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be capable of + V-ing

Band 7+task2speaking

to have the ability or qualities necessary to do something

Examples

“She is capable of finishing the project on time with proper support.”

“Modern machines are capable of processing huge amounts of data.”

“He proved he was capable of adapting to new environments quickly.”

Band 8 sentence

“While many algorithms are efficient, only a few are capable of adapting to unexpected user behaviour in real time.”

Collocations

  • be fully capable of
  • be capable of handling/processing/solving

Word family

capable adjcapability nincapable adj

Common mistakes

be capable to + V→be capable of + V-ing

capable of to + V→capable of + V-ing

Say it for a higher band

5capable to do→6capable of to do→7+be capable of + V-ing

Synonyms

be able to

have the capacity to

Easily confused

be able to

“With training, she will be able to manage the team.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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