MODAL VERBS

     

Modal Verbs
VERB		SINONIMO	TRADUÇÃO	SIGNIFICADO	PAST TENSE
can		to be able to	poder; conseguir; saber	capacidade física; habilidade; possibilidade; permissão(informal)	could
Exemplos:                     We can swim well. (Nós podemos nada bem.)                     She can speak English. (Ela pode falar Inglês.)                     It can be dangerous. (isso pode ser perigoso.)                     Can I help you? (Eu posso te ajudar?)                     He could drive at night some time ago. (Ele poderia dirigir à noite há algum tempo.)
may	to be possible to		poder	possibilidade; permissão (formal)	might
Exemplos:                     May I come in? (Eu poderia entrar?)                     The weather may change. (O Tempo talvez mude.)                      He asked if he might come in. (Ele perguntou se ele poderia entrar.)
must	to have (to)		ter; precisar; dever.	obrigação; necessidade; dedução.	had to
Exemplos:                  You must pay taxes. (Você tem que pagar os impostos.)                  We must eat to live. (Nós temos que comer para viver.)                  She must be happy. (Ela deve estar alegre.)
should	ought to		dever	obrigação moral; conselho.
Exemplo:                They should eat less. (Eles deveriam comer menos.)                 We should respect the others. (Nós devemos respeitar os outros.)

VERB	FORMA NEGATIVA
can	cannot; can’t
could	could not; couldn’t.
may	may not.
might	might not; mightn’t.
must	must not; mustn’t.
should	should not; shouldn’t.
ought to	ought not to; oughtn’t to.

Verbo To Be

ATIVIDADES:

• VERB TO BE.

1)    Preencha os espaços com a forma afirmativa do verbo to be:    a)    He____________ in my house now.    b)    They ____________ my friends from school.    c)    I ____________a good student.    d)    Beth ______ at home because she ________sick.    e)    Fred and Lisa ___________ in the United States.    f)     We ______________  Brazilian.    g)    Melinda and I ___________ sisters.    h)   You __________ not late for the bus.    i)     I __________ at the supermarket.    2)    Passe as frases abaixo para a forma negativa do verb to be e dê a tradução.    a)    He is a singer: ____________________________    b)    You are a good friend: ______________________    c)    It is an orange: ___________________________    d)    They are teachers: ________________________    e)    Jane is well today: _________________________    3)    Agora passe as frases para a forma interrogativa e dê tradução:    a)    You are a teacher: ________________________    b)    She is a secretary: ________________________    c)    It is an orange: ___________________________    d)    They are doctors: _________________________    e)    We are good doctors: ______________________     f)     You are well: ____________________________    g)    He is late: _______________________________    h)   John is in the house: _____________________

TEXTO 4:

  KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

The White man Drew a small circle in the sand and told the red man, “this is what indian knows”, and drawing a big circle around the small one, “This is what the white man knows.” The indian took the stick an drew an immense ring around both circles: “This is where the white man and the rest red man know nothing.”

Faça a tradução do texto e a escreva abaixo:

Responda de acordo com o texto. 

1.  The white man thought the man knew............................

a)   Very little.

b)   More than he did.

c)   Very much.

d)   Nothing.

e)   Everything.

2.    In “…and drawing a big circle around the small one.” The word one was used instead of ………………………………………….

a)    Man.

b)    Sand.

c)    Circle.

d)    Indian.

e)    White man.

3.    The red man’s answer showed he had more …………………….. than the white man.

a)    Knowledge.

b)    Land.

c)    Circles.

d)    Wisdom.

e)    Rings.

“…I can't win, I can't reign

I will never win this game without you

Without you

I am lost, I am vain

I will never be the same without you

Without you”

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