will be able to – English Grammar Profiler

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“Will be able to” is a phrase that expresses future ability or possibility. It means that someone or something has the power, skill, or opportunity to do something later.

‘you will be able to‘ is the 6th most frequent 5-word Ngram in English.

iWeb 135,128

Here are some Expert examples:

Well, I highly doubt that you will be able to get a job good enough to do that.

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And how many of those ten thousand girls‘ names will he be able to remember?

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A2 Point 36 in MODALITY and expressions with ‘BE’ is defined as:

‘will’ + ‘be able to’ + infinitive to talk about possibility and ability.

Also, see overlapping point 99.

The example sentences in the EGP also contain negatives, contractions and question forms for this feature.

Here are a variety of clusters on iWeb:

1 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE 10652

2 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE 5666 3 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND 5578 4 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET 5435

5 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE 3351

will be able to negative form

1 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE 2279

  TheGamer Marvel’s Avengers Players Will Not Be Able To Double Up On Heroes During War Zones Players will not be able to use the same hero at the same time during Marvel’s Avengers War Zones. At least not to begin with.

2 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS 1187 3 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET 1160 4 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE 933

5 YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE 789

will be able to contracted negative form

1 YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO GET 2016

  MSN Money Your Guests Won’t Be Able to Get Enough of These Delicious Dip Recipes.

2 YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO USE 1710 3 YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO SEE 1339 4 YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO DO 1112

5 YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO MAKE 622

will be able to question form

1 WILL I BE ABLE TO GET 654 2 WILL I BE ABLE TO USE 564 3 WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET 286 4 WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE 263

5 WILL I BE ABLE TO DO 229

  Berkeleyside “What will I be able to do on campus if I go?” one person posted on a subReddit dedicated to the university.

Contracted affirmative form

1 ‘LL BE ABLE TO SEE 6487
2 ‘LL BE ABLE TO GET 5811

3 ‘LL BE ABLE TO FIND 4278

  NBC Sports – Motorsports “Hopefully with the experience I have — not only in IndyCar, but in sports cars — I’ll be able to findmyself in a good position and will be able to …

4 ‘LL BE ABLE TO USE 3292
5 ‘LL BE ABLE TO DO 2997

Note that any form with ‘be able to’ is considered A2.

Here are the most common phrases found in PlayPhrase.me with ‘BE ABLE TO‘:

  • you’re gonna be able to (64)

Well, I don’t think you‘re gonna be able to do that.

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  • I’m gonna be able to (59)
  • gonna be able to get (53)
  • won’t be able to see (42)
  • We’re gonna be able to (40)
  • I’m not going to be able to (39)
  • I’ll never be able to (38)

I‘ll never be able to show my face in church again!

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  • might be able to help you (34)
  • gonna be able to make it (33)
  • think I’ll be able to (32)
  • won’t be able to go (28)
  • thought you might be able to (28)
  • You’ll never be able to (28)
  • never gonna be able to (27)
  • may be able to help (27)
  • be able to take care of (27)
  • won’t be able to stop (26)

And this time, we won’t be able to stop them.

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  • You’ll be able to see (26)
  • be able to help us (26)
  • won’t be able to make (24)
  • I might be able to get (23)