[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a01413-9c8b-7bc7-a1db-f9284fe1c5d0":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019b6f8f-d648-70f0-9f22-42fc1235803a":107},["Reactive",4],{"id":5,"grammarPage":6,"title":7,"instructions":8,"displayOrder":9,"type":10,"questions":11,"ogImageUrl":106},"01a01413-9c8b-7bc7-a1db-f9284fe1c5d0","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b6f8f-d648-70f0-9f22-42fc1235803a","Can and Could - Sort the Meanings","Tap a tile, then tap the column it belongs in.",4,"word_sort",[12,36,60,83],{"id":13,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":15,"explanation":16,"blanks":17,"payload":18},"01a01413-9c8b-7d0f-a1db-f928506ab369","Every sentence below uses can’t, but the meaning changes each time. Sort them by what can’t means.",0,"Can’t means \"not able\" when it is about a skill, \"not allowed\" when a rule decides it, and \"not possible\" when the speaker is saying that something cannot be true.",[],{"items":19,"categories":35},[20,23,25,28,30,33],{"text":21,"category":22},"I can’t play the piano.","Not able",{"text":24,"category":22},"Ben can’t whistle.",{"text":26,"category":27},"You can’t smoke in the station.","Not allowed",{"text":29,"category":27},"You can’t use your phone in class.",{"text":31,"category":32},"This can’t be the right key.","Not possible",{"text":34,"category":32},"She can’t be hungry already.",[22,27,32],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":39,"explanation":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a01413-9c8b-7d83-a1db-f928515e21b6","Every sentence below uses could. Sort them by the job could is doing.",1,"Could looks back at an ability someone had over a period of time, makes a request more polite than can, or says that something is possible now or later.",[],{"items":43,"categories":59},[44,47,49,52,54,57],{"text":45,"category":46},"Eva could swim at the age of five.","Past ability",{"text":48,"category":46},"My grandfather could speak Greek.",{"text":50,"category":51},"Could you close the window?","Polite request",{"text":53,"category":51},"Could you say that again, please?",{"text":55,"category":56},"The train could be late tonight.","Possible situation",{"text":58,"category":56},"Your keys could be in the car.",[46,51,56],{"id":61,"sentenceTemplate":62,"displayOrder":63,"explanation":64,"blanks":65,"payload":66},"01a01413-9c8b-7dd7-a1db-f92851c1ff2a","Sort each past situation by whether it was something a person could always do, or one thing they succeeded in doing once.",2,"Use could for an ability someone had over a long period. For one action that succeeded at a single moment, use was able to or managed to instead, because could does not work there. For one action that failed, couldn’t is fine.",[],{"items":67,"categories":82},[68,71,73,75,78,80],{"text":69,"category":70},"swim well as a child","General past ability",{"text":72,"category":70},"speak French at school",{"text":74,"category":70},"read music when she was six",{"text":76,"category":77},"start the old car yesterday","One successful action",{"text":79,"category":77},"catch the early bus this morning",{"text":81,"category":77},"find the lost keys last night",[70,77],{"id":84,"sentenceTemplate":85,"displayOrder":86,"explanation":87,"blanks":88,"payload":89},"01a01413-9c8b-7e27-a1db-f92852a6e58a","Each question below uses can or could. Sort them by what the speaker wants.",3,"When speakers ask about themselves — Can I …? or Could I …? — they are asking for permission. When they ask about the listener — Can you …? or Could you …? — they are asking that person to do something. Could is the more polite choice in both.",[],{"items":90,"categories":105},[91,94,96,98,101,103],{"text":92,"category":93},"Can I open the window?","Asking for permission",{"text":95,"category":93},"Could I take a photo here?",{"text":97,"category":93},"Can we wait in the hall?",{"text":99,"category":100},"Can you pass me the water?","Asking someone to do something",{"text":102,"category":100},"Could you carry this box?",{"text":104,"category":100},"Can you turn off the light?",[93,100],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_f49b145a-0c6c-4860-a151-762f7bd7b576_hero.webp",{"title":108,"slug":109,"language":110,"level":111},"Modals - can\u002Fcould","modals-cancould","en","A2"]