• Can you play chess right now?

• ​No, I can't. But maybe tomorrow.

• Could you play chess last year?

• Yes, I could. I even went to a competition.

Mi a különbség a két mondat között?

Képzés (Formation)

Használata (Use of Could)

• Olyan képességekről beszélni, amellyel a múltban rendelkeztünk (vagy nem, ha couldn't).
  /We can use could and couldn't to talk about abilities in the past./

  • 'I could swim when I was four.'

• A could és couldn't módbeli segédigéket csak alapvető főnévi igealakkal használjuk és 'to' nélkül.
  /Use the infinitive without to after could and couldn't./

  • 'My mum couldn't swim when she was a child.'

  • (NOT My mum couldn't to swim when she was a child.')