Question

1 Decide if the sentences express suggestion,
advice, possibility or ability in the past.
I could write before I went to school
ability in the past
1 You could talk a bit less and listen more.
2 You should try and eat less and walk more
3 He could play the piano when he was 3.
4 You could have an accident on that old bike.
s i couldn't swim when I was a kid.
6 Paul should find a new girlfriend, he's so
unhappy
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Answer 1

1. suggestion

2. advice

3. ability in the past

4. possibility

5. ability in the past

6. advice