1. Some robots ______________ musical instruments now.
can play
2. Tom ______________ when he was less than one-year-old.
could walk
3. I'm afraid I ______________ to your party tonight.
can't come
4. My brother ______________ very well. He is a chef in a French restaurant.
can cook
5. John was an excellent tennis player. He ______________ anybody.
could beat
6. If you try hard, you ______________ your examinations.
can pass
7. They were so busy that they ______________ me a text message.
couldn't write
8. This telephone is terrible. I ______________ you at all.
can't hear
9. When Tom was 16, he ______________ 100 metres in 11 seconds.
could run
10. We tried hard but we ______________ them to come with us.
couldn't persuade
