Question

the children asked if they ____ have ice cream . use preposition ( can / could)​

Answer 1

Answer:

the children asked if they have chocolates

Answer 2

"The children asked if they could have ice cream." This will be the complete sentence.

• Here, we have to fill in the given blank from among the verbs given.
• A preposition precedes a noun or a pronoun and describes its relationship to another word.
• Examples of prepositions include on, about,  over, etc.
• The options given are verbs. A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.
• The verb 'can' is used to refer to general truths which have a high possibility of occurring,
• Here, the children getting ice cream is not a general truth. Hence, 'can is incorrect here.
• The verb 'could' is used to express things that have a low possibility of occurring or things that are not general truths.
• Here, the children getting ice cream is not a general truth. Hence, 'could' is the correct option here.
• Thus, the complete sentence will be, "The children asked if they could have ice cream."

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