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Modal Verbs
Modal Verbs
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01. (UNIRIO) Research shows that sunscreens may not be as effective as
hoped at preventing sunburn. Users may be spending long hours in the sun
with a false sense of security.
The word may expresses the idea of:
a) permission.
b) possibility.
c) prohibition.
d) obligation.
e) expectation.
02. (PUCCAMP)
Janet: Look, our boat is sinking!
Peter: Oh, dear! Can you swim?
Janet: Yes, but we won’t have to, there’s a life boat on board.
In the above dialogue, the verbs CAN and HAVE TO express respectively
__________ and __________.
a) ability – obligation
b) permission – prohibition
c) possibility – prohibition
d) permission – possibility
e) ability – necessity
10. (FEI) Complete: I’d prefer to stay here. That’s what I’d __________.
a) do
b) do best
c) have done
d) rather do
e) doing
12. (UFRGS) In “he should have reached the door of 10 Downing Street”, the
form “should have reached” indicates the same as:
a) must have reached.
b) was expected to reach.
c) will have reached.
d) can have reached.
e) was going to reach.
13. (MACKENZIE) Look how wet the ground is. It ________ last night.
a) might be sunny
b) must have rained
c) should have been warm
d) may be snowing
e) ought to dry
15. (UNIRIO) How dreadful for them to sense, as they must, the lack of
enthusiasm of the audience.
“As they must” sugere:
a) obrigaçã o.
b) advertência.
c) recomendaçã o.
d) deduçã o.
e) permissã o.
18. (UFRGS) The verb which can be classified both as a FULL VERB and a
MODAL is:
a) gets.
b) turned.
c) dares.
d) envisions.
e) enjoy
19. (UFRJ) In the sentence “May I ask why you do it?”, the word that best
replaces the capital word is:
a) should.
b) ought to.
c) need.
d) can.
e) must.
21. (MACKENZIE) In which of the statements does the modal MUST express
necessity?
a) There’s somebody in the other o- ce. It must be my boss!
b) You mustn’t smoke here!
c) She must be a very good student. She always gets A’s.
d) I must go right now!
e) Who must he be? There are lots of people around him!
23. (UFRRJ) In the sentence, “the casualties were fewer than might have
occurred”, the underlined word implies:
a) possibility.
b) permission.
c) necessity.
d) assumption.
e) capacity.
(TORDAY, Paul. The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012)
a) might not /can't
b) can't /will
c) can't /must
d) shouldn't/mustn't
e) shouldn't /can't