Complete the following sentences with the correct verb tense or modal verb, and explain your choices.

Here are the answers to the remaining questions:

27. While the children B. were playing in the garden, it suddenly B. started to rain. Explanation: The past continuous tense ("were playing") is used for an ongoing action, and the simple past tense ("started") is used for an action that interrupted it.

28. Be careful! You A. will drop the glass if you're not holding it properly. Explanation: "Will" is used here to express a strong prediction or warning about a likely consequence if the condition is not met.

29. Reading fictional novels expands a person's vocabulary and improves their creative writing skills by exposing them to diverse sentence structures, B. Likewise, watching educational