Modals of Ability

A: Can you lend me some money? B: Sorry. I _____ . I haven't got any either.

She _______ come on holiday next month if her parents give her permission.

James ________ speak Japanese when he lived in Japan, but he’s forgotten most of it now.

John __________ play tennis really well when he was young.

Paul _________ play the piano. She’s never studied it.

___________ you swim when you were 7?

We _______ get to the meeting on time yesterday because the train was delayed by one hour.

I _________________ open this window. I think it’s broken.

We _________ go to the party. We're are going to a wedding that day.

My brother _________ cook very well. He is a chef in a French restaurant.