This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Can And Could – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Can And Could Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the modal verb in the following sentence: "Jeferson and Camila couldn't find their way back home." A) Find. B) Couldn't. C) Way. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 2. Maya ..... some money to her sister yesterday. A) Giving. B) Gives. C) Give. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave. 3. Corona virus is a virus that ..... break into your breathing system. A) Can. B) Can't. C) Could. D) Could not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 4. Penguins could swim very well. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Which of these modals is very, very rarely used now to ask for permission? A) Can. B) Could. C) Might. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 6. Could I have a glass of water? A) Not at all. B) Of course!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of course!. 7. What is a common structure for asking about permission using 'can'? A) Can I [verb]? e.g., 'Can I leave early?'. B) May I [verb]? e.g., 'May I leave early?'. C) Could I [verb]? e.g., 'Could I leave early?'. D) Should I [verb]? e.g., 'Should I leave early?'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can I [verb]? e.g., 'Can I leave early?'. 8. Lola ..... run better last year A) CAN. B) COULD. C) WILL BE ABLE TO. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COULD. 9. It was a place where anything ..... happen. A) Can. B) Could. C) Either could be used. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 10. True or False:'Can' is used to express an ability in the future. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. For present sentences I use: A) Could-couldn't. B) Can-can't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can-can't. 12. I know how to speak German and English. I l ..... speak two languanges A) Can. B) Could. C) Can't. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 13. These goods ..... arrive late. We will loose business if they do. A) Mustn't. B) Must. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mustn't. 14. I ..... drink coffee because of my health. A) Can't. B) Know how. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't. 15. Even more formal/polite ..... I use your phone? A) Can. B) May. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May. 16. In 2019, people ..... go out normally. A) Can. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 17. Identify the modal verb in the following sentence: "Amanda couldn't believe her eyes." A) Believe. B) Couldn't. C) Eyes. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 18. What word do we use to talk about hypothetical permission in the present / future? A) Can. B) Can't. C) Could. D) Be allowed to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 19. You CAN'T/COULDN'T HAVE SEEN me yesterday. I was at home all day. A) Impossibility present. B) Impossibility past. C) A past event that was possible but didn't happen. D) A guess about the past. E) A guess about the present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impossibility past. 20. ..... I borrow your pen? (Permission) A) Can. B) Might. C) Could. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 21. We tried, but we ..... stop the fire. A) Wasn't able to. B) Weren't able to. C) Couldn't. D) B&C are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B&C are correct. 22. Can the children read yet? Yes, ..... A) They can. B) They read. C) You can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can. 23. Which is the correct answer?Can your brother speak German? A) No, he can't. B) No, he don't can. C) Yes, he cans. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, he can't. 24. When I want to talk about my abilities in past, I use ..... A) Can and can't. B) Could and did. C) Verbs in past. D) Could and couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could and couldn't. 25. We went for a walk. We ..... see the sun setting. A) Can. B) Can't. C) Could. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 26. I love all sports and have always wanted to ..... play tennis. A) Be able to. B) Can. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be able to. 27. My sister ..... play tennis now. A) Can. B) Could. C) Will can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 28. Even more formal/polite ..... I come in? A) Can. B) Could. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 29. I ..... read without my reading glasses. Where are they? A) Couldn't. B) Can't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 30. When I was a baby, I could/couldn't write. A) Could. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. ← 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 8Can And Could Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books