Question

Read the following text and complete the gap with the appropriate Modal Verb. Chance meetings It was about thirty years ago. My mum lived with a friend in a flat in London. One day she went to the supermarket to buy some things for a surprise party for her friend. She bought lots of things. When she got to the check out she paid and put all the things into shopping bags. She put her flatmate’s birthday card and present in with the shopping. As she turned to leave, she bumped into another shopper. Her bags fell out of her arms and her shopping went all over the floor. The other shopper dropped his bags too. They helped each other put the things back in the right bags and they both left the supermarket. When she got home she ______________ find the card and birthday present in the bags. When the other shopper got home he found a parcel and a few letters in his shopping. One of them had an address on it. That evening he took the letters and parcel to the address. He rang on the bell and my mum answered the door. She looked at the man. He was tall and dark and had a lovely smile. She decided to invite him to the party. And well, that was it. They fell in love. RICHARDS, Jack C. New Interchange. Teacher’s edition. Cambridge University Press. Disal, 1994. Mark the right alternative: a. can b. could c. couldn’t d. may e. will be able to

Answer 1

C : couldn't. She (couldn't) find the card and birthday present in the bags.