Less Elementary 8-4

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Lesson 8

Read the following sentences choose whether the meaning of could is past tense ability or present/future possibility.

  1. I could be home late tonight. Don?t wait for me. 


Ability              

Possibility

  1. When David was a kid, he could speak fluent Spanish.


Ability              
Possibility

  1. A: Where?s Alicia? B: She could be at the mall.


Ability              

Possibility

  1. In 1979 we could swim in the lake, but now we can?t.


Ability              

Possibility

  1. A: What is this? B: I don?t know. It could be used as a vase.


Ability              

Possibility

  1. The air plane could arrive early today. We?d better leave now.


Ability              

Possibility

  1. When I was younger, I could jump rope really well.


Ability              

Possibility