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Select the appropriate Modal to fill in the blank in the sentence given below:

Since the remote is with my mother, I _________ not switch on the T.V.

Solution

Correct Option: 4

Cannot expresses present inability. Since the remote is currently with mother, I cannot (can not) switch on the TV indicates present inability due to lack of access. Other modals express possibility or past ability.

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