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Modal Auxiliary Verbs - Could: Directions: Read Each Sentence. Is Can Used (A) To Give The Sentence A

The document discusses the different ways the word 'could' is used in sentences. It can replace 'can' and give a more conditional tone, be the past tense of 'can', or suggest possibility in the same way as 'might' or 'may'. It also provides examples of sentences using 'could' in these different ways and a short directions section with sentences to identify the usage.

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Modal Auxiliary Verbs - Could: Directions: Read Each Sentence. Is Can Used (A) To Give The Sentence A

The document discusses the different ways the word 'could' is used in sentences. It can replace 'can' and give a more conditional tone, be the past tense of 'can', or suggest possibility in the same way as 'might' or 'may'. It also provides examples of sentences using 'could' in these different ways and a short directions section with sentences to identify the usage.

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Name                                                              M o d a l A u x i l i a r i e s  

 
Modal Auxiliary Verbs | Could
Could functions in one of three different ways in a sentence:   Directions: Read each sentence. Is can used (A) to give the sentence a 
conditional tone, (B) to be the past tense of can, or (C) to suggest 
Functions of the word Could: 
possibility? Write the letter of the correct answer on the line. 
A: It can replace can and give the phrase a more conditional tone 
EXAMPLE: Could you help me? 
C 1. You could have gone to college if you had applied. 

B: It can be the past tense of can  A 2. You could share your lunch, you know. 
EXAMPLE: I could have left early last night.  C 3. Mom could be at home by now. 
C: It can function in the same way as might or may, suggesting 
that something is a possibility.   B 4. Last year I couldn’t roller skate. 
EXAMPLE: We could win the lottery if we bought a ticket. 
B 5. A generation ago, my whole family could speak Spanish. 
The negative of can is could not or the contraction couldn’t. 
  C 6. We could have found a parking space if we had been earlier. 
 
  B 7. I couldn’t write when I was two. 
 
A 8. When we play, could you be the bad guy?  
 
 
C 9. Fran could have won if she’d tried harder. 

C 10.  We could raise chickens if we learned how. 

C 11. I could have been a teacher if I had gone to college. 

A 12. Could you please pass the butter? 

B 13. Phoebe couldn’t make it last night. 

B 14. Karen tried but she couldn’t make it work. 

A 15. He couldn’t believe a man had actually walked on the moon. 

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