Question

fill with a modal: _____ that I were a millionaire

Answer 1

could that I were a millionaire

Answer 2

"Would that I were a millionaire." This will be the complete sentence.

• Here, we have to fill in the given blank with a modal verb.
• Modal verbs are used to display the likelihood of any event happening. Suggestions, permissions, and requests are also represented by modal verbs.
• Examples of modal verbs include would, could, can, may, might, etc.
• The modal verb 'would' is used when an imagined situation or possibility is to be expressed.
• Here, the speaker is imagining what he would be doing if he were a millionaire. This is clearly an imagined situation or possibility.
• The expression of an imagined possibility warrants the use of the modal verb 'would' as the most appropriate answer.
• Hence, the complete sentence will be, "Would that I were a millionaire."

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