Questões de Verbos modais | Modal verbs (Inglês)

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In text 7A1-I, the modal verb “would” (first panel)

  • A introduces a polite request.
  • B refers to a recent action in the past.
  • C indicates a past unreal situation.
  • D emphasizes a piece of general truth.
  • E expresses certainty about the future.

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.

Consider the following sentences. Choose the only one in which the modal verb has not been used correctly:

  • A The pupils at Stanwell have to respect their teachers.
  • B The pupils at Stanwell should to study hard for their final exams.
  • C The students at Llanidloes High School must not smoke on the premises of the school.
  • D The students at Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi ought to hand in their assignments on their due date.

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