MODAL VERBS

(Mackenzie) In the sentence, "You may be wrong, but you may be right", MAY means:

• Possibility.

• Permission.

• Ability.

• Deduction.

• Obligation.

(Fuvest) Qual destas expressões corresponde a “ele não deveria ter feito isso”:

• He mustn't have made it.

• He shouldn't have done that.

• He could not have made it.

• He might not have done that.

• He cannot have done that.

Janet: Look, our boat is sinking!

Peter: Oh, dear! Can you swim?

Janet: Yes, but we won’t have to, there’s a life boat on board.

(Puccamp) In the above dialogue, the verbs “can” and “have to” express respectively

• ability - obligation.

• permission - prohibition.

• possibility - prohibition.

• permission - possibility.

• ability - necessity.

(UPE) Qual a alternativa que não indica um pedido?

• Can you do me a favor?

• May I smoke here?

• Could you open the window?

• Can it be wrong?

• Can you drive me home?

(UPE) – Do you know where Miss Smith is?

- I saw her just a minute ago. She must be in the office right now.

No diálogo, must dá idéia de:

• necessidade.

• proibição

• probabilidade.

• hábito.

• obrigação.

(PUC) The doctor said I’m prohibited to smoke. When I went there this morning he said, “you ________ smoke or you will die.”

• don't have to

• couldn't

• needn't

• mustn't

• wouldn't

(Cesesp) “Mary is very sick, she has to see a doctor immediately.”

Na sentença, has to tem o mesmo significado de:

• can

• may

• will

• must

• ought

(Cesesp) Mr. Smith’s disease is contagious, so the doctor told him that he ______ go to work

• doesn't have to

• needn't

• doesn't need

• mustn't

• is not able

(Unitau) “The child mustn’t get out of his room”. The underlined word indicates:

• no necessity.

• prohibition.

• no obligation.

• inability.

• no possibility.

(Unirio) The word CAN in the text below expresses:

"Loneliness itself is hard to define. People aren't always lonely when they're alone, but they CAN feel lonely when surrounded by other people."

• obligation

• necessity

• possibility

• permission

• intention