Conditional I

[Jorien]

Test No. incompl/elem-20 "Where am I?", question 2

I certainly will if I ..........

(a) could
(b) can
(c) can't
(d) should

Test No. incompl/elem-20 "Where am I?", answer 2

I certainly will if I can.

Correct answer: (b) can

Your answer was: incorrect
I certainly will if I could.
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Why is 'could' not possible?

[Torsten]

Because this is a conditional I construction. For more information, please check this post:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic789.html
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TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary

[Made Sariada]

Dear english trainers,

Could you help me distinguish the use of "could and "can besides could indicates past happenings? What's the difference of below sentences?

1) Don't worry I could do it
2) Don't worry I can do it

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Made Sariada

[Maggie]

Hi everyone,

I am wondering how to ask a question. As you can see, I do post a question sucessfully. Here is the example, http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic28745.html. But in the following test, I didn't find out the button or link "Do have you a question?". Here is another example. http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei020/esl-test.php . I only see the link "Click here for Explanation." indeed. I want to know if this forum supports this function for ALL of the questions. Thanks a lot.

Maggie^^
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[Torsten]

Hi Maggie,

You will find the "Do you have a question" or "Click for her for explanation" links only in the tests, not on the forum. Once you are on the forum, you can ask a new question the way you have done before. I mean, you have already posted 210 messages on the forum, so you do know how to use the forum, don't you?
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[Afnan]

Hi,
why is can correct and not could ?
thanks

[Alfwm]

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