Modal Auxiliary Verbs: Can and Could for Ability

Modal Auxiliary Verbs – 2: Can or Could

Rule 1(a): Can

Can expresses ability (योग्यता) or capacity (सामर्थ्य).

Example:

1. She can run fast.

Rule 1(b): Could

Could expresses ability or capacity in the past.

Example:

1. She could run fast when she was young.

Fill in the blanks with can or could

1. I ______ speak English well when I was young.
2. He is over eighty, but ______ still read without glasses.

Answers to Quiz 207

1. Truly
2. Picnicking
3. Courageous
4. Watch-ing
5. An eighty-year-old man

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