1 Choose the option A, B or C, which means the same as the phrase in bold.

1 I broke my wrist playing football so I couldn’t play for 6 weeks.

A managed to B wasn’t able to C could manage to

2 We were able to join a volleyball team in our local town.

A could manage to B managed to C could

3 Anna managed to run a marathon in under 4 hours last year.

A could B couldn’t C was able to

4 Did you succeed in completing the boot camp?

A could complete B couldn’t complete C manage to complete

5 Jake was upset because he didn’t manage to win the race.

A wasn’t able to B was able to C couldn’t

6 My cousin lived in Japan for years and spoke excellent Japanese.

A couldn’t speak B could speak C managed to speak