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Ramu: Hi Raghu, how was the debate yester- Raghav: The first two prizes went to the teams
day? from other colleges. Our college was
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Raghu: Very exciting. We missed you very debate was interesting. It seems he
much. Why didn't you come? could debate and win prizes even as
î√-™« Öû√q-£æ«çí¬ ≤ƒTçC. †’´¤y ™‰éπ-§Ú-´- a school boy.
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could finish it and be in time for the speech interesting.
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debate. But there was some delay and ™ØË Çߪ’† debates prizes
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I couldn't be free until late in the ûÁa-éÓ-í∫-LÍí-¢√-úøô. She couldn't (She could not) do it îËߪ’-í∫-LÍí¢√-úÕE. É°æ¤púø’ îËߪ’-™‰-éπ-§Ú-
evening. °j Ææ綵«-≠æ-ù™ could ûÓ Ö†o verbs í∫´’-Eü∆lç. - past
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it 4) could understand 5) couldnot have (the †’´¤y ®√í∫-©’-í∫’-û√-´E ņ’-èπ◊Ø√o
Pradeep: áçü¿’-é¬-úø-™‰ü¿’? ´÷ college team ™,
®√í∫©††’-èπ◊Ø√o. é¬F Ç©-Ææu-´’-®·çC. Åçûª- benefit of) 6) could debate. 4) You could understand its importance
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Éçûª-èπ◊-´·çü¿’ ´’†ç 'can' Å®Ωnç, Ö°æ-ßÁ÷-í¬©’ ûÁ©’- ü∆E v§ƒ´·êuç †’´¤y Å®ΩnçîËÆæ’éÓí∫-LÍí-¢√-úÕ-N– past ≤ƒ®Ω’x Çúø-í∫-Lí¬†’.
Raghu: We know that you had work, but Ææ’-èπ◊Ø√oç éπü∆? can í∫’-Jç-* ´’†èπ◊ ûÁL-ÆœçC. 1) can 5) Could not have = §Òçü¿-™‰-éπ-§Ú-ߪ÷†’. (past) Pramod: F job ´÷®Ω’a-éÓ-™‰¢√? Practice èπ◊ õ„jç
thought you could make it. We knew Åçõ‰ 'í∫©— ÅE ≤ƒ´’-®√n uEo -ûÁ-©’°æ¤-ûª’çC - in the 6) Could debate = debate ™ ´÷ö«x-úø-í∫-LÍí-¢√úø’. èπ◊C-Í®-ô-ô’dçúË job îª÷Ææ’éÓ ™‰¢√?
too you could understand the impor- present or in the future. 2) permissions ¶µ«®Ωû˝ cricket series Èí©-´-™‰-éπ-§Ú-®·çC Pradeep: É°æ¤púø’ é¬ü¿’. •£æ›¨¡, ´îËa Ææç´-ûªq®Ωç.
tance of the debate. 3) requests 4) possibilities èπÿ ¢√--úø-û√ç – ÉN India could not win the series. Answers:
in the present or in the future. 1) Teacher: Where is your text book, Sudheer?
Sachin could not play well
èπÿú≈
1) 'could' is the past form of can. Åçõ‰ 'could' †’ Sudheer: (I) didn't get/ bring it, sir.
Ææ*Ø˛ ¶«í¬ Çúø-™‰-éπ-§Ú-ߪ÷úø’. I could not (couldn't) remember to
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í∫ûªç™ ≤ƒ´’-®√n uEo ûÁ-©°æ-ö«-EéÀ ¢√úøû√ç. ؈’ boyhood (¶«©uç)™ ¶«í¬ Çúø-í∫-LÍí-¢√-úÕE
a) I can walk 6 kmph: ؈’ í∫çôèπ◊ 6 km †úø-´- get it.
I could play well in my boyhood. Teacher: What about your home work? Did
í∫-©†’ (present or future)
you do atleast that?
Sudheer: I couldn't (could not) do it, Sir, My