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 We use CAN/CAN’T to talk about ability and possibility in the present.

 We use COULD/COULDN’T to talk about ability and possibility in the past.

PRESENT
A: Subject + CAN + bare infinitive
I can play the violin quite well.
N: Subject + CAN’T + bare infinitive
She can’t go out.
Q: CAN + subject + bare infinitive?
Can you run fast? Yes, I can.
PAST
A: Subject + COULD + bare infinitive
I could play the violin when I was at school.
N: Subject + COULDN’T + bare infinitive
She couldn’t go out last month.
Q: COULD + subject + bare infinitive?
Could you run fast as a child? Yes, I could.

Complete the sentences, use CAN, CAN’T, COULD or COULDN’T.

1) The man has got the right tools. He ___________ start working now.
2) Linda is a good skier. He ___________ jump in the slopes.
3) My uncle prepared a barbecue so we ___________ eat a lot of food there.
4) It was a pity. We ___________ win the football match.
5) It is impossible, the teddy bear ___________ walk.
6) The man has spilled coffee on his shirt. He ___________ meet the new customers.
7) He has been running so he ___________ breathe properly.
8) Perhaps the photographer ___________ take a good photo.
9) I ___________ go to school because I had a temperature.
10) Tom ___________ go to school because he has an allergic reaction.
11) The boy wants to pull the girl’s hair but she ___________ see him.
12) Sonia ___________ get in shape. Her personal trainer is helping her at the gym.
13) My best friend ___________ play the flute in the band.
14) Her dad gave a motorbike so she ___________ ride it to work.
15) The little boy ___________ stop crying. He feels badly.
16) Henry went fishing and he ___________ catch a big fish.
17) The boy climbed the tree and now he ___________ get down because he is scared.
18) Hannah ___________ play video games only on Saturdays.
19) I ___________ read the document because of the big stain.