During a class about modal verbs, students complete sentences using the correct form of can. Complete the…
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Empregar, de forma inteligível, o verbo modal can para descrever habilidades (no presente e no passado).
Fonte: Base Nacional Comum Curricular (MEC).Questão
During a class about modal verbs, students complete sentences using the correct form of can. Complete the sentence using the past form of the modal verb can: She _____ swim when she was five years old. Choose the correct option. She could swim when she was five years old. She can swim when she was five years old. She could to swim when she was five years old. She was can swim when she was five years old. She canned swim when she was five years old.
- A) She could swim when she was five years old.
- B) She could to swim when she was five years old.
- C) She was can swim when she was five years old.
- D) She can swim when she was five years old.
- E) She canned swim when she was five years old.
✅ Resposta correta: alternativa A
Resolução passo a passo
- O enunciado pede a forma do passado do verbo modal can, usado para indicar habilidade no passado. Passo 2: No passado, o modal can se torna could, que é seguido diretamente do verbo principal na forma base, sem 'to'. Passo 3: A frase 'She could swim when she was five years old' está correta porque combina could com o verbo swim na forma base, e o contexto 'when she was five years old' indica uma habilidade passada. Passo 4: A alternativa B está errada porque usa 'could to swim', e modais não são seguidos de 'to'. Passo 5: A alternativa C está errada porque 'was can' mistura o auxiliar do passado com o modal no presente, o que não é uma estrutura válida. Passo 6: A alternativa D está errada porque 'can' está no presente, enquanto o enunciado pede a forma do passado. Passo 7: A alternativa E está errada porque 'canned' não existe como forma verbal de can. Passo 8: Portanto, o gabarito oficial A está correto, pois é a única alternativa que usa a forma do passado could seguida do verbo na forma base.
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Alternativa por alternativa
The modal verb can has the past form could. Therefore, the correct sentence is “She could swim when she was five years old.” The command asks specifically for the past form of the modal verb can, so “was able to,” although it can express past ability in another structure, is not an answer to this command.
O aluno acredita que, depois de um verbo modal, o verbo principal deve vir precedido de 'to', como acontece com o infinitivo em outras estruturas.
O aluno acha que, para formar o passado, basta acrescentar o auxiliar 'was' antes do modal, criando uma forma que combina passado e presente.
O aluno percebe a habilidade descrita, mas não atenta para o pedido de forma do passado e mantém o modal no presente, como se a expressão 'when she was five' fosse suficiente para o sentido.
Por que engana: Confundir o uso do modal 'can' no presente com sua forma no passado 'could'.
O aluno tenta formar o passado acrescentando '-ed' ao modal, como se can fosse um verbo regular, produzindo 'canned'.
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modal verbs
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modal verbs passado · uso de verbos modais
Revisar o uso de verbos modais no passado.
Confundir o uso do modal 'can' no presente com sua forma no passado 'could'.
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