Question

Read the situation and fill in the blank accordingly:

You are calling the owner of a flat whose advertisement you read in a newspaper. You are interested in the flat and you want to come and see it today.

What do you say to the owner?
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• A. Will I come and see the flat?
• B. Shall I come and see the flat?
• C. Could I come and see the flat?
• D. Might I come and see the flat?

Answer 1

The correct option is C Could I come and see the flat?

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 C is the correct answers as it expresses possibility.

whereas option A expresses certainty in future actions;

option B expresses the same as option A ; option D expresses lesser possibility. Therefore option A, D and B don't show politeness in the way of asking permission