Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable option:
He ________ read faster a few years ago.

• A. Can
• B. Could
• C. Might
• D. Must

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Could

The correct answer is Option B.

COULD is the past tense of CAN.

CAN means the ability to do something.

In the given sentence, the speaker is referring to a time in the past.

The person referred to was able to read faster a few years ago.

Thus COULD is the correct answer.

The remaining options are incorrect because:

CAN is the present tense.

MIGHT expresses possibility.

MUST expresses compulsion.