Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:

You ______ easily find the newspaper now where his article was printed.

• A. might
• B. need
• C. couldn't
• D. had to
• E. can

Answer 1

The correct option is E can

The correct answer is Option E.

CAN expresses ability.

In the given sentence the speaker is telling 'YOU' that he will be able to find the newspaper easily.

The word EASILY in the sentence tells us that the speaker is referring to ability and not inability.

The remaining options are incorrect because:

MIGHT expresses possibility.

NEED expresses compulsion.

COULDN'T expresses inability.

HAD TO expresses compulsion.