Modal verb " CAN " А-21, 01.11.21; Ст-21, Св-21, 02.11.21.

Упражнения на can и could.

Помните, could – это прошедшее время от can!

Упражнение 1. Underline the correct option.

1. Can/Could Sally learn a long poem by heart when she was four?

2. When Mrs. Rover was a teenager she couldn’t/can’t play the piano.

3. John says he could/can speak French perfectly well.

4. What can/could Melody do when she was nine?

5. Yesterday Molly couldn’t/can’t borrow a book from the local library because she hadn’t returned another one.

6. Rita said she couldn’t/can’t learn that because she was busy.

Упражнение 2.  Fill in can / can't/ could/ couldn't.

1) You don’t need to shout. I ______ hear you perfectly well. 2) We______ go to safari because the trip was too expensive. 3) He eats in restaurants because he ______ cook. 4) I had an aisle seat on the plane, so I ______see the landscape below. 5) When we used to live in China, I______ speak some Chinese, but now I______ say a word. 6) ______ you play the piano at the age of six? 7) He______ speak English so fast that I______understand him (now). 8) I’m afraid, Nickolas ______talk to you now.  He has to arrive at school in time. 9) I______get a good mark in Literature because I didn’t know the theme. 10) I______retell my friend the whole story because I had read it.

Упражнение 3. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. Mark / seven / by / could / speak / foreign / of / age / fifteen / languages / well / the / perfectly.

2. phone / use /mobile / a / you / when / you / were / four / Could?

3. my / girl / mum / swim / was / little / a / well / When / she / could.

4. age / the / is / three / Nobody / to / climb / trees / at / of / able.

Упражнение 4. Вставьте can, could, be able to в нужной форме.

1. Michael __________now speak Norwegian rather fluently.

2. Michael used to _________ speak Norwegian rather fluently.

3. Nick __________marry Lisa, but he__________make her love him.

4. Sally used to__________eat a kilo of chocolate for lunch.

1. Luckily Melody __________find a taxi.

2. Jillian __________drive when she was 12.

3. Megan sighed. Fred __________ feel her hands shaking.

4. The secretary ________ to type 150 words a minute.

5. Children ________ enter this territory. It’s highly dangerous!

Упражнения на can / could + нужная форма инфинитива.

Упражнение 5. Find the right option.

1. Seventeen people looked at each other and no one _________ words to say.

2. a) could have found b) could find

3. The wind was still blowing but Philip _____________ no sound of rain.

4. a) could have heard b) could hear

5. The police were quite sure that nobody __________ house before they got there.

6. a) could leave b) could have left