COULD e COULDN'T

Prévia do material em texto

COULD and COULDN'T
1. Complete the sentences. Use could or couldn't and the verbs in brackets.
a) ____________________________ English when she came to London? (Carla / speak)
b) I ____________________________ maps when I was younger, but I can now. (read)
c) When we were children, we ____________________________ football for hours. We never got tired. (play)
d) ____________________________ the sea from your house when you lived in Wales? (you / see)
e) When you were little, you ____________________________ my name, so you called me 'Bibi'. (say)
f) My grandfather ____________________________ ten kilometres a day when he was seventy. He was very fit. (walk)
g) He's a very clever child. He ____________________________ to fifty when he was three. (count)
h) ____________________________ a computer when you were six? (you / use)
i) Tommy ____________________________ a year ago, but now he can. (swim)
j) ____________________________ when she was five? (your sister / write)
2. Circle the correct answer.
A: I had a wonderful holiday in Italy when I was a child. I really loved it, but I can't/couldn't understand Italian.
B: Can / Could your parents speak it?
A: Yes, they can / could. They spoke it very well.
A: Nicholas wants to play tennis, but I can't /couldn't play it at all. Can /Could you play?
B: Yes, I can / could, but I'm not very good at it. I can't /couldn't play at all when I was at school.
A: Can / Could you cook, or does your mum do all the cooking?
B: I can / could make a few things. My chocolate cake's very good!
A: Wow! Last year you can't /couldn't make anything. I remember those biscuits ...
A: Can / Could you ride your bike with no hands when you were a child?
B: Yes. My brother taught me. He can /could do all kinds of clever things with his bike then, but he can't /couldn't do them now. He drives everywhere.
COULD and COULDN'T
1. Complete the sentences. Use could or couldn't and the verbs in brackets.
a) ____________________________ English when she came to London? (Carla / speak)
b) I ____________________________ maps when I was younger, but I can now. (read)
c) When we were children, we ____________________________ football for hours. We never got tired. (play)
d) ____________________________ the sea from your house when you lived in Wales? (you / see)
e) When you were little, you ____________________________ my name, so you called me 'Bibi'. (say)
f) My grandfather ____________________________ ten kilometres a day when he was seventy. He was very fit. (walk)
g) He's a very clever child. He ____________________________ to fifty when he was three. (count)
h) ____________________________ a computer when you were six? (you / use)
i) Tommy ____________________________ a year ago, but now he can. (swim)
j) ____________________________ when she was five? (your sister / write)
2. Circle the correct answer.
A: I had a wonderful holiday in Italy when I was a child. I really loved it, but I can't/couldn't understand Italian.
B: Can / Could your parents speak it?
A: Yes, they can / could. They spoke it very well.
A: Nicholas wants to play tennis, but I can't /couldn't play it at all. Can /Could you play?
B: Yes, I can / could, but I'm not very good at it. I can't /couldn't play at all when I was at school.
A: Can / Could you cook, or does your mum do all the cooking?
B: I can / could make a few things. My chocolate cake's very good!
A: Wow! Last year you can't /couldn't make anything. I remember those biscuits ...
A: Can / Could you ride your bike with no hands when you were a child?
B: Yes. My brother taught me. He can /could do all kinds of clever things with his bike then, but he can't /couldn't do them now. He drives everywhere.