Modal Verb Introduction

What are Modal Verbs ?
Modal Verbs are special verbs which behave very differently from normal verbs. Here are some important differences:
1. Modal Verbs do not take "-s" in the third person.
EXAMPLES:
He can speak Chinese.
She should be here by 9:00.
2. You use "not" to make Modal Verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past.
EXAMPLES:
He should not be late.
They might not come to the party.
3. Many Modal Verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.
EXAMPLES:
He will can go with us. NOT CORRECT
She musted study very hard. NOT CORRECT

Common Modal Verbs
Can; Could; May; Might; Must; Ought to; Shall; Should; Will; Would.

Atividades Find somebody who

VERB TO BE

Find somebody who……….
…..is a doctor…………………………………………….
…..is not fine …………………………………………….
…..is dark-haired………………………………………….
…. is blonde………...…………………………………….
…..is tall…………………………………………………..
…..is a secretary…………………………………………..
…..is a teacher…………………………………………….
…..is a good neighbor…………………………………….
…..is a good student………………………………………
…..is from Sta. Catarina……………………………………….

SIMPLE PRESENT

Find somebody who...
……...likes to travel……………………………………………………………..
……...doesn’t like soccer ……………………………………………………….
……...usually travels to Curitiba ……………………………………………….
……...generally wakes up early…………………………………………………
……..doesn’t have breakfast in the morning ……………………………………
……..likes fish a lot……………………………………………………………...
……..never has spinach for lunch………………………………………………..
……..always goes to school by bus……………………………………………...
……..studies in the evening……………………………………………………...
……..doesn’t drink coffee………………………………………………………..

SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST

Find somebody who………….
…..swam today……………………………………………………….
…..can’t stand Falcão (the singer)…………………………………….
…..still has two wisdom teeth………………………………………...
…..broke a glass yesterday…………………………………………...
…..fell from a tree when was young………………………………….
…..was on the phone for a long time last night……………………….
…..hopes to live in the USA some day……………………………….
…..spilled milk on his/her T-shirt today……………………………...
…..saw an ad on a billboard today…………………………………….
…..is taller than his/her mother……………………………………….

PRESENT PERFECT

Find somebody who………..
…..has lived in Florianópolis since s/he was born…………………………….
…..has been tired for two days……………………………………………………………….
…..has studied English since 2000…………………………………………………………..
…..has had the watch s/he is wearing for five years…………………………………………
…..has had a boyfriend for two years………………………………………………………..
…..has had difficulties to do his/her homework lately………………………………………
…..has been sick for three days……………………………………………………………..
…..has had a bicycle since s/he was a kid…………………………………………………..
…..hasn’t been to Curitiba for ages………………………………………………………….
…..hasn’t been in this classroom for four hours……………………………………………..
…..has gone to the supermarket every day for two weeks…………………………………..

Raise or rise?

What is the difference between the verbs rise and raise?"

Rise is an irregular verb: rise / rose / risen
Raise is a regular verb: raise / raised / raised

Although both of these verbs have the general meaning of "to move upwards", the main difference is that rise is an intransitive verb (it does not take an object), while raise is a transitive verb (it requires an object):

The sun rises in the east.
The temperature rose to 100 degrees.
Mary raised her hand.
The government is going to raise taxes.
As you can see from these examples, something rises by itself (nobody is pushing up the sun!), whereas something else is needed to raise something (Mary moved her hand upwards/The government make laws to increase taxes).

Allergies such as asthma and hay fever are continuing to rise around the world despite efforts to curb pollution, the principal suspect.
After rain, the river level rose and fell mightily, and the channels were mined with sunken tree limbs.
However, it is true that the footballer's weight has risen and fallen over the past few years.
... envelops the target in a substance, like a science fiction product, that is completely disabling. There is no need to kill; a gunman cannot even raise his arm to fire.
... she smiled broadly and raised a clenched fist at a crowd of airport workers.
For further examples, go to the Web Concordancer’s home page, type rise, rose, risen, raise, or raised into the 'search string' field, select any corpus in the 'select corpus' field, and then click on the 'search for concordances' button. You will get many examples of how the words are used.