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Can Could uses test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many languages can you speak?

This sentence asks about...

a)

ability in the present

b)

ability in the past

c)

permission

d)

request

2.

Could you pass me a pen, please?

a)

Request

b)

Ability in the past

c)

Permission in the past

d)

Ability in the present

3.

Which sentence is more polite/formal?

a)

Can you open the door?

b)

Could you open the door?

c)

I told you to open the door!

d)

Hey, open the door!

4.

Can he do a backflip?

a)

Permission

b)

Ability in the past

c)

Ability in the present

d)

Request

5.

I can help you with your project if you want.

a)

request

b)

ability in the present

c)

permission

d)

offer

6.

You cannot borrow my book because I need it.

a)

ability in the present

b)

no permission in the present

c)

offer

d)

request

7.

My parents could not wear normal clothes to school. They had to wear uniforms.

a)

ability in the past

b)

no permission in the present

c)

ability in the present

d)

no permission in the past

8.

Chloe can't play the piano very well.

a)

offer

b)

request

c)

no ability in the present

d)

ability in the past

9.

When I was 10 years old, I could run really fast.

a)

permission

b)

ability in the past

c)

no ability in the past

d)

ability in the present

10.

When Tim was 16 years old, he ... run 100 metres in 11 seconds.

a)

can

b)

can't/cannot

c)

could

d)

could not /couldn't

11.

Nicole ... drive, but she hasn't got a car.

a)

can

b)

cannot/can't

c)

could not/couldn't

12.

I was feeling sick yesterday. I ... eat anything all day.

a)

can

b)

cannot

c)

could

d)

could not

13.

'You look tired'. 'Yes, I ... sleep last night.'

a)

can

b)

can't

c)

could

d)

couldn't

14.

I can't see you on Friday, but I ... meet you on Saturday morning.

a)

can

b)

can't

c)

could

d)

couldn't

15.

She ... stand on her head, but she can't do it now.

a)

can

b)

can't

c)

could

d)

couldn't

16.

Many animals ... see clearly in the dark.

a)

can

b)

can't

c)

could

d)

could not

17.

That shelf is too high. I ... reach it.

a)

can

b)

can't

c)

could

d)

couldn't

18.

He ... do his homework because he lost his workbook.

a)

can

b)

cannot

c)

could

d)

could not

19.

I learned to play the piano when I was 10 years old, but I ... only play one song.

a)

can

b)

cannot

c)

could

d)

could not

20.

100 years ago, most people ... travel abroad because it was too expensive.

a)

can

b)

can't

c)

could

d)

couldn't