Complete the sentences using can, be able to, can’t, could, was/were able to, couldn’t

1. I __________ sleep last night. It was so hot!

2. When I was five or six, I __________ do a handstand, but I __________ now.
3. We're having a birthday party next Saturday, but Roger __________ come.
4. When I met Darren last year, he __________ swim. He was terrified of the water. Now he __________
swim like a fish!
5. I'll ________ help you later.
6. I __________ finish my lunch today. I just wasn’t hungry at all.
7. There are so many different ice creams to choose from. I __________ decide. You choose for me.
8. I __________ find Ben and then I found him in the garden. Now I __________ find him again. He keeps
disappearing!
9. Can you read this for me? I __________ see without my glasses.
10. Will people ________ live forever one day?
11. Fortunately, I can speak Spanish a little bit. I ________ give them directions.
12. I __________ run very fast when I was younger.
13. It's snowing, so we __________ go out now.
14. __________ you play the piano when you were seven?
15. You have a nice bicycle. __________ you ride it?
16. Why are you crying? Is there something I __________ do for you?
17. The police __________ catch the burglar because he’d set off the alarm.
18. Pamela is a ballerina, so she __________ dance very well.
19. The fishing boat sank but luckily all the crew ________ save themselves.
20. When I was young, I __________ play the guitar. It was too difficult for me!
21. Her grandmother was bilingual. She __________ speak both English and Spanish.
22. Peter __________ play tennis last Monday. He had broken his arm!
23. Luke has passed his driving test, now he __________ drive a car.
24. When the car broke down I was really pleased because I __________ solve the problem
25. When I was younger I ___________speak better English than now.
26. I haven't ___________ concentrate recently at my studies. I don't know what it is.
27. My brother ___________ cook very well. He is a chef in a French restaurant.
28. Laura hurt her leg, so she ___________ walk very well.
29. After 2 years in China, I ___________ speak quite fluently now.
30. ___________ you swim when you were 10?
31. We ___________ get to the meeting on time yesterday because the train was delayed by one hour.
32. James ___________ speak Japanese when he lived in Japan, but he’s forgotten most of it now.
33. I ___________ open this window. I think it’s stuck!
34. Despite yesterday’s snowfall, we ___________ drive home in less than an hour.
35. I had some free time yesterday, so I ___________ write a few letters.