Could with Past Tense?
Could Has No Tenses, No Participles, and No Infinitive Form. There Is No Past Tense, but Could Have Followed by a Past Participle Is Used for Referring to...
Could has no tenses, no participles, and no infinitive form. There is no past tense, but could have followed by a past participle is used for referring to something in the past that was not real, or something that may possibly have been real: I could have been killed.
Could is past or future?
It is not future: it is timeless. "It is not possible for you to make me happy". "Could" is historically the past of "can", and in some contexts has that meaning; but (like most or all of the past tenses of modals) it can also be used timelessly.
Could sentences examples in past tense?
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Could is almost always used with a main verb.
- I could not call you last week.
- We could not drive the car yesterday.
- They could not take the exam last week.
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