to talk about the ability to achieve something difficult.
What are managed to and succeeded in?
I've always wanted to ______ (can/be able to) speak Portuguese.
This simple illness is still unable to be cured in this moment.
What is a common cold?
With added context, this word here can also be used to talk about ability in the future.
What is can?
Alysa Liu ______ (managed to/succeeded in) winning the Gold Medal for Figure Skating in 2025 Winter Olympics.
What is succeeded in?