Question

(i) My grandfather was a very clever man. He _______speak three foreign

languages.​

Answer 1

Answer:

My grandfather was a very clever man. He could speak three foreign languages .

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Answer 2

My grandfather was a very clever man. He could speak three foreign languages.​

• The correct word that would fit the given context is 'could'.
• It is a modal and is used to express a noun's ability to do something but in the past.
• It represents the past form of 'can' and is also used to make requests.
• Here, the sentence means that the grandfather was very clever and he was capable of speaking three foreign languages.