Luerecid Gramatica Inglesa 1 - 2006 Gf eenet ied Material for Tutorials and self-administration Modality and Aspect 1. Analyse every instance of modal meaning you find in the following extracts (conveyed by modal auxiliaries, adverbs or adjectives). 2. Analyse the aspectual value of the verbs underlined. I might have to stay there by the Shannon or find a door or go back out the country and find a ditch, Paddy_says I can go home with him. I shall sleep on the floor and dry out. But I’m not sure, Paddy's father is dying, he suffers but he won't stop talking. If the Impressionists had been dentists. She claims she can’t chew! What do I care whether she can chew or not! Theo, I can’t go on like this much longer! I asked Cézanne if he would share an office with me, but he’s old and infirm and unable to hold the instruments. My wife and J, plastic champagne cups in hand, had been watching this circus for a good long while, then tumed to each other and simultaneously said, ‘May the Lord protect us from ever becoming that.” Dear Theo, ‘Once again I am in need of funds. 1 know what a-burden I must be to you, but who can I turn to? I need to borrow money for materials! Lam working almost exclusively with dental floss now, improvising as I go along, I used to take them from Gaughin’s office, but now he’s gone. What am I going to do? ‘Oh, we don’t mind sitting next to kids', my wife.said defensively. ‘We love kids’ “Hey, you needn't pretend, understand. A few years ago we used to get on a plane and pray not to be seated near anyone with kids. ‘After all, cari the human soul be glimpsed through a microscope? Maybe —but you'd definitely need one of those very good ones with two eyepieces, We know that the most advanced computer in the world does rot have a brain as sophisticated as that of an ant. True, we could say that of many of our relatives, but we only have to put up with them at weddings or special occasions. Science fs something we depend on all the time. IF T develop a pain in the chest, I must take an x-ray. But what if the radiation from the x-ray causes me deeper problems? Before I know it, im going in for surgery. ‘There was no way for me to know when this might have happened. It could have’been forty years ago, and it could have been last month, but whenever she had stumbled across that drawing of her son, the boy was already dead ~perhaps long dead, perhaps dead for more years than I had been alive. That shouldn't have made any difference to me, but it did. “We see you crying, we know what you want, and we'd love to give it to you, but sadly, we ere not allowed. You are being stubborn. Sleep now, we will be here when you wake up. EXECUTIONER: Who gets the poison? ALLEN: I do, Gee, it's a big cup. Should it be smoking like that? “Oh, you haven't seen him yet? You really ought to. I know you must be very busy with the show, but you should try and get up to see Meyer. After all, how much time does the man have left?” “How am I? I'm going to beat this thing [the liness], Lenny. Mark my words. You will, Meyer. You have to.” FOTOCOPIADORA Gl GEHCE