UNIT 15

COULD /COULD NOT

COULDN’T

PRESENT ABILITY

CAN: -e bilir, -a bilir

Can read: okuyabilir

Can run: koşabilir

Can ride : sürebilir

Can play: oynayabilir

Can speak: konuşabilir

PAST ABILITY

COULD: -e bilirDİ, -a bilirDİ

COULD read: okuyabilirDİ

COULD run: koşabilirDİ

COULD ride : sürebilirDİ

COULD play: oynayabilirDİ

COULD speak: konuşabilirDİ

I could swim.

You could eat.

He could drink

She could run.

We could ride.

They could go.

Yüzebilirdim.

Yiyebilirdin.

İçebilirdi.

Koşabilirdi.

Sürebilirdik.

Gidebilirlerdi.

I couldn’t swim. Yüzemezdim.

You couldn’t eat. Yiyemezdin.

He couldn’t drink. İçemezdi.

She couldn’t run. Koşamazdı.

We couldn’t ride. Süremezdik

They couldn’t go. Gidemezlerdi.

I can ride a bike.

We can speak Turkish.

They can play table tennis.

My mother can make a cake.

Şenay can ride a horse.

past future

now

P r e s e n t

I am short. I can’t touch the ceiling.(Boyum kısa. Tavana dokunamam.)

I am fat. I can’t run fast.(Şişmanım. Hızlı koşamam.)

She is weak. She can’t carry the bag.(O güçsüz. Çantayı taşıyamaz.)

We don’t know French. We can’t speak French.(Fransızca bilmiyoruz. Fransızca konuşamayız.)

The problem is difficult. They can’t solve it.(Problem zor. Problemi çözemezler.)

I am tall. I can touch the ceiling.

I am thin. I can run fast.

She is strong. She can carry the bag.

We know French. We can speak French.

The problem is easy. They can solve it.

can read: okuyabilircould read: okuyabilirDİ

I could read when I was four.

can run: koşabilircould run: koşabilirdi

You could run faster in the past.

can play: oynayabilircould play: oynayabilirdi

They could play tennis well when they were at school.

past future

Now, I am 15.

I could read when I was four.

I could read

past future

You could run faster in the past

I could run now

past future

They could play tennis well when they were at school.

They could run now

Can speak: konuşabilirCould speak: konuşabilirdi

Can’t read: okuyamaz.Couldn’t read: okuyamazdı

When He was five years old, He could speak but he couldn’t read and write.

can ride: sürebilircould ride: sürebilirdi

When I was four, I couldn’t ride a bicycle, but I can ride a bicycle now.

can walk: yürüyebilircould walk: yürüyebilirdi

My niece COULDn’t walk until she was three.

can find: bulabilircould find: bulabilirdi

I looked everywhere, but I couldn’t find my wallet.

can speak: konuşabilircould speak: konuşabilirdi

When he went to France, he couldn’t speak French, but now he can speak French very well.

When I was a child. I …………………… drive a car.

can could can’t couldn’t

couldn’t

Kaan ………..….. come to our party last Saturday. He was very busy.

can can’t could couldn’t

couldn’t

A cat …………………… climb trees.

can can’t could couldn’t

can

In 1800 nobody ………………… travel into space yet.

can can’t could couldn’t

couldn’t

Elephants ………………….. climb trees.

can can’t could couldn’t

can’t

When Fatmanur was a baby, she……………………….sleep all day long.

can can’t could couldn’t

could

Horses ………………… sing.

can can’t could couldn’t

can’t

Said………………..drive when he was young, but now he can drive.

can can’t could couldn’t

couldn’t

Astronauts ……………… fly to the moon these days.

can can’t could couldn’t

can