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Question 67

Select all that apply. Which sentences use a standard modal form for an open future possibility?

  1. The comet may brighten enough for binoculars next month.Correct answer
  2. The reclaimed timber may to become shelving after extensive kiln drying.
  3. The replacement battery might last through the field survey.Correct answer
  4. The clay sculpture could crack while it dries.Correct answer

Explanation

The comet, battery, and sculpture sentences use may, might, and could with bare verbs to keep future outcomes open. May to become is structurally wrong because a core modal does not take a to-infinitive.

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