ATIVIDADE 15 – Habilidades no presente e no passado / Modal Verbs Can and Could - 10/09/2021
Modal Verbs são verbos auxiliares que ajudam os verbos principais da língua inglesa. Os verbos modais expressam um sentido específico ou uma segunda ideia ao verbo principal. Vamos conhecer dois Verbos Modais: CAN e COULD.
O CAN (poder) expressa algo que pode ser feito, uma habilidade, no tempo presente. Já o COULD (poderia/podia) expressa essa mesma habilidade, porém no passado.
Então já que vamos falar de passado e presente, é importante lembrarmo-nos de algumas locuções adverbiais e advérbios de tempo para compreendermos melhor as frases e textos.
1. According to the picture and the sentence, which Modal Verb is appropriate?
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(A) Charlie ____________ swim since he was a baby.
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(B) Bob _____________ drive all over town but now he is injured.
Na negative form acrescentamos um NOT após o verbo modal (can / could) ou, de forma abreviada, usamos: CAN’T e COULDN’T.
2. Write the correct Modal Verb in the negative form according to the sentence. Pay attention to the picture.
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(A) The lion was very angry, so the keeper _________________enter the cage to feed him yesterday.
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(B) My mom is very late now, so she _________________ say good bye to me.
3. Choose the correct alternative:
(A) Martin ………………… skate very well. He probably practices a lot.
a) can’t
b) could
c) can
d) couldn’t
(B) Could he ride a bicycle at the age of 3? No, he …………….
But he ……………. ride a tricycle.
a) can’t / can
b) can’t / couldn’t
c) couldn’t / could
d) can’t / could
(C) Martha could draw pictures when she ……… 5.
a) is
b) were
c) are
d) was
(D) He was very sad because he ……………. eat his ice cream
a) could
b) can
c) couldn’t
d) can’t
(E) My dog is looking for its bone but it ………………….. find it.
a) couldn’t
b) can
c) could
d) can’t
Na question form o Modal Verb (Can / Could) antecede o sujeito.
Examples: Can you ride a motorcycle? / Could you ride a horse when you were 6 years old?
Estrutura: CAN / COULD + sujeito + verbo principal + complemento.
4. Now change the sentences below to the question form:
5. Nas redes sociais, como o Facebook, normalmente temos um “personal profile” com informações que podemos compartilhar com nossos amigos e familiares. Abaixo você irá preencher o seu perfil com seus gostos e aptidões, suas habilidades atuais e passadas. Não se esqueça de usar o CAN e o COULD.
Some examples to help you!
