Modals Exercises | Multiple choice

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Exercise 2

Choose between ‘can’, ‘can’t’, ‘could’ or ‘couldn’t’:

1. She is very tired because she —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t sleep last night.
2. She —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t speak Spanish when she was a child, but now she has forgotten it.
3. You —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t go home now if you like.
4. The library is closed. We —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t go today.
5. —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t I go to the party, please?
6. The lock was broken. I —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t open the door.
7. I —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t run ten kilometers in my twenties.
8. When you finish that, you —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t take out the garbage.
9. He phoned to say he —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t come.
10. We —cancouldcan’tcouldn’t hear you. The music is so loud.

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ANSWERS

1. She is very tired because she couldn’t sleep last night.
2. She could speak Spanish when she was a child, but now she has forgotten it.
3. You can go home now if you like.
4. The library is closed. We can’t go today.
5. Can I go to the party, please?
6. The lock was broken. I couldn’t open the door.
7. I could run ten kilometers in my twenties.
8. When you finish that, you can take out the garbage.
9. He phoned to say he couldn’t come.
10. We can’t hear you. The music is so loud.

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