Modal Verb CAN

Last updated over 2 years ago

3 questions

Instructions

Complite the following excercises.
You can do this!

Required

Modal Verb CAN

Last updated over 2 years ago

3 questions

Instructions

Complite the following excercises.
You can do this!

Required

Fill the gaps with CAN or COULD.

_______  Sally learn a long poem by heart when she was four?
When Mrs. Rover was a teenager she _______  play the piano.
John says he _______  speak French perfectly well.
What _______  Melody do when she was nine?
Yesterday Molly _______  borrow a book from the local library because she hadn’t returned another one.
Rita said she _______  learn that because she was busy.

Required

Put can, could, be able to in the correct form.
Michael _______  now speak Norwegian rather fluently.
Michael used to _______ speak Norwegian rather fluently.
Nick _______ marry Lisa, but he _______ make her love him.
Sally used to _______ eat a kilo of chocolate for lunch.
Megan’d like to _______ surf very well.
Luckily Melody _______ find a taxi.
Jillian _______ drive when she was 12.
Megan sighed. Fred _______ feel her hands shaking.
The secretary _______ to type 150 words a minute.
Children _______ enter this territory. It’s highly dangerous!

Required

Use can or be able to in the correct form.
Children (нельзя) _______ discuss such things.
Certainly, Nick (мог) _______ translate that article.
(мог бы) _______ Nick show me that? (polite)
Molly (не могла) _______ wait for us.
You (можете) _______ get there in 10 minutes.
The swimmer (смог) _______ reach the sea shore.
Steven (мог) _______ work fifteen hours a day before his illness.