Choose the appropriate Modal to fill in blank :
It ________ rain tomorrow.
(A) need
(B) dare
(C) used to
(D) may
(E) able to
Choose the correct answer from the options given below : -
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (D) only
The sentence is about a possibility in the future (rain tomorrow), so it needs a modal of possibility.
(A) need — Incorrect.
- As a modal, need expresses necessity and is used mainly in negatives and questions ("You need not wait").
- "It need rain tomorrow" is not English.
(B) dare — Incorrect.
- Dare means to have the courage to do something.
- It needs a subject that can be brave, not "it" with rain.
(C) used to — Incorrect.
- Used to speaks of a past habit ("It used to rain a lot here").
- It cannot go with "tomorrow".
(D) may — Correct.
- May expresses possibility: "It may rain tomorrow" means it is possible that it will rain.
(E) able to — Incorrect.
- Able to expresses ability and needs a form of "be" (is able to).
- Weather has no ability, so "It able to rain" is wrong.
Complete sentence: It may rain tomorrow.