This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Can And Could – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Can And Could Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you try hard, you ..... your exam. A) Can pass. B) Could pass. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can pass. 2. My mother ..... a nurse 10 years ago. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 3. What's the best way to speak to a world-famous author? A) Can I have your autograph?. B) Could I have your autograph?. C) May I have your autograph?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May I have your autograph?. 4. What are you doing tonight? (I am 100% sure.) A) I might watch TV. B) I'm going to watch TV. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm going to watch TV. 5. Even more formal/polite ..... I leave work early?Yeah, OK. Maybe I'll come with you. That would be great. A) Could. B) May. C) Can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May. 6. The past form of write is ..... A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writes. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 7. The girls brought their swimsuits. They ..... A) Could swim in the swimming pool. B) Can swim in the swimming pool. C) May / might swim in the swimming pool. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could swim in the swimming pool. 8. ..... you please lend me your laptop for a few hours? A) Should. B) May. C) Could. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 9. ..... you hear the birds singing? A) Can. B) Couldn't. C) Can't. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 10. Lions ..... run, but they ..... fly A) Can-can't. B) Can't-can't. C) Can't-can. D) Can-can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can-can't. 11. I went to a quieter room so I ..... concentrate better. A) Couldn't. B) Can't. C) Can. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could. 12. I've never ..... speak English as well as my brother. A) Been able to. B) Able to. C) Could. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Been able to. 13. I looked very carefully and I ..... see somebody in the distance. A) Can. B) Can't. C) Could. D) Was/were able to. E) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 14. This bill CAN'T BE correct. It's too much. A) A fact about the past. B) A past event that was possible but didn't happen. C) A guess about the present. D) Impossibility present. E) A guess about the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impossibility present. 15. Could you help me lift the couch?Which word in the sentences is a modal verb? A) Could. B) The. C) Lift. D) Couch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 16. El verbo "Can" significa: A) Hacer. B) Poder. C) Ser. D) Querer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poder. 17. You ..... read the washing machine instructions carefully. If you don't, you will ruin your clothes. A) Can't. B) Shouldn't. C) Should. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should. 18. A:Could you do me a favor?B: ..... A) Of course. B) Yes please. C) Not at all. D) That's too bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of course. 19. You ..... be very intelligent to have won first prize. A) Can. B) Must. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 20. Mona ..... get this invitation last month A) CAN. B) COULD. C) WILL BE ABLE TO. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COULD. 21. Situation:You are at a friend's house and you want to use her phone. What do you say? You: ..... Your friend:Go right ahead. A) I want to use your phone, ok?. B) Will you help me with this?. C) Would you mind if I use your telephone please?. D) Can I lend you my phone?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would you mind if I use your telephone please?. 22. She ..... read now, but she ..... when she was 2 years old. A) Can't couldn't. B) Can couldn't. C) Can could. D) Could can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can couldn't. 23. I am not sure. It ..... not be true. A) Can. B) Don't. C) Definitely. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might. 24. When I was 5, I ..... dance as well as I do it now. A) CAN'T. B) COULDN'T. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COULDN'T. 25. Kevin was disappointed because he ..... get tickets for the football game. A) Wasn't able to. B) Weren't able to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't able to. 26. When I was a child I ..... dance like Michael Jackson. A) Can. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 27. I ..... never seem to get the temperature right. A) To be able to. B) Can. C) Can't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 28. ..... you make dresses when you were five? A) Can. B) Can't. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 29. She always ..... stay at her friend's house. Her parents are really good. A) Could. B) Can. C) Can't. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 30. You ..... use my umbrella, I don't need it right now. A) Can. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesCan And Could Quiz 1Can And Could Quiz 2Can And Could Quiz 3Can And Could Quiz 4Can And Could Quiz 6Can And Could Quiz 7Can And Could Quiz 8Can And Could Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books