26.4 Complete the answers to the questions with was/were able to.

1. Yes. The fire spread quickly, but everybody was able to escape.
2. Yes, there was nobody to disturb me, so I was able to finish my work.
3. Yes, we did. It wasn’t easy, but we were able to solve the problem.
4. Yes. No-one realised what was happening and the thief was able to get away.