1. When Mary was 15, she was a fast runner. She _______ run 200 meters in 30 seconds.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
2. I am sorry but I _______ come to your party next Friday.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
3. I am not in a hurry. I _______wait for you if you need more time to study.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
4. I was very sick yesterday. I ____________ eat anything.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
5. Please speak louder. I __________ hear you very well.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
6. I am very tired because I __________sleep last night.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
7. John was a smart child. He _________ read when he was two.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
8. It is sunny outside. ______ we go outside and play?
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
9. It is cold in here. ________ you please shut the window?
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
10. The lock was broken. I ________ open the door.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
11. I like math. I ______ solve math problems quickly.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
12. Tom is too small to play soccer. What ______ he do?
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
13. The museum is closed. We ______ go today.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
14. When ______ he walk? (Answer: At 12 months.)
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
15. I was so tired. I ________ have slept the whole day.
a. can
b. can’t
c. could
d. couldn‘t
Soluções para a tarefa
Resposta:
⇒⇒ Modal verbs
1. When Mary was 15, she was a fast runner. She could run 200 meters in 30 seconds.
c. could ✅
2. I am sorry but I can't come to your party next Friday.
b. can’t ✅
3. I am not in a hurry. I can wait for you if you need more time to study.
a. can ✅
4. I was very sick yesterday. I couldn't eat anything.
d. couldn‘t ✅
5. Please speak louder. I can't hear you very well.
b. can’t ✅
6. I am very tired because I couldn't sleep last night.
d. couldn‘t ✅
7. John was a smart child. He could read when he was two.
c. could ✅
8. It is sunny outside. Can we go outside and play?
a. can ✅
9. It is cold in here. Could you please shut the window?
c. could ✅
10. The lock was broken. I couldn‘t open the door.
d. couldn‘t ✅
11. I like math. I can solve math problems quickly.
a. can ✅
12. Tom is too small to play soccer. What can he do?
a. can ✅
13. The museum is closed. We can't go today.
b. can’t ✅
14. When could he walk? (Answer: At 12 months.)
c. could ✅
15. I was so tired. I couldn't have slept the whole day.
d. couldn‘t ✅
Explicação:
⇒⇒ Modal verbs >> são verbos ''diferentes'' que possuem características próprias. Não são conjugados, não recebem ''s'' na terceira pessoa do singular, não têm plural. São sempre escritos da mesma forma, independente do contexto.
→→ Can - quando usado como ''modal verb'' é pedir permissão ou pedir algo. Quando usado como um verbo normal, significa ''habilidade'', ''capacidade''.
→→ Can - permission >>> permissão para fazer algo
Can I leave now? >> Posso sair agora?
→→ Can - fazer um pedido informal
Can I have one more piece of cake? >> Posso comer mais um pedaço de bolo?
→→ Can - habilidade
I can play the piano. >> Eu sei tocar piano./ Eu toco piano.
They can play soccer. >> Eles sabem jogar futebol.
She can speak Greek. >> Ela fala grego. / Ela sabe falar grego.
→→ Could - pode ter vários significados, dependendo do contexto.
→→ passado de ''can'' - exprime habilidade/capacidade de fazer algo
She can dance today.
Ela pode dançar hoje.
She could dance when she was a teenager.
Ela podia/conseguia dançar quando ela era adolescente.
→→ para pedir permissão ou fazer um pedido educado
Could you bring me some water, please?
Você poderia me trazer um pouco de água, por favor?
Could you please help me?
Você poderia me ajudar, por favor?
→→ usado para sugerir algo
We could go to the movies.
A gente poderia ir ao cinema.
You could sell your house and buy an apartment.
Você poderia vender sua casa e comprar um apartamento.
→→ usado para falarmos sobre uma possibilidade ou probabilidade difícil de acontecer
It could rain today.
Poderia chover hoje.
You could still get good grades because the year isn't over.
Você ainda poderia tirar boas notas porque o ano não acabou.
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