Ability (can/could) exercises — Set 2: Could & Couldn't: Past Ability (Worksheet)

Worksheet • 20 questions • 12 min

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When I was young, I climb trees easily.

2

She read when she was four years old.

3

We afford a holiday last year. We didn't have enough money.

4

My grandfather speak five languages when he was younger.

5

you swim at all when you were a child?

6

He walk for months after the accident.

7

As a teenager, I stay up all night without feeling tired.

8

They find the restaurant. They got lost.

9

My mother play the piano beautifully when she was young.

10

I understand the teacher. She spoke too fast.

11

they speak any English at all before they moved to London?

12

When she was a baby, she talk.

13

He run a marathon in under three hours when he was 25.

14

We see the stars clearly from our old house in the countryside.

15

I sleep last night because of the noise.

16

your parents drive when they were 18?

17

She sing very well, but she never performed in public.

18

We finish the project on time. It was too difficult.

19

In the 1990s, people use the internet easily. It was very slow.

20

A: Could you ride a horse as a child? B: No, I .

Ability (can/could) exercises online (Worksheet)

Learn to use 'could' and 'couldn't' to talk about abilities you had (or didn't have) in the past — for example, things you were able to do as a child or years ago.