MODAL VERBS
0 Modal verbs são verbos especiais na língua inglesa,
pois funcionam de maneira semelhante aos verbos
auxiliares (do, have, be) e, ao mesmo tempo, conferem
uma nova carga semântica (um novo significado) aos
verbos que os acompanham.
CARACTERÍSTICAS DOS
MODAL VERBS
0 1 – São usados antes de outros verbos, mas nunca com os
verbos auxiliares.
The official said the US was in constant coordination with the Iraqi
government on “how we can help coordinate additional relief,
enhance their efforts, and provide direct assistance wherever
possible.”
0 2 – Após os modais, o verbo sempre deve vir no infinitivo
sem o “to”.
Kurdish leader, Massoud Barazani, has said he is moving towards
holding a referendum that could pave the way for an
independence bid, a move that could spell the end of Iraq, and
unsettle surrounding countries, including Syria, Turkey and Iran.
CARACTERÍSTICAS DOS
MODAL VERBS
0 3 – Não sofrem quaisquer alterações na 3ª pessoa do
singular no presente.
"Saddam may have gone, but his mentality sticks in our
heads," he says. Still, Gorran did well in Kurdistan's last two
elections. Last month, it joined the KDP-PUK government.
0 4 – Nunca apresentam formas conjugadas, como “ing”
ou “ed” e não são precedidos de “to” (infinitivo).
The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani,
announced moves towards Kurdish statehood, starting with
a referendum on whether these areas – home to Kurds, but to
other groups too – should become a part of Kurdistan.
Kurdish leaders now talk openly of independence.
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Habilidade (conseguir):
I could run faster when I was younger.
Can you speak English?
Possibilidade (ter a possibilidade/disponibilidade de):
I can go for you, if you want.
He could see a beautiful view from his bedroom.
*I could kill for dessert
Permissão (informal):
Can I come in?
Could you speak louder, please?
MAY/MIGHT
0 Permissão (formal):
0 May I stay here? You may, if you want/You may not.
0 We asked him if we might take the exams on Monday,
instead of Tuesday.
0 *Can I have a cookie?/I’m sure you can, but you may
not.
0 Possibilidade:
0 They might be at home.
0 They may be at home.
MUST
0 Obrigação:
0 He must solve his own problems.
0 You must stop saying that.
0 Sugestão:
0 You must see that movie, it’s awesome!
0 Dedução:
0 There’s nobody home, they must have left.
0 Proibição:
0 You must not walk around alone anymore.
SHALL
0 Intenção (formal):
0 We shall start the work.
0 I shall go to the airport.
0 I shall not send what’s app messages to my friends
during the English classes anymore. Amen.
0 Contratos (formal):
0 The BUYER shall pay to the SELLER the amount of…
SHOULD/OUGHT TO
0 Conselho:
0 I think you should wait.
0 I think you ought to wait.
0 Crítica:
0 They should not have decided it so suddenly.
0 They oughtn’t to have decided it so suddenly.
WILL/WOULD
0 Intenção:
0 I will win it!
0 Would you have come if you had suspected about it? I
would/I wouldn’t.
0 Previsão:
0 Fred will arrive at any moment.
WOULD RATHER
0 Preferência:
0 I would rather read his letter alone.
0 They’d rather die than betray their ideals.
0 He would rather not talk to her yet.
HAD BETTER
0 Conselho:
0 You had better go out and think about it clearly.
0 The Brazilian team had better not play anymore.
0 They’d better break up and stop pretending they feel
anything about each other.
NEED
0 Utilizado apenas nas formas negativa e interrogativa.
0 Necessidade:
0 He needn’t have done everything by himself.
0 Need we come earlier this week?
DARE
0 Utilizado apenas nas formas negativa e interrogativa.
0 Desafio:
0 I dare not say this again.
0 Dare you disobey your orders?