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Sobre verbos modais | modal verbs em inglês
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Modal verbs can be used to refer to a speaker’s attitude.
The modal should indicates that Calvin believes his knowledge of the bad quality of the TV show would be characterized as:
I. In the sentence “President Lula took part in a ceremony that focused firmly on the future” the relative pronoun that can be replaced by which without changing the meaning of the sentence.
II. In the sentence “We have a chip, we have a level that can be used on frontier control, we can guarantee citizenship, and it can guarantee transactions in the virtual world” the modal verb can indicates an ability.
III. The word currently in the sentence “Currently, Brazilians have to deal with a confusing array of identity numbers” can be substituted by the word nowadays without changing the meaning of the sentence.
No contexto do quadrinho, o termo “can” indica uma ideia de
If you or someone you love is addicted to sports make sure you approach it in a proper manner. If this is your spouse and it is coming between you and him/her then you may want to seek counseling. If you personally are addicted to sports then try picking up another hobby because you may just have too much free time. Get out of the house once in a while and enjoy life. Don't let the athletic ability of others control your life.
Signs of sports addiction: mood swings during events; outcome ruins your day or even week; sports gambling; fantasy sports; attending an excess number of events; excessive merchandise; arguments and fights.

the modal verb “must” (line 6) is used to express the idea of possibility.
The function of should in the fragment above is to:
I. As palavras “easier” e “harder”, que iniciam, respectivamente, o 1º e o 2º parágrafos do texto I, são exemplos de comparativos no grau superlativo.
II. “Who” (l.2) é um pronome relativo, na função de objeto, e refere-se a “patriot”.
III. As palavras “fatherland” (l.5), “homeland” (l.6), “attachment” (l.6),”physical” (l.6) e “devotion” (l.12) são formadas por afixação e/ou justaposição.
IV. O termo “its”, presente três vezes nas linhas 11 e 12, é um pronome possessivo e refere-se a “love”.
V. O modal “should” (l.17) expressa uma sugestão, um aconselhamento.
A alternativa em que todas as afirmativas são verdadeiras é a:
I. o termo “our” (l.2) é um pronome possessivo e refere-se aos leitores.
II. “which” (l.3) é um pronome relativo, na função de sujeito, e refere-se a “daily activities”.
III. os termos “useless” e “unwanted” (l.5) são formados por afixação.
IV. os modais “can” (l.5) e “may” (l.12) expressam a mesma ideia: possibilidade.
V. os marcadores discursivos “or” (l.3), “and” (l.5) e “but” (l.12) expressam, respectivamente, proporcionalidade, adição e condição.
A alternativa em que todas as afirmativas são verdadeiras é a:

EVANS, Stephen. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/05/110518_witn_electric_cars_page.shtml>. Acesso em: 2 jun. 2011.















