Could (Modals)
- Possibility You could cause an accident driving like that.
- Past ability Sarah could dance like a professional at the age of six.
- Suggestion We could go to dinner after the movie.
- Request Could I leave early today?
- Conditional If you're not working tomorrow, we could go on a picnic.
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Could is used to talk about general abilities in the past. We use it to talk about what someone was able to do in the past. My uncle could speak five languages.
1. If I had more time, I could travel around the world. · 2. If I had had more time, I could have traveled around the world. · 3. If I had more time this winter, ...
Possibility and impossibility. We use could to show that something is possible, but not certain: They could come by car. (= Maybe they will come by ...
Could: past · Past achievement · Ability · Possibility · Guessing and predicting: couldn't as the negative of must · Could + smell, taste, think, believe, etc.
Sep 14, 2023 · Could as a past tense of Can ; She can speak Italian very well. ; I could swim, but I couldn't ride a bike when I was nine years old. ; You can ...