modal verbs

Nancy could ski like a pro at the age of 11

the meaning of could is

• ability

• possibility

• past ability

• present ability

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

John could go to jail for stealing the money.

could expresses :

• possibility

• permission

• ability

• opportunity

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Where's Clare? Her bag's here and her computer's still on, so she _____ home.

• can have gone

• could go

• couln't have gone

• couldn't go

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

If I had more time this winter, I could have travelled around the world.

• past opportunity not realised

• past opportunity realised

• past impossibility inferred

• past permission

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Dear Margaret, can I take the liberty of inviting you to dinner next Saturday?

• request

• possibility

• suggestion

• permission

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

If she had had time, she ................. to us a letter.

• will have written

• would have written

• can have written

• would write

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

would you please mention the weak points in the project ?

would expresses:

• agreement

• activity

• asking permission

• request

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The test starts at 10:30. You ______ be late.

• mustn't

• can't

• might not

• won't

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

She ............be very pleased with herself. She got the best grades.

• will

• must

• should

• can

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

My grandmother ______ use computer until last month, but now she can since she’s been taking lessons at the library.

• wouldn't

• mustn't

• wasn't able

• couldn't

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B