A2+ 9C Grammar could / couldn't

Ayşe _________ cook well when she was younger. Now, she cooks like a chef.

• could
• couldn't
• can
• can't

I _________ run very fast in the past but now I get tired easily.

• could
• couldn't
• can
• can't

My sister ________ play the piano when she was eight because her fingers were very short.

• can
• could
• can't
• couldn't

Ahmet was a very good student. He _________ pass all his exams easily.

• can
• can't
• could
• couldn't

The mouse _________ escape because the cat was much faster than it.

• could
• couldn't
• can
• can't

The box was very heavy but I _________ lift it in the end.

• could
• couldn't
• can
• can't

My cat couldn’t __________ on the table when she was a kitten.

• jump
• jumped
• jumps
• jumping

In the past, doctors couldn’t __________ as many lives as they can now.

• saved
• to saves
• save
• saving

Could you __________ when you were ten years old?

• swam
• swim
• swum
• swimming

My car didn’t start yesterday, so I couldn’t _________ to work.

• went
• to go
• going
• go