Verinha Teacher: Modal Verbs

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Modal Verbs

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Modal Verbs

CAN

Usamos CAN para:

a) Habilidade ou não

He CAN play the guitar very well.

She CAN’T play the piano.

b)Pedir permissão

Can I use your pen please?

c) Pedido

Can you help me with my homework?

COULD

Usamos COULD para:

a) Pedir permissão ( mais formal)

Could I use your pen?

b) Pedido ( mais formal)

Could you pass me the salad, please?

c) Sugestão

We could go to the movies tonight.

d) Possibilidade futura

We could have another storm soon...

e)Habilidade passada

John could speak English and Spanish when he was little.

f) Impossibilidade (passada)

She couldn’t come to school yesterday because she was sick.

WILL BE ABLE TO

Equivale ao futuro de CAN ( HABILIDADE)

Ex.: The baby WILL BE ABLE TO walk soon.

FORMAS NEGATIVAS:

CANNOT (CAN’T) COULDN’T WON’T BE ABLE TO

MAY

Usamos MAY para:

a) Pedir permissão ( formal)

May I have some more ice cream?

b) Possibilidade futura

I may go swimming this afternoon.

MIGHT

Equivale ao Passado ou Condicional de may.

Ex.: She said she MIGHT be back for dinner.

Ela disse que poderia voltar para o jantar.

a) Geralmente indica menor probabilidade.

Ex.: They might go to the movies.

b) Apesar de ser um verbo, podemos traduzir might como advérbio: TALVEZ

c) May/might + have + past participle

Indica que algo pode / poderia ter ocorrido

Peter may have gone to the church because it’s Sunday. (Ele poderia ter ido à igreja porque é domingo)

The soup tasted awful because the cook might have used sugar instead of salt.( A sopa está horrível porque o cozinheiro poderia ter usado açúcar ao invés de sal )

d) Formas negativas: may not , might not

Não existe short form.

MUST / HAVE TO

Usamos must/ have to para:

a) Certeza

This must be (have to be) the right address!

b) Necessidade / obrigação

Students must pass (have to pass) the entrance exam to study at this school.

c) Forte recomendação

You have a temperature. You must take the medicine.

d) Dedução

The lights are on, so they must be home.

Had to

indica obrigação, necessidade no passado

The baby had to go to the doctor. She was ill.

Must have + past participle indica que algo deve ter ocorrido.

The kids are happy. Their team must have won.

As crianças estão felizes. O time delas deve ter vencido.

Will have to = futuro de MUST

In the future you will have to make a living as a teacher.

Formas negativas:

Must not indica proibição : Students must not cheat on tests.

Need not/ don’t have to indicam “não obrigação, não necessidade”

SHOULD / OUGHT TO

Usamos should/ought to para:

a) Dar conselhos.

You should ( ought to) eat fruit and vegetables every day.

b) Previsão incerta

The number of homeless people should increase next year.

c) Condition:

Should ( If) you need any help, call me.

Should / ought to + have + past participle

Indica que algo deveria ter ocorrido, mas não ocorreu.

He should have paid his bills.

Formas negativas: Shouldn’t ought not to

Summary

Can ( presente) : habilidade, permissão, pedido

Could ( passado): permissão, pedido, sugestão, possibilidade, impossibilidade. habilidade passada

Will be able to (futuro)- habilidade

May permissão ( formal) / possibilidade futura

Might Passado/condicional de may Menor probabilidade ( talvez)

May/might have + particípio: poderia ter ocorrido ( guessing)

Must / have to ( presente) Certeza, obrigação, necessidade, recomendação, dedução

Mustn’t Proibição

Needn’t / don’t have to não necessidade / não obrigação

Had to ( passado)

Will have to ( futuro)

Must + have + participio : algo deve ter ocorrido

Should / ought to Conselho, previsão incerta, condição

Links para praticar online:

http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/modal-verbs-exercise-seven

http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/modal-verbs-exercise-eight

http://workandhard.blogspot.com.br/2012/10/atividades-sobre-modal-verbs.html

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