01/08/2026
đŖī¸ SOS â 61: Speak On Structures
(Spoken English Practice)
đ Personal Care English Pro
đ¯ Exclusive One-to-One English Speaking Practice
⨠"āĻāĻŽāĻŋ ... āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ / āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻā§" â āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§āύ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§? â¨
āĻĻā§āύāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻā§āĻŦāύ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§āĻ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ: "āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻĢā§āύ āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻāĻŋ āύāĻž" āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž "āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤāĻ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āύā§āĻāĨ¤"
āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻ āĻ
āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāϰāĻž "Afford" āϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
âĻī¸ Structure: Subject + can/can't + afford + [to + Base Verb] / [Noun]
đ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āϏāĻžāϧā§āϝ/āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž (āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ, āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§)āĨ¤
đĄ āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āύ:
âĸ "Afford" āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ can āĻŦāĻž can't-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
âĸ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž-āĻĒā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ (Time) āĻŦāĻž āϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻ/āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ (Risk) āύā§āĻā§āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§āϏāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻļāύ!
âĸ Grammar Tip: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§, āϤāĻŦā§ afford + Noun (āϝā§āĻŽāύ: a car, a house)āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§, āϤāĻŦā§ afford to + Base Verb (āϝā§āĻŽāύ: to buy, to waste) āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύā§ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ:
â
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻāĻžā§āĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
đ I can't afford a new car right now.
â
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻāύ āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
đ We can't afford to waste another minute.
â
āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻšā§āϞ āĻĢā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻā§?
đ Can he afford to buy a luxury apartment?
â
āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻ
āϰā§āĻāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
đ They can finally afford a nice vacation trip after all the hard work.
â
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§ āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
đ I can't afford to make this big mistake.
đ Pro Tip (āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžāĻāϞ): āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§, āϤāĻāύ "cost an arm and a leg" āĻāĻĄāĻŋā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§!
āϝā§āĻŽāύâ
đ "I can't afford this watch; it costs an arm and a leg!" (āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ āύā§āĻ; āĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻļāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ!)
đ Personal Care English Pro
đ 100% Success | 1-to-1 Live Course
đŖī¸ Spoken, Writing, IELTS, OET, BCS/Bank Written
đ¨âđĢ 1 Trainer, 1 Learner: āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āύ āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§ā§āύ!
đāĻĢā§āϰāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻžā§āĻžāϞ āϏā§āĻļāύ āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧠WhatsApp / Call āĻāϰā§āύ:
088 01819 01819-842945
đ āϏāĻĢāϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ āϧāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāϞ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§!