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Complete the retired superhero's memoir by choosing the correct verbs.

When I was in my twenties, I ___ lift a bus with one hand, but now I ___ barely open a jar of pickles!

The correct answer is could / can.

We use could to talk about an ability in the past ("When I was in my twenties"), and can to talk about an ability in the present ("but now").

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