6 can / be past simple

CHOOSE THE SIMPLE PAST FOR: CAN

• COULD

• CANNED

• CULD

CHOOSE THE PAST SIMPLE FORM FOR: BE

• BEEN

• BEED

• WAS

• WERE

James ________ at work yesterday.

• was
• were
• weren't
• to be

Our teacher ____________ in the library at lunchtime.

• wasn't

• weren't
• were

The lesson _________ (not be) easy.

The exercises _______ so difficult!

• weren't
• wasn't

My friends and I __________ (be) at the cinema last weekend.

She________ (can) swim very well when she was a teenager.

• came

• could

• cuold

• canned

Which is true?

• You use can / can't to talk about things that happened in the past.

• You use could / couldn't to talk about things that happened in the past.

Mike _______ (can) play the guitar very well.