A BASE VEM FORTE

01. Put in can / can’t / could / couldn’t in the correct tense:

a) _________________ you swim when you were 10?

b) We _________________ get to the meeting on time yesterday because the train was delayed by
one hour.

c) He’s amazing, he _________________ speak 5 languages including Chinese.

d) I _________________ drive a car until I was 34, then I moved to the countryside so I had to
learn.

e) I looked everywhere for my glasses but I _________________ find them anywhere.

f) She’s 7 years old but she _________________ read yet – her parents are getting her extra lessons.

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g) James _________________ speak Japanese when he lived in Japan, but he’s forgotten most of it
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h) I _________________ lift this box – it’s too heavy! Would you help me?

02. Complete the sentences below with the modal verbs in the parentheses.

a) ________ (Could/Would) you like to go by h) ________ (Could/Must) I have the menu,

train? please?

b) I ________ (won't/wouldn't) play tennis i) We ________ (will/would) go if you invited

tomorrow. us.

c) I ________ (mustn't/couldn't) start my car j) You ________ (can/must) brush your teeth
yesterday. every day.

d) ________ (Will/Would) it snow tomorrow? k) Peter ________ (can't/mustn't) speak

Spanish.
e) We ________ (can/must) take photos here.
l) I ________ (will/would) eat when I finish
f) You ________ (shouldn't/couldn't) smoke so this.
much.
m) If I were you I ________ (won't/wouldn't) do
g) A surgeon ________ (couldn't/mustn't) make it.
mistakes.
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(UNESP) 03. Assinale a pergunta correta para a resposta apresentada:

Take the second on the left and then ask again.

a) Can you give me an information?

b) Excuse me. Where the Town Hall is?
c) Excuse me. Can you tell me where the Town Hall is?
d) Could you tell me where does the Town Hall is?
e) Do you know when is the Town Hall?

(CESGRANRIO – ADAPTED) 04. Shopaholics could be sexually frustrated, might suffer from lack
of self-esteem, or they may just have a neurotic reaction to television commercials and glossy
advertisements. – The modals COULD, MIGHT and MAY appear in the text to express the idea of:

a) permission.
b) possibility.
c) intention.
d) prohibition.
e) ability.

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(JFS) 05. In the sentences below:
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• I might come and visit you in America next year, if I can save enough money.
• We oughtn't to have agreed without knowing what it would cost.
• When you got lost in the forest you must have been very frightened.

The Modals MIGHT, OUGHT and MUST express, respectively:

a) possibility, advice and obligation

b) possibility, prohibition and probability
c) possibility, advice and probability.
d) capacity, advice and probability
e) capacity, prohibition and advice

(PM-SP) 06. No trecho “However, police officers in the line of duty should know not only what the
rules are” a palavra should pode ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por

a) might.
b) would.
c) ought to.
d) will.
e) does.
(EsFCEx) 07. Chose the correct alternative according to the use of modals.

( ) I was so tired last night but I couldn’t sleep.

( ) She not must help you.
( ) I’m not sure. I might not go to the movies.

a) V -V -V
b) V - F - V
c) F - V - V
d) F - F - V
e) F - V - F

(ETAM) 08. According to the text below, answer the following question.

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training, both at sea and on-shore. As a result, you will develop practical and technical skills and
will find yourself equipped with the confidence to interact in a team.
The Navy offers a lot of career options - from technical to non-technical posts, and for
officer to civilian posts. There are hundreds of j ob opportunities available. But some positions
come with high responsibilities.
For instance, Navy Electronics Technicians (ETs) are an exclusive group of professionals
specially trained in electronic engineering and computer skills. They can operate and manage the
electronic system s of the world’s most advanced ships and airplanes.
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The modal verb can in the first and third paragraphs indicates, respectively:

a) capacity and possibility

b) permission and possibility
c) possibility and capacity
d) ability and permission

(IME) 09. Para a questão, escolha a alternativa que complete a sentença corretamente:

Don’t be ridiculous! That man _______________ possibly be Barrack Obama!

a) mustn’t
b) can’t
c) shouldn’t
d) won’t
e) doesn’t
(EN) 10. Which is the correct option to complete the excerpt below?

The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall

' [...] Where did you get this recipe for roast chicken, my dear? Quite delicious.'
'It's the same thing we have every day, Daddy,' replied Annabel.
Is it really? It tastes quite different this week. Do you have a good cook at Hartlepool Hall,
Edward? Is Mrs. Horton still there? But she ______ be. She ______ be dead by now. '

a) might not /can't

b) can't /will
c) can't /must
d) shouldn't/mustn't
e) shouldn't /can't

(EFOMM) 11. Mark the correct alternative.

a) We had better not to call him today.

b) I ought to read this book, oughtn’t I?
c) John is eighteen, so his sister must to be twenty.
d) I suggested she added this book to the list, and she finally would.
e) Last year I lived with my boyfriend but I knew I can live with my parents again at any time.

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Read the text and answer question 12.
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Spectacular Northern Lights linked to suicidal depression

Alaska's tragically high number of suicide may be related to cosmic storms and the Northern
Lights (aurora borealis), according to an expert in the study of brainwaves.
Depression in the Far North has in general been attributed to the deep, dark and long
winters. But Dr Anita Bush , ________specialises in electroencephalography, has complicated
matters by discovering a link between solar flames and brainwave activity in two sets of Alaskans
she has studied for the past five years.
The microscopic electric impulses were concentrated in an area of the brain known also to
cause seasonal affective depression (SAD), the condition up to now blamed for dozens of suicides
each year in the remote Alaskan coast. Suicide levels among the state's 15 to 24-year-olds have
risen sharply in recent years, to six times the national average, says Dr Bush.
She has not yet demonstrated a link between increased brainwaves and suicidal tendencies
but she thinks existing data on supposed SAD cases may in fact include cases of suicide induced by
geomagnetism. For now she has suggested that special dark glasses, worn against solar flames and
the Northern Lights, ________elevate morale among the suicidal.

(AFA) 12. The correct words to fill the gaps are

a) that / may
b) who / might
c) which / could
d) that / should
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01. a) could
b) couldn't
c) can
d) couldn't
e) couldn't
f) can't
g) could
h) can't

02. a) Would
b) won't
c) couldn't
d) Will
e) can
f) shouldn't
g) mustn't
h) Could
i) would
j) must
k) can't
l) will
m) wouldn't
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04. B
05. C
06. C
07. B
08. C
09. B
10. C
11. B
12. B