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Tuesday 6 November 2012

Can- can't / could/ couldn't to express ability or inability

 To express ability or inability in the present:

     George CAN'T / CANNOT ski      
but   he CAN swim    




If we want to express inability  in the Past we use :




COULD and COULDN'T which are the past forms of CAN and CAN'T.
COULD and COULDN'T refers to ability or inability in the past.

Here are some useful links for very useful exercises


http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3826

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7710

http://www.esltower.com/GRAMMARQUIZ/modals/can,%20can't,%20couldn't,%20could%20-%20output/modal1.html

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/can-cant.html

http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/could/exercise3.swf

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