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Grapepark Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Can/ Could

Hi
Is this sentence present or past?
I could only kick myself.
  

Top answer

It depends. Past He won the game. I could only kick myself.

  • It depends.
  • Past He won the game.
  • I could only kick myself.
  • He had won the game.
  • I could only kick myself.
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It depends.

Past
He won the game. I could only kick myself.
He had won the game. I could only kick myself.

Future (Conditional) at the time given by the context:
Were he to win the game, I could only kick myself.

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Oh another question occurred to me about "was/were" at the beginning of the sentence. So I create another page about it.
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Do so Emotion: smile

I should add regarding the example
"He won the game. I could only kick myself."

He won

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