Look at the following sentence: ‘I can swim.’ How would you change it to express the past ability?

Questão

Look at the following sentence: ‘I can swim.’ How would you change it to express the past ability?

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Resposta esperada

You would say, ‘I could swim.’ This uses the modal verb in past form to indicate ability.

Explicação

A mudança de "can" para "could" é uma regra gramatical que indica a transformação de um verbo modal no presente para o passado. "Could" é o passado do verbo modal "can", utilizado especificamente para expressar habilidades ou capacidades que existiam em um momento anterior. Essa estrutura é amplamente aceita e compreendida na língua inglesa para indicar habilidades passadas.

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