• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)

Special abilities

• Vamos aprender a usar os verbos modais adequados para expressar

habilidades em inglês. Você tem alguma habilidade especial? Que
habilidades você tinha antes e já não tem mais? E que habilidades não
tinha quando mais novo, mas agora tem? Vamos aprender bastante
enquanto compartilhamos informações.

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)

Can/can’t e could/couldn’t são chamados modal verbs.

Uso: Can expressa aptidões e habilidades; demonstra que alguém sabe

e/ou consegue fazer algo, no tempo presente. Could é o equivalente de
can, mas no passado. Os verbos que vêm depois dos modais devem estar
na forma infinitiva sem o to.

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)
Formas:

• Afirmativa
My sister can swim very well.
I could swim well when I was 4 years old.

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)
Formas:

• Afirmativa
My sister can swim very well.
I could swim well when I was 4 years old.

• Negativa
My sister can’t swim very well.
I couldn’t swim well when I was 4 years old.

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)
Formas:

• Afirmativa
My sister can swim very well.
I could swim well when I was 4 years old.

• Negativa
My sister can’t swim very well.
I couldn’t swim well when I was 4 years old.

• Interrogativa
Can my sister swim very well?
Could I swim well when I was 4 years old?

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)
Formas:

• Afirmativa
My sister can swim very well.
Estes verbos modais também
I could swim well when I was 4 years old.
são usados para pedir
permissão ou solicitar um favor:
• Negativa
My sister can’t swim very well.
I couldn’t swim well when I was 4 years old.

• Interrogativa
Can my sister swim very well?
Could I swim well when I was 4 years old?

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)
Formas:

• Afirmativa
My sister can swim very well.
Estes verbos modais também
I could swim well when I was 4 years old.
são usados para pedir
permissão ou solicitar um favor:
• Negativa
My sister can’t swim very well. “Teacher, can I go to the
I couldn’t swim well when I was 4 years old. bathroom?”

• Interrogativa
Can my sister swim very well?
Could I swim well when I was 4 years old?

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)
Formas:

• Afirmativa
My sister can swim very well.
Estes verbos modais também
I could swim well when I was 4 years old.
são usados para pedir
permissão ou solicitar um favor:
• Negativa
My sister can’t swim very well. “Teacher, can I go to the
I couldn’t swim well when I was 4 years old. bathroom?”

“Could I use your calculator,

• Interrogativa please?”
Can my sister swim very well?
Could I swim well when I was 4 years old?

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• Modal verbs can/can’t; could/couldn’t (ability)
Descubra quem eu sou. Escreva os nomes de acordo com o quadro e com
o seguinte código:
× = can; Ø = can’t.

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