Unit I can/could
Task 5
Translate from Russian into English concentrating on can/could
Полностью с Вами согласен.
- I couldn't have agreed more.
- I couldn't agree more.
- I can't agree more.
Вряд ли они ушли не предупредив нас.
- They can/could have not left without telling us.
- It can't/couldn't be true that they left without telling us.
- They can't/couldn't have left without telling us.
Неужели она все еще работает?
- Can/could she still work?
- Can/could she still be working?
- Can/could she still have been working?
И что он мог иметь в виду, говоря эти слова?
- What he could have meant saying these words?
- What could he mean saying these words?
- What could he have meant saying these words?
Неужели они ищут нас так долго?
- Can/could they be looking for us so long?
- Can/could they have been looking for us so long?
- Can/could they look for us so long?
Вчера я не смог зайти к вам, так как был занят.
- Yesterday I was not able to drop at your place because I was busy.
- Yesterday I couldn't drop at your place because I was busy.
- Yesterday I couldn't have dropped at your place because I was busy.
Не мог бы ты дать мне свой словарь?
- Could you give me your dictionary, please?
- Can you give me your dictionary, please?
- You can give me your dictionary, could you?
Он просто не может купить такой дорогой автомобиль.
- He can't buy such an expensive car.
- He can't possibly buy such an expensive car.
- He couldn't possibly buy such an expensive car.
Им ничего не оставалось как принять их предложение.
- They couldn't help accepting their invitation.
- They couldn't but accept their invitation.
- They couldn't not accept their invitation.
Он мог бы прийти вовремя, если бы вышел из дома пораньше.
- He could come on time if he left home earlier.
- He can have come on time if he had left home earlier.
- He could have come on time if he had left home earlier.