Read these sentences and fill in the gaps with 'could', 'can', 'couldn't', 'can't'.

1. In my first year as a teacher, I almost lost my self-confidence because I ... teach anything.

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In my first year as a teacher, I almost lost my self-confidence because I couldn't teach anything.

[ae} bat, rat, glad, mad, crack, smash

[ai] pine, wine, light, wise, cry, life

[ i]his, peace, leaf, list

[i: ]he, relief, belief, we, bee

out of town, on  а bridge, on a farm, in a field, in church, on saturdays, in the desert, in the yard, on a tree, in a city.