Quiz 209 MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS - 2 ( CAN or COULD ) Rule 1. (a) CAN expresses ability (योग्यता) or capacity सामर्थ्य). Example: 1. She can run fast. (b) COULD expresses ability or capacity in the past. Example: 1. She could run fast when she was young. PW (Practice Work) Fill in the blanks with can or could: 1. I ______ speak English well when I was young. 2. He is over eighty, but ______ still read without glasses. # Answers to Quiz 207 are: 1. Truly, 2. Picnicking 3. Courageous, 4. Watch-ing 5. An eighty-year-old man