Модальне дієслово Can

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Вправи на can і could.

Пам’ятайте, could – це час, що минув від can!

Вправа 5. Underline the correct option.

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

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

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

  What can/could Melody do when she was nine?

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

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

Вправа 6. 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 restaurants in 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.

Вправа 7. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

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

  phone / use /mobile / a / you / when / you / were / four / Could?

  my / girl / мама / swim / was / little / a / well / When / she / could.

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

Вправи на can, could і be able to.

Вправа 8. Вставте will be able або won’t be able + to

  When her sight is better, Melody ________ play the guitar again.

  Max _________ eat sugar when the GP allows him.

  The couple _________ catch the morning bus if they don’t get up much earlier.

  Sally _________ go out to discos until she is 16.

  Andy _________ hear better if he sits in the front row.

Вправа. 9

A) can B) could D) couldn’t E) be able to C) can’t

  Mark stepped aside so that Molly _________ go in.

  Peter and Greg ________ catch fish as they had fish hooks.

  Sandy used to _________ speak Norwegian well.

  Megan ________lie comfortably as the raft was small.

  Meredith _________ wash her hair as she hadn’t bought shampoo.

  Mary _________ stop crying then.

  When Megan was an infant, she_________only cry.

  In a year, Melody will_________ speak Chinese.

  The information _________ be true! I don’t believe Nickolas.

  Jane ________read any of the books she ‘ d borrowed from Greg.

  Melody’s brother__________ understand her ambitions.

  Why don’t you ask Sally? Sally might _________ help you.

  Benny ________walk because of sharp pain in his left foot, that’s why he got a taxi.

  Bob wasn’t ________ make his decision yesterday.

Вправа 10. Вставте can, could, be able to в потрібній формі.

  Michael __________speak now Norwegian rather fluently.

  Michael used to _________ speak Norwegian rather fluently.

  Nick __________marry Lisa, but he__________make her love him.

  Used to Sally__________eat a kilo of chocolate for lunch.

  Megan’d like to __________ surf very well.

  Luckily Melody __________find a taxi.

  Jillian __________drive when she was 12.

  Megan sighed. Fred __________ feel her hands shaking.

  The secretary ________ to type 150 words a minute.

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

Вправа 11. Translate the words in brackets. Використовуйте can або be able в потрібній формі.

  Children (не можна) discuss such things.

  Certainly, Nick (міг) translate that article.

  (міг би) Nick show me that? (polite)

  Molly (не могла) wait for us.

  You (можете) get there in 10 хвилин.

  The swimmer (зміг) reach the sea shore.

  Steven (міг) work fifteen hours a day before his illness

Вправи на can / could + потрібна форма інфінітива.

Вправа 12. Find the right option.

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

  a) could have found b) could find

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

  a) could have heard b) could hear

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

  a) could leave b) could have left

  We ______________ anything definite out of their сусідів.

  a) couldn’t get b) couldn’t have got

Вправа 13. Вставте could + потрібну форму інфінітива.

  If Greg had prepared all the documents, he _____________ (get) a credit.

  Greg ___________ (be) there tomorrow.

  Greg ____________ (be) there yesterday.

  If Molly had told us about her delay, we _________ (cancel) the meeting.

  Yesterday Greg _________ (crash).

Can / could для вираження ймовірності.

Вправа 14. Виразіть сумніву за допомогою can/could.

  Чи Саллі була вдома.

  Можливо, він відвідає колишню дружину, коли приїде в Сочі.

  Хіба Ніколас міг таке сказати?

  Хіба Катерина відмовилася їхати з тобою?

  Василь міг би заїхати завтра.

  Саллі не могла так швидко прочитати роман.

  Не може бути, що Грег потрапив в аварію.