Question 22
Fill in the blank with the modal verbs ‘can’ or ‘could’ based on the context and intended meaning in the following sentence.
I ____ sleep peacefully only when I take a bath (present tense).
Can
Could
Question 22: Fill in the blank with the modal verbs ‘can’ or ‘could’ …
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Question 22 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English II (English 2) Quiz 2 paper sat on 13 Mar 2022, in the January 2022 term (IIT M FOUNDATION QUIZ2 EXAM QPE2 13 Mar 2022). It carries 1 mark.
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