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MODAL VERB - CAN

O verbo can geralmente significa poder e/ou conseguir e é usado para indicar várias situações:
Capacidade/habilidade
Permissão / Permissão informal
Quando usar o verbo can?
Can é usado quando queremos expressar ideia de capacidade/habilidade, possibilidade, permissão
e pedido.
Ele é um dos principais modal verbs (verbos modais) da língua inglesa. O verbo modal can tem a
função de auxiliar o verbo principal na frase.
Exemplos:
She can speak Chinese. (Ela sabe falar chinês.) – CAPACIDADE
You can play outside. (Você pode brincar lá fora.) - PERMISSÃO
Can I talk to the director? – (Posso falar com o diretor?) – PEDIDO
Observe que na primeira frase, por exemplo, o uso de can tem impacto direto no significado do
verbo principal speak, que sem o modal significa apenas “falar” e não “conseguir falar”.
Como usar o verbo can?
O verbo can é sempre acompanhado do verbo principal no infinitivo sem o to.
Ele pode ser usado para construir frases afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas.
Verbo can no presente
Observe a tabela abaixo e veja como usar o verbo can nas formas afirmativa, negativa e
interrogativa. O verbo principal utilizado como exemplo é o verbo to dance (dançar).

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I can dance I can’t/cannot dance Can I dance?
You can dance You can’t/cannot dance Can you dance?
He/she/it can dance He/she/it can’t/cannot dance Can he/she/it dance?
We can dance We can’t/cannot dance Can we dance?
You can dance You can’t/cannot dance Can you dance?
They can dance They can’t / cannot dance Can they dance?
 Observe que:
Para formar frases na forma negativa, podemos utilizar can’t ou cannot. O significado das
palavras é igual.
Ao fazer frases com can na forma interrogativa, basta alterar o posicionamento desse verbo
modal na frase: diferentemente do que acontece na afirmativa, na interrogativa o verbo can
deve ser posicionado antes do sujeito.
Verbo can no passado
Para transformarmos uma frase com can em uma frase no passado, devemos usar a forma
could, que é o passado de can.
Exemplos:
She could speak Chinese. (Ela sabia falar chinês.) – CAPACIDADE
It could happen with anyone. (Isso podia acontecer com qualquer pessoa.) - POSSIBILIDADE
Your mom said you could play outside. (Sua mãe disse que você podia brincar lá fora.) -
PERMISSÃO
Could you help me, please? – (Você poderia me ajudar, por favor?) – PEDIDO
Na última frase, o “poderia” expressa a ideia de que o emissor da mensagem está sendo
gentil ao fazer o pedido ou seja, está sendo bastante educado.

Exercises
Complete as frases baixo com a forma correta do modal verb CAN:
1. ________ you _______ English?
a) Can - to speak
b) Can – speak
c) Can – speaking

2. Don’t worry! I ____________ this problem.

a) am able to solve
b) will solve
c) can solve

3. She ___________ with you. She doesn’t have a passport.

a) can travel
b) cannot travel
c) is able to travel

Passe a frase abaixo para a forma negativa e interrogativa:

 He can play basketball now because he hurt his knee.
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We can park here.
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Let’s read a dialogue and do some activities

Marcos: Hello.
Sarah: Hello, is Daniel there?
Marcos: Yes, he is.
Sarah: Can I talk to him?
Marcos: Of course, you can.
Daniel: Hello, Sarah. How are you?
Sarah: I am fine, and you?
Daniel: I am great. Fortunately, I have learned how to ride a bike. So, I can ride a bike.
Sarah: That’s very good! I cannot ride a bike, but I can drive a car very well.
Daniel: Do you go to work by car?
Sarah: Yes, I do. When I was young, I could ride a bike.
Daniel: My mom is calling me. Can I call you later? Bye.
Sarah: Yes, you can. See you later.
.

1. Answer these questions in English.

a) Does Sarah want to talk with Daniel or with Marcos?
b) Who can ride a bike?
c) Who can drive a car?
d) Could Sarah ride a bike when she was young?

2. Mark an X TRUE or FALSE according to the text. (Marque um X no verdadeiro ou falso

de acordo com o texto.)
TRUE FALSE
a) Sarah is calling Daniel.
b) Daniel cannot ride a bike.
c) Sarah cannot ride a bike, but she
can drive a car very well.
d) When Daniel was young, he could
ride a bike.

3. Match the columns. (Associe as colunas.)

a) Who can play soccer? ( ) Of course you can.
b) Can Leonardo sing well? ( ) Yes, he could.
c) Who can play volleyball? ( ) Messi can play soccer.
d) Could Oscar play ( ) Sophia can play volleyball.
basketball?
e) Can I borrow your eraser? ( ) Yes, he can.
4. Identifique o valor semântico (sentido atribuído às palavras mediante o seu contexto) dos
verbos CAN e COULD nas orações do diálogo.

a) “CAN I talk to him?” c) “When I was young, I COULD ride a bike.”

b) “So, I CAN ride a bike.” d) “CAN I call you later?

5. Ao lermos o cartaz, percebemos que o autor estabelece uma relação

entre a felicidade e o sorvete. Identifique-a.

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6. Write sentences using CAN or COULD about the abilities of these famous people. (Escreva
sentenças usando CAN ou COULD sobre as habilidades dessas pessoas famosas.)

a) ______________________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________
7. Answer these questions and then ask your friends. Take notes in the following chart.
(Responda essas perguntas e depois pergunte a seus amigos. Faça as anotações na tabela
a seguir.)
Your answer Your friend’s Your friend’s
answer answer
a) What sport can you play
well?
b) Can you sing well?
c) Could your father ride a
bike when he was young?
d) Who can help you with
your math exercises?

8. Complete the sentences with CAN or COULD.

a) David ___________ ride a horse very well.
b) Susan ____________________ swim when she was 10 years old.
c) They _____________ dance very well.
d) We _________________ sing when we were young.

9. Make questions to the answers.

a) _______________________________________________________________________?
Yes, Mary can dance very well.
b) _______________________________________________________________________?
David can swim at the club.

10. Unscramble the words to make sentences.

a) CAN – THEY – VOLLEYBALL – PLAY
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b) WHEN – HE – HE – WAS – COULD – SWIM – YOUNG
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