Question

Fill in the blank with an appropriate modal verb:

'Shall I throw these things away?' 'No, keep them. You ______ need them.'

• A. will
• B. may
• C. can
• D. must

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

may

Modal Verbs show us the attitude of the speaker to what is being said or done. The term "modal" means expressing mood and mood is a way to express the attitude of the speaker.

The given sentence is firstly set in conversational tone which happens in present and secondly it expects a mood of possibility.

Option B is the correct answer because it expresses possibility.

Whereas option A expresses something which will be done in future;

option C expresses ability which doesn't suits the mood of the sentence;

option D expresses certainty and it definitely doesn't suits the mood of the sentence.