Select appropriate option to complete the sentence:
I walked into a wall. I wasn't looking where I was going ______.

I can have looked where I was going

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I should have looked where I was going.

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I would have looked where I was going.

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I may have looked where I was going.

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Solution

The correct option is B I should have looked where I was going.
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 given sentence expects a mood like something which is supposed to happen in past didn't take place.
Therefore, option B is the correct answer because it expresses what is supposed to happen in the past.
Whereas option C contains "could have" which suggests uncertain actions in future and therefore it is not applicable in the sentence;
option A contains " can have" which suggests ability in the present and therefore doesn't fit in the sentence ;
option D has "may have" which suggests possibility and as a result it doesn't support the mood of the sentence

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I walked into a wall. I wasn't looking where I was going ______.