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Can / can’t, could / couldn’t for ability – English Grammar Exercises for A1

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1. Look at the questionnaire about Adrian and complete the sentences.

  • 1)
    Adrian can ski quite well, but he can’tskate at all.
  • 2)
    TOM you ride a horse, Adrian?
  • ADRIAN No, I , but I ride a bike really well!
  • 3)
    Adrian sing very well. He play the piano quite well, but he play the guitar at all.
  • 4)
    TOM you do yoga?
  • ADRIAN Yes, I do yoga really well.
  • 5)
    He do karate quite well, but he do judo at all.
Adrian’s abilities questionnaire
Yes, really wellYes, quite wellNo, not very wellNo, not at all
ski?✓
skate?✓
ride a horse?✓
ride a bike?✓
sing?✓
play the piano?✓
play the guitar?✓
do yoga?✓
do judo?✓
do karate?✓
play tennis?✓
play golf?✓
play volleyball?✓

2. Underline the correct words to complete the sentences.

  • 1)
    My mother can / couldn’t / can’t swim when she was a child, but now she can / could / couldn’t swim five kilometres.
  • 2)
    A Can / Can’t / Could you play tennis when you were five?
  • B No, I can’t / couldn’t / could.
  • 3)
    A Can / Can’t / Couldn’t you speak Spanish?
  • B No, not now. I can / can’t / could speak it when I lived in Mexico, but not any more.
  • 4)
    When I started cycling, I can’t / couldn’t / can cycle very far, but now I could / can / can’t cycle ten kilometres without stopping.
  • 5)
    He could / can’t / can dance all night when he was a young man, but not these days.
  • 6)
    I usually work at weekends, so I could / can / can’t play golf very often.

3. Complete the text with can, can’t, could or couldn’t.

  • In my family we love playing sport. I (1) ) play badminton well and my sister (2) ) ski well. When we were children we (3) ) both play football very well, but we’re both a bit too slow now. The only sport I (4) ) do is swimming. I didn’t learn to swim. My sister did and she (5) ) swim very fast – 50 metres in about 40 seconds. We also tried to learn musical instruments. I studied the guitar, but I (6) ) play well at all. I was always too busy playing sport.

4. Correct the sentences.

  • 1)
    My brother can skiing very well.
  • My brother can ski very well
  • 2)
    When I was 15, I could ran 100 metres in 12 seconds.
  • 3)
    I’m sorry I couldn’t coming to your party.
  • 4)
    My grandfather can’t to see very well without his glasses.
  • 5)
    Can you dancing the tango?
  • 6)
    He couldn’t to play football after he broke his leg.
  • 7)
    Helen could drove when she was 17.
  • 8)
    Could you to ride a bike when you were five?

5. Complete the sentences with can / can’t, could / couldn’t.

  • 1)
    I can play the guitar. I want to learn the drums next.
  • 2)
    I drive last year but I passed my test six weeks ago!
  • 3)
    She cook really well. Her food is always great.
  • 4)
    He isn’t on the football team, because he run very fast.
  • 5)
    When I was at school, I do maths. But now I’m much better.
  • 6)
    My husband speak French, Spanish and Portuguese. It’s useful when we travel!
  • 7)
    I climb trees when I was a child but I’m too old now.

6. Write sentences about what Rob could / couldn’t do in the past and what he can / can’t do now.

when he was a boynow
swim 1,000 metres ✗swim 1,000 metres ✓
cook a meal ✗cook a meal ✓
ride a bike ✓ride a bike ✗
run 25 km ✗run 25 km ✓
speak Spanish ✗speak Spanish ✓
  • 1)
    Rob couldn’t swim 1,000 metres when he was a boy. He can swim 1,000 metres now.
  • 2)
  • 3)
  • 4)
  • 5)

7. Find and correct a mistake in each sentence.

  • 1)
    I don’t can play the guitar. I can’t play the guitar.
  • 2)
    She cans speak four languages.
  • 3)
    How fast you can swim?
  • 4)
    I could ran very fast when I was a child.
  • 5)
    I didn’t could understand what he said.
  • 6)
    A Does he can cook? B Yes, he can.
  • 7)
    A Could he walk before his accident? B Yes, he did.

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