Question

Fill suitable Modal Auxiliary:

The woman in the next room is playing music. It's very loud. You want her to turn it down. What do you say to her?

________?

• A. Shall you please turn the music down?
• B. Will you please turn the music down?
• C. Would you please turn the music down?
• D. Could you please turn the music down?

Answer 1

The correct option is D Could you please turn the music down?

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 sentence requires modal verb which expresses possibility and politeness in asking permission.

Therefore Option D is the correct answers as it expresses possibility.

whereas option B expresses certainty in future actions;

option C expresses the same as option B but in the past form; option A expresses the same as option B. Therefore option A, C and B don't show politeness in the way of asking permission