Question

1 - Complete the sentences about Beth:
a) Beth may go to law school When she ____________ from college – if she ____________
good grades.
b) Beth needs to decide before she ____________ home for the summer.150
2 - Circle the correct verbs. Then, complete the sentences with your own ideas.
a) When class is / will be over today, I’m going to ______________________.
b) Before I go / I’ll go to bed Tonight, I’ll probably ______________________.
c) Maybe I’ll ______________________ next weekend if I have / I’ll have time.
d) When my English is / will be totally fluente, I hope I’ll be able to ________________.
e) If I earn / I’ll earn a lot of Money in the next ten Years, I may ______________________.
f) In the future, if I don’t / I won’t have a good job, I might ______________________.
g) I hope I’ll be able to ______________________ after I retire / I’ll retire.
McCarthy, M, et al. Touchstone:2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. p.121.
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3 - Which definition of responsibility does the text present?151
4 - Observe a seguinte situação:
a) Quais seriam as reações mais comuns diante de uma situação como essa? E a sua reação,
como seria?
b) Qual sentença do texto você pode usar para justificar uma atitude reflexiva diante de situações adversas e até mesmo injustas como essa?
5 - Acerca de atitudes que comumente adotamos “no modo automático”, fala-se sobre um espaço
específico que pode nos ajudar a fugir dessas respostas automáticas. Que espaço é esse? Explique.
Modals for Deduction
Do you know how to use modal verbs to say how certain you are about a possibility? We can use modal
verbs for deduction – guessing if something is true using the available information. The modal verb we
choose shows how certain we are about the possibility.
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6 - Circle the correct word (circule a palavra que melhor complete as frases).
a) They could be Colombian because they’re speaking Spanish / German.
b) It can’t be a spider; it’s only got six / eight legs.
c) Oliver must really love that film. He’s seen it once / ten times.
d) Dana can’t know what the homework is. She was / wasn’t at school yesterday.
e) Jo must travel a lot. Her passport’s full of visa stamps / blank pages.
f) Bernie might be tired. She’s been working hard / doing nothing all day.
g) They might not speak English. They’re French / American.
h) Dave must like One Direction. He’s got all / none of their CDs.
7 - Complete the conversation with must / can’t / might.
RUTH Look, Claudia Jones is on Facebook. I’m going to send her a friend request. There – done. IAN
Wow, she’s got fi ve hundred friends

Answer 1

1) a) Beth may go to law school when she graduate from college, if she get good grades.

b) Beth needs to decide before she go home for the summer

2) a) When class will be over today, I'm going to shopping.

b) Before I go to bed Tonight, I'll probably drink tea.

c) Maybe I'll watch that movie next weekend if I have time.

d) When my English will be totally fluente, I hope I'll be able to speak more confidently.

e) If I'll earn a lot of Money in the next ten Year, I may move out from here.

f) In the future, if I don't have a good job, I might try another career.

g) I hope I'll be able to rest after I retire.

3) Responsability significa algo que é o dever de responder pelas suas próprias ações e enfrentar as consequências de forma madura.

4) a) A reação mais comum é brigar e reclamar. Provavelmente eu tentaria buscar outro lugar, mas antes mostraria minha indignação.

b) A frase que mais define sobre a atitude reflexiva que devemos ter é 'The power we have to choose, is more importantly to choose our attitudes'.

5) É a opção pelo que nós desejaríamos

6) a) They could be Colombian because they’re speaking Spanish.

b) It can’t be a spider; it’s only got eight legs.

c) Oliver must really love that film. He’s seen it ten times.

d) Dana can’t know what the homework is. She wasn’t at school yesterday.

e) Jo must travel a lot. Her passport’s full of visa stamps pages.

f) Bernie might be tired. She’s been working hard all day.

g) They might not speak English. They’re French.

h) Dave must like One Direction. He’s got all of their CDs.

7) RUTH Look, Claudia Jones is on Facebook. I’m going to send her a friend request. There – done. IAN

Wow, she’s got fi ve hundred friends. She must be really popular.

RUTH Well they can't all be real friends. No one can have that many. Not even Claudia.

IAN Th at’s true. She might not really know most of them.

RUTH Yes, twenty proper friends at the most. The rest of them might just be friends of friends.

She probably just accepts anyone who wants to be her friend.

IAN Why does she do that?

RUTH I don’t know. She might just be a bit lonely. Maybe it makes her feel better.

IAN But that can't work. Having lots of false friends doesn’t make anyone feel better.

RUTH Oh look. She must be online because she’s replied to my request already.

IAN And what does she say?

RUTH I can't believe it. She said ‘no’!