Les différentes fonctions de “could”
Piqûre de rappel
Quelques Probability: They could fonctions lose everything. de could : Ability: I could see him through the window. Impossibility: I couldn’t go out last night. I had too much work. Asking permission: Could I borrow your phone? Making a suggestion: We could invite Robert. Asking someone to do something: Could you pass me that paper, please? Opportunity: I could have gone to university but I preferred to do an apprenticeship.
1 Quelles fonctions de la « Piqûre de rappel » correspondent à ces phrases tirées des articles de Vocable ?
1. He could have said, ‘America should be about love instead of hate,’ he could have told America’s citizens and the world the U.S. won’t tolerate hate, won’t tolerate racism, but he didn’t do it. ___________________ 2. My grandmother taught art in Georgia for 50 years, 50 years when white students couldn’t get the benefit of her teaching because of Jim Crow. ___________________ 3. It was an option for me to return to drinking, and I’d think about how I could do it. ___________________ 4. If anything it could arouse suspicions. ___________________ 5. He could have knocked it out of the park, but he swung and missed. ___________________ 6. Before we could communicate verbally, we had to communicate with our faces. ___________________ 7. Tim Shearer wonders how the trade discussions could affect him. ___________________
2 Complétez les phrases avec “could”, “couldn’t”, “could have” ou “couldn’t have”.
1. He parents told us were he ........................ visiting that weekend. come because his 2. You ........................ apply for that job. You’re suitably qualified. 3. They ........................ been there! I would have seen them! 4. They ........................ phoned us to tell us they would be late! 5. John ........................ drive you to the station. He goes past it on his way to work. 6. How ........................ you say such a thing! 7. He ........................ meant what he said. 8. I ........................ done much more if I had had the time.