Had to buy vs. could have bought

[Kristina]

Test No. incompl/elem-7 "Modals", question 2

I could ......... bought that car but I didn't have enough money to pay for the petrol.

(a) had
(b) have
(c) have to

Test No. incompl/elem-7 "Modals", answer 2

I could have bought that car but I didn't have enough money to pay for the petrol.

Correct answer: (b) have

Your answer was: incorrect
I could have to bought that car but I didn't have enough money to pay for the petrol.
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Hello! I was very glad to find such a cool site. It really helps me to improve my English.
But, can you explain why could have without to?
Thank you

[Torsten]

Hi Kristina,

Please take a look at these examples:

I had to buy that car.
(My wife made me buy that car so I bought it.) =
Simple Past (had to + base verb)

I could have bought that car.
(I had the chance to buy that car but I couldn't buy it because I didn't have enough money.) =

Conditional III (could have + past participle).
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[Kristina]

Thank you, Torsten.

[Unur]

Dear, Torsten

Thank you for sending me Lesson 6.I found answer for my question in this forum.

B.Unur

[Torsten]

That's great to hear, B. Unur.
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[Yoki]

hi Torsten
I have answered 9 questions out of 10 correctly.
i stiil understand about qusetion no 7
please explain me when we use term of : Conditional III (could have + past participle).

thanks

[Luke_Student]

Thank you for your lesson.
Luke

[Nour25]

can any one explain for me why we use have instead of had?

thanks

[Nour25]

I could have bought that car but I didn't have enough money to pay for the petrol.

Correct answer: (b) have

Your answer was: incorrect
your sentence:
I could had bought that car but I didn't have enough money to pay for the petrol.

Can any one explain for me why we use have instead of had?

thanks

[Sumade]

I could have bought that car but I didn't have enough money to pay for the petrol.

The second sentence you wrote is written in Past Perfect, and it's true too, I think. But it was not one of the possibilities here.

You had to fill the blank. And the blank is in the first part of the sentence.
I could ....... bought that car but I didn't have enough money to pay for the petrol.
You can see that Present Perfect is used in the second part of the sentence so you have to use the same tense in the first part too.

I hope I'm right - if not somebody should tell me.

[Saule]

Hi Torsten,
Thanks' for the lesson 6. Even though I got all answers correct conditionals are still kind of a mystery to me. I should practice more on it.

[*danish70]

Hi Torsten,
Thanks for this lesson . I've got 9 out of 10 it was easy one ...