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Fill in the blank with a suitable modal auxiliary denoting probability:
Look at the sky. It is so dark and quiet but there ______ be a storm in the midnight.
Fill in the blank with a suitable modal auxiliary denoting probability:
Look at the sky. It is so dark and quiet but there ______ be a storm in the midnight.
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The correct option is D might
The correct answer is Option C.MIGHT is used to express possibility.In the given sentence, it is a possibility that there will be a storm in the midnight.Thus MIGHT is the correct answer. MIGHT is used to express possibility in the past and future tense.The remaining options are incorrect because:WILL expresses the future tense.MAY expresses possibility in the present tense.CAN expresses the ability to do something.
The correct answer is Option C.
MIGHT is used to express possibility.
In the given sentence, it is a possibility that there will be a storm in the midnight.
Thus MIGHT is the correct answer. MIGHT is used to express possibility in the past and future tense.
The remaining options are incorrect because:
WILL expresses the future tense.
MAY expresses possibility in the present tense.
CAN expresses the ability to do something.
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