Past Simple
Can/could
Simple or continuous?
Vocabulary
100

I  ___ (meet) him yesterday

met

100

I ___ sing, my friends never take me to karaoke

can't

100

I __ _____(drink) tea now

am drinking

100

Today shop assistants work hard. There are a lot of _____ in the shop

customers

200

We ___(drink) a lot of wine last night

drank


200

___ you tell me what time the lesson is?

can/could

200

What ______(do)?

- I'm having breakfast, leave me alone

are you doing

200

I f____ my exam because I didn't have time to prepare for it.

failed

300

___ you ___(visit) your parents last week?

did you visit

300

Last year I _____ (read) English books, but now I read them with the dictionary

couldn't read

300

Wait! I see him! He ____ (stand) behind that tree!

- Yes! I think he ___(hide) from us.

is standing, is hiding

300

Do you really want to run a marathon in these s___? You need to buy t_____!

shoes, trainers

400

___ he ___(have) a lot of friends in school?

- No, He ___(have) only one.

did he have, he had

400

____ you pass me the salt, please? 

- Here you are

Could

400

I ___(read) 50 books every year, this month I (want) read Salinger

read, want to read

400

I need to give a presentation at an online c______ next week, and this week I am organizing a m_____ with all our managers.

conference, meeting

500

Yesterday I ___ (take) a taxi and ____(go) to the airport, but I ____(forget) about my passport. I couldn't ____(find) it in my bad. If was awful

took, went, forgot, find

500

___ you imagine, they ____ (order) the right food at the restaurant because they _____ (understand) the waiters.

can, couldn't order, couldn't understand

500

She enjoys ___(dance), now she __ ______ at some party, I think

dancing, is dancing

500

I love jewelry! I always wear diamond e____ and a n_____! I bought them in an antique shop, they were made in 1967

earrings, necklace