Which of the following sentences does not use the correct modals.
A. I swim across the river when I was young.
B. It may rain next Friday
C. I expected that I would get a first class
D. One ought to respect the environmental laws
E. This used to be a dense jungle.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) - A only
Explanation:
A. I swim across the river when I was young. ❌
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Incorrect → should be "I could swim across the river when I was young" (ability in the past).
B. It may rain next Friday. ✅
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Correct use of may (possibility).
C. I expected that I would get a first class. ✅
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Correct use of would (future-in-the-past).
D. One ought to respect the environmental laws. ✅
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Correct use of ought to (moral duty/obligation).
E. This used to be a dense jungle. ✅
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Correct use of used to (past habit/state).