Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:

"______ I smoke here?"
"No, you _______."

• A. can/may
• B. may/mustn't
• C. can/should
• D. can/can't
• E. may/need

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

can/can't

The correct answer is Option D.

The speaker is asking if he is able to smoke here.

CAN is used to ask for something.

The place is not the smoking zone, thus the person expresses the inability to smoke in the place.

Thus CAN/CAN'T is the correct answer.

The remaining options are incorrect because:

CAN/MAY - MAY expresses possibility.

MAY/MUSTN'T - MAY expresses possibility and MUSTN'T expresses the compulsion to not do something.

CAN/SHOULD - SHOULD expresses obligation.

MAY/NEED - MAY expresses possibility and NEED expresses compulsion.