Question

Spot the error and write the correct sentence: 1

He stopped to see if he could picked up the trail​

Answer 1

Answer:

he stopped to see if he could pic up the train

Answer 2

Answer:

He stopped to see if he could pick up the trail.

Explanation:

• Could is a modal
• After can, could we usually use bare form of the verb .
• So could picked is wrong as picked is the past tense of the verb pick.
• Hence we used pick instead of picked .

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