1. COULD

2. USES:
COULD
COULD
COULD
ability
in the past
I could walk perfectly when I was ten months old.
I couldn’t speak English 5 years ago; now I teach it.
Could I use your laptop, please? I need to send an
permission
e-mail and my smartphone can’t access the
(more formal) Internet.
Could I have a white coffee, please?
possibility
in the past
I couldn’t open the front door so I entered home
through the window.
There was a party next door and I could
concentrate on my homework with the loud music
so,in the end I joined the party.

3. SUBJ
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
+
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
+
BASE FORM (MAIN)
SPEAK
GO
SWIM
USE
JUMP
RUN
READ
FLY
AFFIRM.
GERMAN WHEN I WAS 8.
TO THE TOILET WHEN I GOT HOME
IN THE DOLPHINS POOL.
MY LAPTOP YESTERDAY
OVER THAT TABLE VERY EASILY.
VERY FAST WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN
POEMS IN THE LITERATURE CLASSES.
KYTES AT THE BEACH LAST WEEKEND
AFFIRMATIVE

4. SUBJ
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
+
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULDN’T
NOT
NOT
NOT
NOT
NOT
NOT
NOT
NOT
COULD NOT
+
SPEAK
GO
SWIM
USE
JUMP
RUN
READ
FLY
BASE FORM (MAIN)
NEGATIVE
GERMAN WHEN I WAS 8.
TO THE TOILET WHEN I GOT HOME
IN THE DOLPHINS POOL.
MY LAPTOP YESTERDAY
OVER THAT TABLE VERY EASILY.
VERY FAST WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN
POEMS IN THE LITERATURE CLASSES.
KYTES AT THE BEACH LAST WEEKEND.
COULDN’T
NEGATIVE

5. COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
+
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
SUBJ
SPEAK
GO
SWIM
USE
JUMP
RUN
READ
FLY
+
BASE FORM (MAIN)
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QUESTIONS
GERMAN WHEN I WAS 8.
TO THE TOILET WHEN I GOT HOME
IN THE DOLPHINS POOL.
MY LAPTOP YESTERDAY
OVER THAT TABLE VERY EASILY.
VERY FAST WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN
POEMS IN THE LITERATURE CLASSES.
KYTES AT THE BEACH LAST WEEKEND
QUESTIONS

6. YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
AFFIRMATIVE
SHORT
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
NEGATIVE

7. YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
YES,
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
COULD
AFFIRMATIVE
SHORT
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
NO,
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
COULDN’T
NEGATIVE