Foundation
English
Verb
Tenses
Tenses
Question
Select suitable option to complete the sentence:
Whenever Arthur was angry, he ______ walk out of the room.
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Solution
Modal Verbs show us the attitude of the speaker to what is being said or done. The term "modal" means expressing mood and mood is a way to express the attitude of the speaker.
The given sentence is firstly set in past tense and secondly, according to the meaning of the sentence, it expects uncertainty in future action.
Option B is the correct answer because it expresses the uncertainty of will that may happen in the future, therefore the mood fits appropriately in the given sentence.
Whereas option A expresses ability in the past form
option D expresses possibility;
option C expresses ability.