You are at a friend's house and you want to use her phone. What do you say? ____________.
A
May I use your phone?
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B
Could I use your phone?
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C
Will I use your phone?
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D
Shall I use your phone?
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Solution
The correct options are A May I use your phone? B Could I use your phone? 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 A and option B are the correct answers as it expresses possibility.
whereas option C expresses certainty in future actions;
option D expresses the same as option C. Therefore option C and D don't show politeness in the way of asking permission