{"id":3190,"date":"2018-07-01T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:45:07","slug":"may-might-can-or-could-class-7-english-grammar-worksheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/may-might-can-or-could-class-7-english-grammar-worksheets\/","title":{"rendered":"May, Might, Can or Could | Class 7 English Grammar Worksheets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Can and could<\/strong> are used to express ability or capacity. May and might<\/strong> are used to express possibility in affirmative clauses. In negative and interrogative clauses we use can<\/strong> to express possibility.
\nMay<\/strong> can also express permission. Sometimes can<\/strong> is used with this meaning.
\nCould<\/strong> expresses past ability. Might<\/strong> expresses past possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fill in the blanks with can, could, may or might.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May, might, can and could grammar worksheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"may,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. you swim across the river? (can \/ may)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 solve this puzzle. (can \/ may)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Nobody \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. lift this table. (can \/ may)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. You \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. take this. (may \/ can)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. I borrow your car? (may \/ can)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. It \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. rain in the evening. (may \/ can)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. They \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 arrive late. (may \/ can)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. it be true? (may \/ can)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. That \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 be true. (cannot \/ may not)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 run for hours when I was young. (can \/ could \/ might)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. He said that I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. go. (can \/ may \/ could \/ might)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. I thought they \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. arrive. (may \/ might \/ can)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Can<\/strong> you swim across the river?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. I can<\/strong> solve this puzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Nobody can<\/strong> lift this table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. You may \/ can<\/strong> take this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. May \/ can<\/strong> I borrow your car?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. It may<\/strong> rain in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. They may<\/strong> arrive late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Can<\/strong> it be true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. That cannot<\/strong> be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. I could<\/strong> run for hours when I was young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. He said that I could \/ might<\/strong> go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. I thought they might<\/strong> arrive. (In the past tense, we use might to express possibility.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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