This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Can And Could – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Can And Could Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He didn't want to come, but finally we ..... persuade him. A) B&C are correct. B) Were able to. C) Was able to. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were able to. 2. You have a car ..... you ride it? A) Could. B) Couldn't. C) Can't. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 3. I ..... read before I started school. A) Could. B) Was able to. C) Could / was able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could / was able to. 4. It's red traffic light, you ..... stop now! A) Should. B) Must. C) Keep. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 5. Complete the sentence:After the training, they ..... run faster. A) Are able to. B) Be able to. C) Could. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are able to. 6. Will people ..... live forever one day? A) Be able to. B) Can. C) Could be. D) Could be able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be able to. 7. Are you ..... to read that ok? A) Can. B) Able to. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able to. 8. (19) ..... you wait for me? I can be there in 5 minutes. A) Could. B) Might. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 9. He's elderly. He can't run fast. A) Past. B) Present. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 10. A: ..... you like Indian food?B:Yes, I do. A) Can. B) Would. C) Do. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 11. Sarah ..... play the guitar. A) Can. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 12. It is hot in here, ..... you open the window please? A) Are you able to. B) Could. C) Can't. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 13. My brother ..... cook simple meals, but he can't cook complex dishes. A) Could. B) May. C) Might. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 14. You work on the telephone in a customer service position. You can't hear what your customer is saying. What do you say to her? A) Can you speak a little louder, please?. B) Could you speak a little louder, please?. C) May you speak a little louder, please?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could you speak a little louder, please?. 15. The answer ..... be 183. A) Could. B) Can. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 16. Choose the correct form:Jenna ..... solve the puzzle when she was younger. A) Be able to. B) Can. C) Could. D) Are able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 17. You want to borrow a classmate's pen A) Give me your pen. B) Can I borrow your pen?. C) Can you borrow your pen?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can I borrow your pen?. 18. Complete the sentence:She ..... the piano beautifully. A) Was able to playing. B) Is able play. C) Can play. D) Could plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can play. 19. Which alternative has only an example of blue-collar job? A) Student. B) Firefighter. C) Teacher. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firefighter. 20. When ..... I talk to you about the company's report? A) Can. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 21. Camila asked, " ..... you lend me your book?" A) Can't. B) Can. C) Could. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 22. ..... lend me a pen, please? A) Could you. B) A & B are correct. C) Can you. D) Are you able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A & B are correct. 23. My sister ..... speak English in the past. A) Can't. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 24. ..... you call me in the afternoon? A) Couldn't. B) Can't. C) Could. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 25. I ..... to draw anime. A) Know how. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know how. 26. ..... your parents ..... the piano as a child? A) Can play. B) Is able to play. C) Are able to play. D) Were able to play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were able to play. 27. A:What ..... you like to order?B:Maybe some nachos. A) Do. B) Are. C) Would. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 28. Your friend writes, 'When I get my driver's license next year, I will can drive to school.' How should you help them correct this sentence? A) Change 'will can' to 'will be able to'. B) Change 'will can' to 'could'. C) Change 'will can' to 'can'. D) Change 'drive' to 'drove'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change 'will can' to 'will be able to'. 29. ..... you hear the fireworks from your house last night? A) Are able to. B) Will be able to. C) Could. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 30. I am very tired because I ..... sleep last night. A) Can. B) Can't. C) Couldn't. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't. 31. I ..... open this window! I think it's stuck. A) Am not able to. B) Can. C) Could. D) Can't. E) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 32. You tell your colleague that hypothetically he has permission to come in later tomorrow, but it would really be a problem. Which sentence is appropriate for the situation? A) You may come in later tomorrow, but it would really be a problem. B) You can come in later tomorrow, but it would really be a problem. C) You could come in later tomorrow, but it would really be a problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You could come in later tomorrow, but it would really be a problem. 33. Tom likes football, and he ..... play football very well. A) Can. B) Could. C) Couldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 34. Harry, I am sorry I ..... attend to your graduation party next week. A) Can. B) Can't. C) Could. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 35. It's lunchtime. The children ..... A) Can enter into the dinning room. B) Could enter into the dinning room. C) May / might enter into the dinning room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can enter into the dinning room. 36. Could they go shopping? No, they ..... A) Could. B) Can't. C) Couldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't. 37. (5x6) A:Can I borrow your car for tonight?B:No, I'm afraid you ..... A) Can't. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't. 38. We ..... take any photos because our camera was broken. A) Can. B) Couldn't. C) Can't. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 39. I ..... use the internet. (Affirmative-Present) A) Can. B) Can't. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 40. You ..... talk loudly in the library. A) Can't. B) Should. C) Mustn't. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mustn't. 41. When we lived near the beach, we ..... go swimming everyday. A) Could. B) Will. C) Can. D) Shall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 42. Which sentence shows a past ability that is no longer possible? A) I am able to play the guitar. B) I can play the guitar. C) I am going to play the guitar. D) I could play the guitar when I was a kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I could play the guitar when I was a kid. 43. Which sentence correctly rewrites this idea using the proper negative form for the past? 'Last week, I not was able to go to the concert.' A) Last week, I wasn't able to go to the concert. B) Last week, I didn't able to go to the concert. C) Last week, I can't go to the concert. D) Last week, I not could go to the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last week, I wasn't able to go to the concert. 44. ..... she swim no? Yes, she ..... A) Can / can't. B) Can / couldn't. C) Can / could. D) Can / can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can / can. 45. Everything was ready. Nothing ..... go wrong. A) Could. B) Couldn't. C) Can. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 46. When we lived on the coast, we used to ..... go the beach every other day. A) Be able to. B) Can. C) Being able. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be able to. 47. (Formal) ..... you hand me the document? A) Could. B) Are. C) Will be able. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 48. ..... works in offices, doing work that needs mental effort. A) A blue-collar worker. B) A housewife. C) A boss. D) A white-collar worker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A white-collar worker. 49. Which of these is only used with the pronouns "I" and "we" ? A) Can. B) Could. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 50. It's the weekend at last! I love ..... go out with my friends. A) To being able. B) Can. C) Being able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being able to. 51. A:May I use this room for our meeting? B: ..... A) Sure, It's busy. B) Sorry. That would be very nice. C) Yes, I don't think so. D) Yes, certainly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, certainly. 52. .... you speak Chinese? A) Could. B) Can. C) Might. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 53. Could you ride a bike when you were three? A) Yes, I couldn't. B) No, I can't. C) No, I couldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, I couldn't. 54. Luke has passed his driving test, now he ..... a car. A) Was allowed to drive. B) Is allowed to drive. C) Are allowed to drive. D) Am allowed to drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is allowed to drive. 55. She ..... dance very well. A) Could. B) Might. C) Can. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 56. We ..... talk about it for a long time A) CAN. B) COULD. C) WILL BE ABLE TO. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAN. 57. George has travelled a lot. He ..... speak 5 languages. A) Shoud. B) Can. C) Must. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 58. ..... you tell me the way to the library? (Polite) A) May. B) Can. C) Could. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 59. They have flow in a plane. A) Past simple. B) Present perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect. 60. What is the difference between 'can' and 'could' when expressing ability? A) 'Can' refers to present ability, while 'could' refers to past ability. B) 'Can' is used for future ability, while 'could' is used for present ability. C) 'Can' and 'could' are interchangeable in all contexts. D) 'Can' refers to a hypothetical ability, while 'could' refers to a definite ability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Can' refers to present ability, while 'could' refers to past ability. ← 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 5Can And Could Quiz 6Can And Could Quiz 7Can And Could Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books