Autor: Ana Rosa Vivarini | Publicado: 2016-06-22T07:33:00-07:00


Verbos Modais - Modal Verbs

Os&nbsp;verbos modais&nbsp;(modal verbs) são um tipo especial de verbos auxiliares que alteram ou completam o sentido do verbo principal. De um modo geral, estes verbos expressam ideias como&nbsp;capacidade,possibilidade,&nbsp;obrigação,&nbsp;permissão,&nbsp;proibição,&nbsp;dedução,&nbsp;suposição,&nbsp;pedido,&nbsp;vontade,&nbsp;desejoou, ainda, indicam o&nbsp;tom da conversa&nbsp;(formal&nbsp;/&nbsp;informal). Os&nbsp;verbos modais&nbsp;(modal verbs) podem ser chamados também de&nbsp;modal auxiliaries&nbsp;ou apenas&nbsp;modals. São eles:


can&nbsp;-&nbsp;could&nbsp;-&nbsp;may&nbsp;-&nbsp;might&nbsp;-&nbsp;must&nbsp;-&nbsp;shall&nbsp;-&nbsp;will&nbsp;-&nbsp;should&nbsp;-&nbsp;ought to&nbsp;-&nbsp;would





No geral, poderíamos dizer que a maioria dos&nbsp;modals&nbsp;equivale a&nbsp;poder&nbsp;e&nbsp;dever. Em Português, tanto um quanto outro podem expressar situações diversas. Em Inglês, porém, para cada situação há um&nbsp;modalmais adequado.

MODAL VERBS

Observe alguns exemplos de ideias que os verbos modais podem expressar:

May&nbsp;I use your umbrella? (Permissão)
(Posso usar seu guarda-chuva?)

He&nbsp;may&nbsp;be in the library. (Possibilidade)
(Ele pode estar na biblioteca.)

Sorry, I&nbsp;can&nbsp;not understand what you are saying. (Capacidade)
(Desculpa, não consigo entender o que você está dizendo.)

The students&nbsp;must&nbsp;behave as I say. (Obrigação)
(Os alunos devem se comportar como eu digo.)

She&nbsp;must&nbsp;be very busy, since she has three children, a job and a house to take care. (Suposição)
(Ela deve ser muito ocupada, já que tem três filhos, um emprego e uma casa para cuidar.)

Shall&nbsp;we go for a drink after work? (Convite)
(Vamos tomar um drinque depois do trabalho?)

Can&nbsp;I leave now? (Permissão&nbsp;-&nbsp;Tom informal)
(Posso sair agora?)

Could&nbsp;I leave now? (Permissão&nbsp;-&nbsp;Tom formal)
(Eu poderia sair agora?)

It is late, you&nbsp;should&nbsp;go home. (Conselho)
(É tarde, você devia ir para casa.)

She&nbsp;can&nbsp;arrive after dinner. (Possibilidade)
(Ela pode chegar depois do jantar.)

She&nbsp;must&nbsp;be at the beauty salon. (Dedução)
(Ela deve estar no salão de beleza.)

You&nbsp;should&nbsp;see a dentist. (Conselho)
(Você devia ir a um dentista.)




Modal VerbsO que expressaForma negativa

Canpermissão / habilidade / possibilidadeCannot / Can't
Couldhabilidade / permissãoCould not/ Couldn't
Maypossibilidade / permissãoMay not
Mightpossibilidade no presente ou no passadoMight not / Mightn't
Mustobrigação / probabilidadeMust not / Mustn't (mas essa forma só pode ser usada para proibição)
Ought toconselhoOught not to
ShouldconselhoShould not / Shouldn't



Veja alguns exemplos de uso dos Modal Verbs:

Can
Can&nbsp;I drive your car?&nbsp;(Posso dirigir seu carro?) –&nbsp;permissão

I&nbsp;can&nbsp;speak English very well.&nbsp;(Eu consigo falar inglês muito bem) –&nbsp;habilidade

My brother&nbsp;can&nbsp;arrive after class.&nbsp;(Meu irmão pode chegar depois da aula.) –&nbsp;possibilidade


Could
I&nbsp;could&nbsp;ride a bike when I was a child.&nbsp;(Eu conseguia andar de bicicleta quando eu era criança). –&nbsp;habilidade no passado

Could&nbsp;I use your bathroom?&nbsp;(Poderia usar o seu banheiro?) –&nbsp;permissão


May
It&nbsp;may&nbsp;rain tomorrow.&nbsp;(Pode chover amanhã) –&nbsp;possibilidade no presente ou futuro

May&nbsp;I smoke here?&nbsp;(Posso fumar aqui?) –&nbsp;permissão


Might
He&nbsp;might&nbsp;come to the dinner.&nbsp;(Ele talvez venha para o jantar) –&nbsp;possibilidade


Must
You&nbsp;must&nbsp;study more.&nbsp;(Você deve estudar mais) –&nbsp;obrigação

He&nbsp;must&nbsp;know something.&nbsp;(Ele deve saber de algo) –&nbsp;probabilidade


Should
You&nbsp;should&nbsp;go to the doctor.&nbsp;(Você deveria ir ao médico) –&nbsp;conselho


Ought to
You&nbsp;ought to&nbsp;quit smoking.&nbsp;(Você deveria parar de fumar) –&nbsp;conselho


E aí, o que achou? Bem, agora que você já sabe o que e quais são os Modal Verbs em inglês, é só praticar bastante o uso deles. Por isso, um desafio:

Links para os exercicios:

http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-modal-verbs

http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-modal-verbs

http://baladre.info/english/sedaviwebfront/mustshould.htm

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-2628.php

http://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/OffersReq.htm

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-2628.php



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