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Grammar

could/couldn’t, had to/didn’t have to

1 2.8 Listen to Sara and her grandma. Then circle the correct options.

1 Sara couldn’t didn’t have to chat with her friends yesterday.
2 When Grandma was young, she didn’t have to couldn’t write messages on a smartphone.
3 Grandma could had to use the phone at home to speak to her friends.
4 Grandma and her friends couldn’t didn’t have to meet up every day to chat.
5 Grandma had to couldn’t see her friends at cafés to have group conversations.

6 Grandma and her friends had to couldn’t write letters and take them to the post offi ce.

2 Look at the pictures from the past and complete the sentences. Use could/couldn’t or
had to/didn’t have to.

1 2

She had to walk to school She didn’t have an e-reader, but
because there wasn’t a school bus. she read a book.

3 4

He didn’t have a TV, but he She played and ran outside so she
listen to the radio. join a sports team.

5 6

He talk on a He didn’t have a computer, so he
smartphone with his friends write his homework in
so they met at the park. a notebook.
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