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COULDCOULD
COULD ability in the past
I could walk perfectly when I was ten months old.
I couldn’t speak English 5 years ago; now I teach it.
COULD permission (more formal)
Could I use your laptop, please? I need to send an e-mail and my smartphone can’t access the Internet.Could I have a white coffee, please?
COULD possibility in the past
I couldn’t open the front door so I entered home through the window.There was a party next door and I could concentrate on my homework with the loud music so,in the end I joined the party.
USES:
SUBJSUBJ + COULDCOULD + BASE FORM (MAIN)BASE FORM (MAIN)
IYOUHE
SHEIT
WEYOUTHEY
COULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULD
SPEAKSPEAKGOGO
SWIMSWIMUSEUSE
JUMPJUMPRUNRUNREADREADFLYFLY
GERMAN WHEN I WAS 8.TO THE TOILET WHEN I GOT HOMEIN THE DOLPHINS POOL.MY LAPTOP YESTERDAYOVER THAT TABLE VERY EASILY.VERY FAST WHEN WE WERE CHILDRENPOEMS IN THE LITERATURE CLASSES.KYTES AT THE BEACH LAST WEEKEND
AFFIRM.AFFIRM.
AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJSUBJ + COULDN’TCOULDN’T + BASE FORM (MAIN)BASE FORM (MAIN)
IYOUHE
SHEIT
WEYOUTHEY
COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULDCOULD
SPEAKSPEAKGOGO
SWIMSWIMUSEUSE
JUMPJUMPRUNRUNREADREADFLYFLY
GERMAN WHEN I WAS 8.TO THE TOILET WHEN I GOT HOMEIN THE DOLPHINS POOL.MY LAPTOP YESTERDAYOVER THAT TABLE VERY EASILY.VERY FAST WHEN WE WERE CHILDRENPOEMS IN THE LITERATURE CLASSES.KYTES AT THE BEACH LAST WEEKEND.
NEGATIVENEGATIVE
NOTNOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT
COULD NOT COULDN’T
NEGATIVE
COULDCOULD + SUBJSUBJ + BASE FORM (MAIN) ?BASE FORM (MAIN) ?
IYOUHE
SHEIT
WEYOUTHEY
COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULDCOULD
SPEAKSPEAKGOGO
SWIMSWIMUSEUSE
JUMPJUMPRUNRUNREADREADFLYFLY
GERMAN WHEN I WAS 8.TO THE TOILET WHEN I GOT HOMEIN THE DOLPHINS POOL.MY LAPTOP YESTERDAYOVER THAT TABLE VERY EASILY.VERY FAST WHEN WE WERE CHILDRENPOEMS IN THE LITERATURE CLASSES.KYTES AT THE BEACH LAST WEEKEND
QUESTIONSQUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,
NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,
COULDN’TCOULDN’T COULDN’T COULDN’TCOULDN’TCOULDN’TCOULDN’TCOULDN’T
SHORT ANSWERS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULD COULDCOULD