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So, the last two modal verbs that we're going to look at are can and could.

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Now, can, we all know, it's talk about ability.

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I can speak English. I can ride a bike. I can swim.

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And we also use it for requests, the normal things we ask in the classroom.

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Can I borrow your rubber? Can I go to the bathroom? Can I get a drink of water?

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Now, could is the same verb as can.

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but it's in the past. So, we use it to talk about ability in the past. When I was five

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years old, I could ride a bike. When I was ten, I could ride a horse. And we also use

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could to talk about permission, but in a slightly more polite or formal way. So, if you're talking

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to maybe the head teacher at your school, or if you're working, if you're talking to

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your boss, you might say could rather than can. Could I ask for your help? Or could I

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borrow your pencil? Could just sounds a little bit more formal when we use it to make requests

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than can does. Okay, in the next video, we will practice a little bit more.