Complete the sentence with the suitable Modal from the options given below :
I have a pen drive so you ________ to the market for purchasing one.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → need not go
"Need" as a modal verb:
- As a modal, need not means it is not necessary.
- Like other modals, it is followed by the base form of the verb without "to": need not go, need not worry.
- For an unnecessary action that was already done, the form is need not have + past participle: you need not have gone.
- This sentence: the speaker already has a pen drive, so going to the market now is unnecessary: "you need not go to the market".
Example: You need not go to the bank; I can pay the bill online.
Complete sentence: I have a pen drive so you need not go to the market for purchasing one.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: need not to have gone — Incorrect.
- Modal "need not" takes no "to"; the past form is "need not have gone".
- Even that form refers to an action already done, which does not suit the present situation of the sentence.
Option 3: need not going — Incorrect. A modal is never followed by an -ing form.
Option 4: need not to go — Incorrect. The modal "need not" does not take "to"; with "to", the ordinary verb form is "do not need to go".
Contrast: need not go = the action is not necessary now; need not have gone = the action was done, but it was not necessary.