Questões de Verbos modais | Modal verbs (Inglês)

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Na oração "[...] the rain should also help firefighters tame the blazes that remain active. [...]" (4º parágrafo), o uso do verbo modal should indica

  • A conselho.
  • B capacidade.
  • C condição.
  • D expectativa.
  • E obrigação.

In the fragment from the first paragraph “following a curriculum to fidelity might mean a teacher is required to”, the bolded modal verb carries the idea of

  • A possibility.
  • B obligation.
  • C necessity.
  • D recommendation.
  • E permission.

Inspect the quotes in detail:

I. “You should be the change that you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
II. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou
III. “I might have been born in a hovel, but I am determined to travel with the greats.” – Tina Turner
IV.“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

The shades of modality can be identified respectively in

  • A deontic – epistemic – dynamic – epistemic – deontic
  • B deontic – dynamic – epistemic – deontic – epistemic
  • C dynamic – deontic – epistemic – epistemic – deontic
  • D deontic – epistemic – epistemic – dynamic – deontic

In the second strip, Patty asks her classmate, PigPen: “Why couldn’t she _____________ us a multiplechoice test?”
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete her sentence with the correct grammar.

  • A would give
  • B gave
  • C has given
  • D have given

“They spoke of the wide-ranging possibilities; that computers might match or even exceed human intelligence and capabilities on tasks such as complex decision-making, reasoning and learning”.
The use of “might” in this excerpt taken form TEXT can be understood as

  • A an obligation.
  • B an absence of obligation.
  • C an advice.
  • D a prohibition.
  • E a possibility.