Central Modal Auxiliaries
Quiz
Complete the gaps with the modal verb 'could' and some other words.
David ...... (walk) when he was two years old.
None of my friends ...... (speak) Spanish when they went to Spain for the first time in 1998.
I ...... (not / look) at the poor pup suffering, so I shoot it dead.
Mr Richardson ...... (not / bear) the sight of those young men smoking cigarettes all the time so he reported them to the principal.
I'm afraid my sister ...... (not / come) to the meeting yesterday. She had a serious family emergency.
Frank ...... (not / move) his legs for two whole weeks after the car accident.
My brother and I ...... (play) tennis really well when we were children.
Mrs Kingsley ...... (type) extremely fast when she joined our team.
The brain surgeon ...... (operate) on patients day and night. He was a high skilled doctor.
Master Brown ...... (not / come) to school yesterday as he went down with the flu.
...... (you / ride) a motorbike when you were a teenager?
...... (she / play) the piano before she could read?