São verbos modais: can (pode), could (poderia), may (pode, poderia), might (pode, poderia), should (deveria), must (deve), ought to (precisa) e used to (costumava). Can: pode ser usado para expressar permissão, habilidade Atenção: 10 exercícios de cada resolvidos.
Respostas
A - can -
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
one can run but one can't hide
You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Can't Make Him Drink
Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
you can bank on it
you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
you can't make this stuff up
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
you can't polish a turd
B - could -
As fast as his legs could carry him
Before you could say knife
Face that could stop a clock
Face that only a mother could love
Fast as his legs could carry him
I could do it in my sleep
I could do that standing on my head
I could eat a horse
I could murder a cup of tea
You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife
C - may -
A cat may look at a king
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay
April showers bring May flowers
As the case may be
Be that as it may
Come what come may
Cowards may die many times before their death
Devil may care
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
D - might -
Cheer up, it might never happen
Might and main
Might as well
Might is right
Might makes right
One two many and you might turn Bertie
Pigs might fly
As far as I'm concerned each day's a rainy day
try as one might
so crazy it might just work
E - should -
Alarmed? You should be
Children should be seen and not heard
Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions
Funny you should ask
He who sups with the Devil should use a long spoon
Her Honeymoon - and it should have been mine!
I Should Have Known Better
I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me
I should be so lucky
Like I should care
F - must -
All Things Must Pass
All good things must come to an end
As you make your bed so must you lie on it
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
Everything must go
He must needs go that the Devil drives
If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium
If the mountain won't go to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
Into every life a little rain must fall
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
G - ought to -
They ought to have more parks in the city centre.
We ought to eat lots of fruit and vegetables every day.
Every citizen ought to help
The phrase ought to has the same meaning as should
We ought to do more exercise.
Medicine ought to be free.
We ought not to have ordered so much food.
You oughtn’t to have said that about his mother.
Ought she to call the police?
Ought we to be more worried about the environment?
H - used to -
We used to go to the seaside every summer when I was a kid.
It didn’t use to be so crowded in the shops as it is nowadays.
She used not to live as poorly as she does now.
I didn’t used to like broccoli when I was younger, but I love it now.
Did you use to work with Kevin Harris?
Didn’t she used to live in the same street as us?
We never used to mix very much with the neighbours, but we did used to say hello to them in the street.
He used to be your boss, did he?
We used to love going to the museum, didn’t we?
We used to live in Manchester.