Can could modal verbs exercises?

Exercises: modal verbs

  • – Penguins. can. could. swim very well.
  • – I. can. run very fast. when I was younger.
  • – It’s snowing, so we. can’t. couldn’t.
  • – Yesterday we. can’t. couldn’t. play.
  • – Can. you play the piano.
  • – You have a nice tricycle. Can. Could.
  • – He has a broken leg, so he. can’t.
  • – I. can’t. couldn’t.

Could to modals examples?

“COULD” is one of the most used modal verbs in English. “COULD” is an auxiliary verb ( modal auxiliary verb )….

  • I could speak four languages when I was younger.
  • She could not ( couldn’t ) drive a car.
  • He could play football well when he was a kid.
  • We could not ( couldn’t ) get a job at those times.

Which verb form is used with could?

Could has no tenses, no participles, and no infinitive form. There is no past tense, but could have followed by a past participle is used for referring to something in the past that was not real, or something that may possibly have been real: I could have been killed.

Could VS can modal verbs?

Both ‘can’ and ‘ could’ are modal verbs that refer to ‘a possibility’, ‘ability’ or ‘capacity’. ‘Can’ refers to a general truth or something that has a strong possibility. ‘Could’ refers to something that has a weak possibility, or something that might happen, but not necessarily a general truth.

Can and could sentences?

‘can’ and ‘could’

  • They could come by car. (= Maybe they will come by car.)
  • It can be very cold here in winter. (= It is sometimes very cold here in winter.)
  • That can’t be true.
  • It’s ten o’clock.
  • It could be very cold there in winter.
  • They know the way here.
  • She can speak several languages.
  • I can see you.

Could uses and examples?

“Could” is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests….Using “Could” in Present, Past, and Future

  • John could be the one who stole the money.
  • John could have been the one who stole the money.
  • John could go to jail for stealing the money.

How can I use could?

“Could” is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests….Using “Could” in Present, Past, and Future

  1. John could be the one who stole the money.
  2. John could have been the one who stole the money.
  3. John could go to jail for stealing the money.

Could you or can you?

Both are technically correct, but the “Could you” form is polite (and preferable), while the “Can you” is almost an implied command that leaves no choice to the doer.

Could is used for?

When could is used as the past tense of can, it refers to an ability that a person generally had in the past or to something that was generally possible in the past (“When I was younger, I could run for miles,” or “It used to be you could buy lunch for a dollar.”).

Could meaning and examples?

The definition of could is often used in the place of “can” to show a little doubt. An example of could is someone asking if they can help someone. An example of could is saying that something is able to happen if someone does something. Simple past tense of can.